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Op-Ed
August 3, 2026

To Regulate AI, Follow the Cfius Model

Imagine if the internet had been developed in Beijing 30 years ago, and the world’s information flowed through digital architecture built by the Chinese Communist Party. Losing the artificial-intelligence race to China would be worse. No technology in our lifetime matters more to a nation’s economy and security. If the U.S. fails to lead, China will step up.
Statement
August 3, 2026

AFPI Leaders Jennifer Hegseth and Christie Mullin Appointed to Military Spouse Commission

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) proudly congratulates Jennifer Hegseth, AFPI Senior Advisor, and Christie Mullin, AFPI Chair of Rural Policy, on their appointments as chair and member of the President’s Military Spouse Commission.
Op-Ed
August 2, 2026

The Education Department’s Title VI rule makes students safer

When teachers are asked what wears them down most, they say it’s not worrying over their paycheck, but the behavior of students. Part of the reason student behavior has gotten so bad is disparate-impact liability.

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Research Report | August 4, 2026

Threat to American Freedom: How the National Firearms Act Taxed and Tracked Everyday Americans

The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) was one of the first federal gun control laws enacted in the United States. Knowing that Congress lacked the constitutional authority to categorically ban firearms, proponents of the NFA looked to the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, which established a novel taxation and registration regime to effectively ban opiates, as a roadmap for “regulation through taxation.”

Op-Ed | August 4, 2026

New York’s Data Center Moratorium is Nonsense Policy

The state of New York wants to cede the AI race to China. On July 14, the governor signed an executive order implementing the country’s first moratorium on new large data centers. For the next year, no new data centers will be built within the state’s borders.

Statement | August 4, 2026

AFPI Recognizes 236 Years of the United States Coast Guard Protecting America

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) proudly commemorates the birthday of the United States Coast Guard by honoring the brave men and women who have safeguarded America’s maritime interests since 1790.

Op-Ed | August 3, 2026

Protecting Children Should Be Supported by All; Sadly, It Is Not

In November 2025, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched the Unaccompanied Alien Children Safety Verification Initiative in partnership with state and local law enforcement.

Fact Sheet | August 3, 2026

LOUISIANA: THE GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK

Fact Sheet | August 3, 2026

MICHIGAN: THE GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK

The Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC)—enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025—deliver what supporters call the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation, and their provisions matter most in auto states: permanent 100% expensing for factories and equipment, plus a new deduction for interest on loans for U.S.-assembled vehicles—the vehicles the Lansing region builds.

Op-Ed | August 3, 2026

Cynics do not build

The American dream has come to be measured almost entirely in the things that can be counted — a home, a wage that outpaces the year before it, a child who rises higher than the parent. These metrics are real, and the fight for them is just.

Op-Ed | August 3, 2026

Ortega’s ‘Revolution’ Threatens America And We Ignore It At Our Peril

On July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega commemorated the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, which brought him to power in 1979. To celebrate, he publicly declared that there will never again be elections in Nicaragua.

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