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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.”
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.
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.
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.
LOUISIANA: THE GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK

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.
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.
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.