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New Jersey’s Sanctuary State Repeats a Deadly Pre-9/11 Mistake
It has been a quarter of a century since the Twin Towers fell and 749 New Jerseyans were murdered by bloodthirsty terrorists. And as a nation, we have been asking ourselves to remember the lessons of 9/11. We must never forget.
Autonomous AI Cyberattacks: What Happened and How to Prevent Them
Between April and August 2026, experimental artificial intelligence (AI) agents developed by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta autonomously hacked out of each company’s own digital containers and cyberattacked the infrastructure of at least 10 other companies.
AFPI Applauds Success in Protecting American Cattle from New World Screwworm
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the success of the Trump Administration’s proactive measures and rapid response to contain and stop the spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS), which has resulted in, this week, the reduction of NWS cases to only one active case in the United States. After going on offense in a multi-agency, international effort for more than a year, the Administration has all but eliminated the pest’s presence, with continued efforts ongoing.
AFPI Applauds Executive Orders on Gray Wolf Delisting, MCOOL, and Rancher First Actions
he America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following statement in response to the Presidential executive orders initiating the due diligence process for potential delisting of Mexican and Gray Wolves and directing implementation of every executive action that can be taken tied to Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) for beef.
Congress hijacked your 9/11 security fee and left you stuck at the gate
We’ve Forgotten What the Days After 9/11 Were Like
Twenty-five years ago this month, the country we love did something it rarely does: It stopped arguing with itself. For a few weeks after the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, there was no red America or blue America. There was just America, standing in line to give blood, enlisting in numbers recruiters hadn’t seen since Vietnam, hanging flags off overpasses in towns that had never flown one.
Accreditation Reform Is Exactly What Higher Education Needs
America's higher education system has lost the confidence of the American people. Today’s graduates leave campus too often unprepared to find the work needed to pay off the considerable debt they accumulated. Taxpayers now directly underwrite almost $2 trillion in debt despite providing subsidies and payments to universities totaling hundreds of billions each year. The cost to attend a university now equals the price of between one and three modest-sized new cars for each year.
Comments on the Proposed Rule, “Drug Establishment Registration and Drug Listing Requirements for Establishments Engaged in Distributed Manufacturing and Certain Foreign Establishments.”
This public comment is submitted on behalf of the America First Policy Institute (“AFPI”). AFPI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan research institute dedicated to advancing policies that put the American people first. Its guiding principles are liberty, free enterprise, the rule of law, America-first foreign policy, and a belief that American workers, families, and communities are the key to our country’s success.
AFPI Releases Letter from Mayors Urging Congress to Advance SAVE America Act
This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a letter from a coalition of mayors urging Congress to advance the SAVE America Act and strengthen election security nationwide.