Once the use of a surveillance technology is permitted for emergency purposes only, it is only a matter of time before it is used for purposes that fall well outside any rational definition of an emergency. Take automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, for instance. All across the country, these surveillance cameras capture time-stamped data […]

There is no shortage of noise being generated around data centers by project critics spouting misinformation. In a recent class-action lawsuit filed in federal court against data center builder and operator DataOne USA, a handful of New Jersey residents claim that a nearby facility emits “a very loud industrial noise;” they say it “sounds like […]

The right to vote and the right to petition our government are among the most basic freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. These are foundational and central to the promise that ordinary citizens, not elites or institutions, ultimately hold power in America. Rights of this importance should be protected, respected, and made easier to exercise, not […]

There’s a political fight going on inside the White House over who should be the next labor secretary. The outcome should matter a lot to conservatives, business leaders, and people who care about the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Democrats created the Labor Department decades ago to increase the power of big labor union bosses […]

On Sunday, Kim Yo Jong — the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — sharply dismissed the U.S. push for denuclearization as an “anachronistic dream.” She asserted that Washington’s efforts to “backbite” North Korea’s status hold zero legally binding force. Declaring that Pyongyang will steadily expand its nuclear arsenal in the face […]

The panic over data centers is escalating. If anti-growth activists and NIMBYs succeed in blocking the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital commerce, America won’t stop needing those services. It will simply build less of that infrastructure here and hand more of the strategic advantage to China. That is the real trade-off. WE’VE […]

This week, United Nations climate negotiators will gather in Bonn, Germany, to tell the rest of the world how to save the planet. The irony is staggering. Germany is the poster child of failed green paternalism. It shut down its nuclear plants, bet everything on renewables, and ended up burning more coal and buying gas […]

Nearly 6 in 10 adults in the U.S. expect gas prices to worsen over the next year, as the ongoing Iran war continues to roil energy markets, according to a new poll. The survey, released Monday by Reuters/Ipsos, found that 59 percent of 4,531 respondents said that gas prices will go up in the next...

Concerns over the spread of the New World screwworm are growing after multiple new cases were confirmed on Monday, and as state and federal officials ramp up efforts to contain the parasite.

The federal government must enact human-centric regulations for AI before it's too late to protect children and preserve human agency, and the Every Student Succeeds Act must be reauthorized to account for the AI economy.