Jeffrey A. Singer To address physician shortages and help make health care more affordable, many states have enacted laws granting provisional licenses to international medical graduates (IMGs) who have been…
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Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Kimberly Coleman America faces a housing crisis, and that crisis has become particularly acute in New York City. The City’s rate of overcrowding is…
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Low and Falling Fertility Means Social Security’s Funding Problems Are Worse Than Expected
Romina Boccia and Krit Chanwong Social Security’s long-term shortfall is likely significantly worse than projected. In 2025, the Social Security Trustees estimated that the program faces a 75-year funding shortfall equal…
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Solveig Singleton The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) established federal ground rules for financial privacy in 1999. The Republicans of the House Financial Services Committee now offer an update, the ‘‘Guidelines for…
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Nicholas Anthony Testifying before Congress is never an easy matter. Time is limited, and tempers flare. Yet, during my testimony on the Bank Secrecy Act, I was asked some great…
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Justice Denied, Injustice Funded: How the DOJ Shields Misconduct While Bankrolling Extremism
Mike Fox offenders, I’ve written extensively about how the government curates the trial jury pool to ensure that citizens who understand their historic, injustice-preventing prerogative are the least likely to…
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Jeffrey A. Singer The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that overdose deaths during the 12-month period ending in December 2025 declined by 13.9 percent compared to…
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Expanding Treasury’s Do Not Pay System Would Strengthen Welfare Program Integrity
Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman State-run, federally funded welfare programs lose billions of dollars to improper payments every year. Examples abound. Medicaid paid more than $200 million to deceased enrollees…
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Walter Olson President Donald Trump’s attempt to engineer a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for those in legal trouble for promoting his interests, as earlier analyzed in this space by…
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David J. Bier The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday that it will cease granting green card applications except in extraordinary circumstances. In short, DHS grants green cards when…
