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R Street highlights national security implications of Trump cybercrime executive order

President Trump’s cybercrime executive order offers an avenue for the federal government to address the national security implications of cyber-enabled fraud conducted by foreign adversaries, ...
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Scams Were Already Awful. Then They Got AI.

Originally published The Women’s Tech & Telecom Partnership’s 2026 edition of “The Impact Report“ Equipping Americans on the Digital Front Lines to Fight Back in the Agentic Era. A recent news report ...
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Georgia Prevents Noncitizen Voting While Minimizing Red Tape for Americans

The Peach State achieves the same goal of the SAVE America Act of preventing noncitizen voting — while imposing much less red tape on eligible American voters. Congressional Republicans are once again ...
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Data First: Tracking Medical and Geriatric Parole Outcomes in Tennessee

On Wednesday, March 11, the Tennessee House Judiciary Committee will consider legislation that takes a pragmatic step toward improving oversight of the state’s correctional system. Sponsored by ...
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Statement responding to the Trump administration’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy

This statement is in response to breaking news. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the scholars.In response to the ...
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R Street Testimony in Opposition to MD HB 1179, App Store Accountability Act

Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute In OPPOSITION to House Bill 1179, “Consumer Protection – Application Store Accountability Act” March 10, 2026 House Economic Matters ...
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R Street Testimony in Support of MD HB 1392, The Community Oriented Policing Act

Jillian E. Snider, Resident Senior Fellow of Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of House Bill 1392, “Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Quotas (Community-Oriented ...
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Bridging the Data Gap in Criminal Justice

Researchers need access to agency data, but it can be difficult or impossible to come by. You can’t solve a problem you can’t ...
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Defending liberal democracy in an age of constant crisis

The first month of the new year has shaken American political and civic life. The immigration crackdown in Minneapolis that led to two deaths and thousands of arrests has sparked widespread public ...
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Understanding Federal Law Enforcement in the United States

The following is the introduction to a five-part series on Federal Law Enforcement. Each forthcoming installment—CBP, ICE, FBI, ATF, and DEA, in that order—will follow a consistent structure covering ...
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Don’t Let the “War on Fraud” Become Another DOGE

At his State of the Union address on Feb. 25, President Donald J. Trump declared that Vice President JD Vance would be leading a new “war on fraud,” claiming Vance would find enough savings to balance ...
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Reform the CFPB by making it America’s scam response hub

Americans are facing severe financial harm from financial scams. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), scam losses ...