The United States has lost its last AAA credit rating. Given that the nation’s fiscal trajectory hasn’t improved since the other two times the nation’s credit was downgraded, this is hardly surprising ...

Costly, contradictory regulation is a surefire recipe for destroying a technological revolution and decimating little tech innovators,” Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, ...

Few in the public policy space oppose the intent of the legislation, but some say its broad and potentially vague requirements could be difficult in practice. Shoshana Weismann, a fellow at the ...

Trump’s ever-shifting tariff pronouncements make it hard for businesses and consumers to plan ahead. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — ...

More, and Healthier, People Finally, there’s the simple fact that, by processing vast amounts of data at incredible speeds, AI will improve human health and longevity in breathtaking ways. R Street’s ...

In Mississippi, advocates said thousands of people are stuck in limbo, unable to move forward because their criminal records remain publicly accessible. While recent proposals, including the ...

Earlier this month, the Trump administration took action to address a widespread problem within the federal criminal justice ...

Among the experts who testified was Adam Thierer of the free-market think tank R Street Institute, who first proposed a “learning period” moratorium on AI regulations last year. He argued that it ...

The report expected wind and solar resources to grow between three and eight times over the next 15 years. The prediction didn’t factor in the near-paralysis in the PJM interconnection queue as ...

Report Ranks Texas Top in the Country; Alabama Comes in Dead Last. WASHINGTON (May 22) – Today, the R Street Institute, a pro-market, limited government think tank, released a new scorecard assessing ...

A “new era of thinking” is needed to respond to the rising level of reliability risk facing grid operators, former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee said in a webinar hosted by the American Council on ...

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back, and with it, a renewed sense of trepidation for anyone concerned about the future ...