Your daily policy pulse to explore emerging topics and discover top-notch policy material about fields that impact and inform our preparedness like Economics, Geopolitics, Climate Change, Science & Technology and more, hand-selected daily for you.
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Daily Policy Topics
Economics
New Car Incentives Soar 53% Amid Rising Inventories & Lackluster Demand Hint At Downturn
Shocker! Study Reveals That Giving Americans $1,000 Per Month Has Negative Consequences
Signs Of Severe Credit-Card And Auto-Loan Stress In Generation Z
The US Makes Its Own Semiconductor Supply Chains
The Trillion Dollar Social Security Trust Fund Robbery
Geopolitics
Inside The EU’s War On Free Speech
Iran Claims to Have Neutralized Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Condensate Exports
China and Russia Discuss High-Level Energy Cooperation
The Politics of Water Under Occupation: Israel in Palestine
The Limits of the China Chip Ban
Why America Has Failed to Forge an Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire
THE UNCOMFORTABLE REALITY OF RUSSIA AND IRAN’S NEW DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP
High Stakes for Venezuela – and U.S. – in Crucial Vote
Ford Follies: The Carrier Grift That Just Keeps Giving
Climate Change
July 22 sets new record for hottest day globally: EU climate monitor
Typhoon Gaemi to be ‘strongest’ to hit Taiwan in 8 years: weather authorities
Looking From Space, Researchers Find Pollution Spiking Near E-Commerce Hubs
After Losing Crops to Drought, Sicily Fears Losing Tourism, Too
Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer
Science & Technology
Growing Power Needs Call For Grid-Enhancing Technologies
Pearl raises $58M to help dentists make better diagnoses using AI
CISA Adds Twilio Authy and IE Flaws to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
CrowdStrike Explains Friday Incident Crashing Millions of Windows Devices
Telegram App Flaw Exploited to Spread Malware Hidden in Videos
How Chevron is using gen AI to strike oil
Quantum Transistors gets $19M award to enable quantum computing on a chip
Star Catcher Industries raises $12.25M to provide energy grid in space for satellites
American Politics
How Kamala Harris Changes the Race
More Agency Weaponization? Secret Service Tells Trump To Stop Having Outdoor Rallies
Unelected Technocrats Are Now The Nation’s Chief Executives
VP Kamala Harris Had 92% Staff Turnover During Her First Three Years
Good News!
San Francisco launches the world’s first fully hydrogen-powered ferry
Reading between the lines: the book club boom
Quote of the Day
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
