Colin Grabow and Mark Coleman Jones Act defenders have been getting away with spreading false information for years — indeed, for more than a century. , But what really hurts is when critics of this harmful 1920 federal maritime law get their facts wrong, too. One of the most common mistakes Jones Act critics make is to assert that the law prevents foreign ships from transporting goods from foreign ports to U.S. states or territories such as Alaska, […]

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The temporary and partial federal government shutdown began on October 1 after Congress failed to pass an appropriations bill to fund the government through the end of November. The main issue between Democrats and Republicans that precipitated the shutdown was health care. Democrats want to roll back certain provisions included in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a budget reconciliation bill signed into law on the Fourth of July that includes several provisions related to Medicaid. […]

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The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s not a done deal, and it shouldn’t be. The GDPR is the most comprehensive model for privacy legislation around the world. While it is far from perfect and suffers from uneven enforcement, complexities and certain administrative burdens, the omnibus package is full of bad and confusing ideas that, on balance, will significantly […]

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