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Now is the time for a federal cloud modernization moonshot

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks to the media

Senator Amy Klobuchar seeks to quell health misinformation on social media

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Borough President of Brooklyn Eric Adams, the 2021 Democratic Party nominee for Mayor of the City of New York, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC following his meeting with United States President Joe Biden and US Attorney General Merrick Garland and others to discuss the Biden Administrations comprehensive strategy to reduce gun crimes on Monday, July 12, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USA(RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City)No Use Germany.

Have Democrats become a party of the left?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, July 23, 2021

This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

The shaky pillars of American democracy

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Eine Person tippt auf den gesperrten Twitter-Account von Donald Trump, Praesident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, aufgenommen in Berlin, 09.01.2021. Twitter sperrte den Account infolge der Ausschreitungen am Kapitol in Washington und dem Risiko zur weiteren Anstiftung von Gewalt. Berlin Deutschland *** A person taps on the suspended Twitter account of Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, taken in Berlin, 09 01 2021 Twitter suspended the account as a result of the riots at the Capitol in Washington and the risk of further inciting violence Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertner/photothek.dex No Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Trump’s Big Tech lawsuits highlight the urgency of Section 230 reform

Thursday, July 15, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden hands a pen to Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, as he signs an executive order on "promoting competition in the American economy" as members of his Cabinet standby in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington U.S., July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

President Biden’s right to repair order needs strengthening to aid consumers

James Seddon and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a joint news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany June 23, 2021. Clemens Bilan/Pool via REUTERS

Sharper strategic thinking will help Germany mend fences with US

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (not pictured) at the White House, in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The Biden administration takes an overdue first step to foster competition

Saturday, July 10, 2021

US President Donald Trump celebrates after his speech during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSWJAM

Did Trump damage American democracy?

Friday, July 9, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the administration's continued drawdown efforts in Afghanistan in a speech from the East Room at the White House in Washington U.S., July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

President Biden’s generation: Silent no more

Morley Winograd and Michael Hais

Thursday, July 8, 2021