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Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Resources · 1,716 words · PDF available
Cuba is a one-party authoritarian state with a government that has sharply restricted freedoms of expression, association, assembly, and other basic human rights since shortly after the 1959 Cuban Rev...
Global Food Security: Selected Multilateral Efforts
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Resources · 1,753 words · PDF available
Congress may consider the role of multilateral institutions and initiatives in addressing record levels of global food insecurity. The United States, the largest government donor of international food...
The legacy of President Jimmy Carter
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-08 · Article · 3,715 words · PDF available
As President Jimmy Carter is laid to rest, Brookings scholars reflect on the legacy of his presidency for American foreign policy.
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Heritage Foundation · 2025-01-08 · Commentary · 68 words
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Equal Rights Amendment Advocates Should Take “Dead” for an Answer
Heritage Foundation · 2025-01-08 · Commentary · 1,099 words
COMMENTARY BYThomas Jipping@TomJippingSenior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial StudiesThomas Jipping is a Senior Legal Fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.U...
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U.S.-Japan Critical Minerals Agreement
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Resources · 1,669 words · PDF available
On March 28, 2023, the United States and Japan signed a critical minerals agreement (CMA) covering five key minerals related to the production of batteries for clean vehicles (commonly referred to as ...
The Defense Innovation Ecosystem
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Resources · 1,633 words · PDF available
A wide range of authorities, programs, and organizations across the U.S. government support and manage technological aspects of national defense. In particular, such efforts seek to preserve or expand...
Size of the U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Posts · 992 words · PDF available
The size of the U.S. House of Representatives is set by federal statute at 435 Representatives (excluding nonvoting seats held by Delegates and the Resident Commissioner). This number has been constan...
FY2025 NDAA: Status of Legislative Activity
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Posts · 1,134 words · PDF available
On December 23, 2024, President Joe Biden signed into law the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025 NDAA; P.L. 118-159). This pr...
Cybersecurity: Selected Cyberattacks, 20122024
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Reports · 7,860 words · PDF available
Many Members of Congress have raised concerns over the frequency, types, and impacts of cyber incidents during hearings, speeches, and in legislation. Cyber incidents affect nearly every national enti...
Intercity Passenger Rail: Federal Policy and Programs
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Reports · 9,091 words · PDF available
The federal government has been involved in preserving and improving passenger rail service since 1970, when the bankruptcies of several major railroads prompted Congress to create Amtrak—officially, ...
Cybersecurity: A Primer
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Resources · 1,613 words · PDF available
Introduction The information technology that Americans use to chat with loved ones and make purchases are the same that can be turned against them to deny access to services, steal their information, ...
Federal Disaster Assistance for Agriculture
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-08 · Resources · 1,157 words
Several federal assistance programs are designed to address agricultural losses following a natural disaster through mechanisms including insurance, direct payments for loss, loans, and cost share to ...