Warrants are at the center of the debate over government spying, and for good reason. But artificial intelligence is redefining the contours of that debate.
Ron Wyden
Posted inPolitics
Warrantless Spying Reform Just Got a Whole Lot More Interesting
House Republicans have threatened to hold a foreign surveillance extension hostage unless the Senate agrees to voter suppression. It may flip the script on superfluous government spying.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Attack Dogs Find a New Subject to Bully
Beth Baltzan, a non-Senate-confirmed staffer to the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, has been targeted by Big Tech firms as a way to sully Tai’s decisions about digital trade.
Posted inEconomic Policy
An Unequal Tax Trade
The business tax credits in the Wyden-Smith deal are five times as generous as the Child Tax Credit expansion, according to government scorekeepers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
One Liberal Senator Fights Back Against Judicial Tyranny
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has had it with a feral Trump judge.
Posted inPolitics
How Policy Got Done in 2022
To understand the Democrats’ big climate and health care bill, you must go back decades.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The September Issues
Congress still has some work to do before the midterms.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Democrats in Danger of Missing the Marijuana Moment
Democrats and Republicans support cannabis legalization by huge majorities, but Congress and President Biden can’t get it done.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Introducing the ‘Deus Tax Machina’
Sen. Ron Wyden’s bid to rescue the Build Back Better Act’s revenue side is an audacious attempt to rein in billionaires and mega-corporations.
