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President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the Detroit Economic Club, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at the Motor City Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan. (Official White House 

How Trump's AI Policy Promotes Ethnonationalism

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Space is Getting Crowded, and Policy Governing Low Earth Orbit is Broken

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Apple-Google AI Deal Brings Competition Policy Questions Into Sharper Focus

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Iran’s Case Should Put an End to Illusions About Digital Sovereignty

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Elon Musk participates in a cabinet meeting in the White House on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Official White House 

Grok Supercharges the Nonconsensual Pornography Epidemic

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Synthetic Media in Elections and Politics in India

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Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump deliver remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (Official White House 

Why Musk is Culpable in Grok's Undressing Disaster

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Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, European Commission Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition during a confirmation hearing in November 2024. Source: 

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