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Congress Just Authorized USCIS to Raise Over $1 Billion in Fees from Business Users

How long will the immigration agency leave this money on the table? Background As the primary federal agency responsible for legal immigration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is almost…

10.22.20 | 13 min read
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Nuclear Weapons
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Most Covid Related Disinformation on Social Media Likely Emanating from Known Influencers and Traditional Media Sources

Key Highlights An assessment of the past week’s social media environments indicates traditional media reporting by established news sources such as the New York Times and President Donald J. Trump are most…

10.21.20 | 3 min read
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Science Policy
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FDA: COVID-19 vaccine candidates should meet a higher bar for an emergency authorization than other medical products. Trump: Maybe, maybe not.

The disconnect between assurances from federal health and science agencies and President Trump’s words continues. Before Wednesday’s hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, news broke…

09.25.20 | 5 min read
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Nuclear Weapons
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Vaccine news stories hosting malware disseminated across Spanish-language Twitter

Key Highlights News websites publishing stories on a pause in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trials hosted malware files. At the center of the network was the Spanish-language Sputnik News link mundo.sputniknews.com. The…

09.23.20 | 5 min read
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Nuclear Weapons
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FAS Introduces Fall 2020 Scoville Fellow

The Federation of American Scientists is pleased to introduce Fall 2020 Scoville Fellow, Ishan Sharma. The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, established in 1987, is a highly-competitive national program that…

09.22.20 | 2 min read
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