Source: American Institute for Economic Research
by Thomas Savidge
“This explainer traces the evolving, mutually dependent relationship between the federal government and the states through four pivotal eras of fiscal transfers: the Antebellum Land Grants, the Civil War, the New Deal, and the Great Society.” (02/24/26)
https://aier.org/article/a-brief-history-of-federal-transfers-to-the-states/
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
“Facebook owner Meta Platforms will buy artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices in a deal that will also give it the opportunity to buy up to a 10% stake of the chip company. News of the AMD deal comes just days after Meta announced a long-term partnership where it will use millions of chips and other equipment from Nvidia for its artificial-intelligence data centers. Meta will buy AMD’s latest chips, the MI450, to help power data centers. The 6-gigawatt agreement will see shipments supporting the first gigawatt deployment set to start during the second half of this year. The agreement could potentially be worth more than $100 billion.” (02/24/26)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/24/meta-ai-chips-amd/
Source: The Bulwark
“The Crime Was Horrific. The Cover-Up Is Shameful.” (02/24/26)
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Key takeaways from President Trump’s State of the Union address.” (02/25/26)
Source: Washington Monthly
by Robert J Shapiro
“Despite the Supreme Court rebuke, his compulsion to tax imports is unabated and poses large-scale risks for the economy.” (02/25/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/25/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-economy/
Source: Independent Institute
by Kristian Fors
“America’s fentanyl crisis and the deaths associated with cartel violence have a common cause: the war on drugs. The criminalization of drugs does not eliminate demand. Instead, it creates a void in the marketplace for illicit actors to fill — one that provides these actors with supernormal profits. Like compressing a strong spring, that pushes back the more you push on it — the drug war cannot be won through decapitation.” (02/24/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/02/24/mexico-war-drugs/