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September 11, 2026

The Country I Was Taught to Hate Became My Home

It was right after 9/11. I was 9 years old, a tall kid growing up in Turkey who knew almost nothing about America, politics or the world. But I was already being exposed to a culture of anti-American hatred.
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September 11, 2026

25 Years Later: September 11 Remembrance

Twenty-five years ago, nearly 3,000 innocent Americans were murdered in the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on our nation’s soil.
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September 4, 2026

AFPI FILES FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT OVER EJECTION AND BAN OF ENES FREEDOM

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of former NBA player and human rights advocate Enes Kanter Freedom, alleging that he was ejected from a publicly owned arena and banned indefinitely because of his viewpoint on women’s sports.

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Commentary | September 11, 2026

New Jersey’s Sanctuary State Repeats a Deadly Pre-9/11 Mistake

It has been a quarter of a century since the Twin Towers fell and 749 New Jerseyans were murdered by bloodthirsty terrorists. And as a nation, we have been asking ourselves to remember the lessons of 9/11. We must never forget.

Research Report | September 11, 2026

Autonomous AI Cyberattacks: What Happened and How to Prevent Them

Between April and August 2026, experimental artificial intelligence (AI) agents developed by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta autonomously hacked out of each company’s own digital containers and cyberattacked the infrastructure of at least 10 other companies. 

Statement | September 11, 2026

AFPI Applauds Success in Protecting American Cattle from New World Screwworm

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the success of the Trump Administration’s proactive measures and rapid response to contain and stop the spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS), which has resulted in, this week, the reduction of NWS cases to only one active case in the United States. After going on offense in a multi-agency, international effort for more than a year, the Administration has all but eliminated the pest’s presence, with continued efforts ongoing.

Statement | September 11, 2026

AFPI Applauds Executive Orders on Gray Wolf Delisting, MCOOL, and Rancher First Actions

he America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following statement in response to the Presidential executive orders initiating the due diligence process for potential delisting of Mexican and Gray Wolves and directing implementation of every executive action that can be taken tied to Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) for beef.

Op-Ed | September 11, 2026

Congress hijacked your 9/11 security fee and left you stuck at the gate

Op-Ed | September 11, 2026

We’ve Forgotten What the Days After 9/11 Were Like 

Twenty-five years ago this month, the country we love did something it rarely does: It stopped arguing with itself. For a few weeks after the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, there was no red America or blue America. There was just America, standing in line to give blood, enlisting in numbers recruiters hadn’t seen since Vietnam, hanging flags off overpasses in towns that had never flown one.

Commentary | September 10, 2026

Accreditation Reform Is Exactly What Higher Education Needs

America's higher education system has lost the confidence of the American people. Today’s graduates leave campus too often unprepared to find the work needed to pay off the considerable debt they accumulated. Taxpayers now directly underwrite almost $2 trillion in debt despite providing subsidies and payments to universities totaling hundreds of billions each year. The cost to attend a university now equals the price of between one and three modest-sized new cars for each year.

| September 10, 2026

Comments on the Proposed Rule, “Drug Establishment Registration and Drug Listing Requirements for Establishments Engaged in Distributed Manufacturing and Certain Foreign Establishments.”

This public comment is submitted on behalf of the America First Policy Institute (“AFPI”). AFPI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan research institute dedicated to advancing policies that put the American people first. Its guiding principles are liberty, free enterprise, the rule of law, America-first foreign policy, and a belief that American workers, families, and communities are the key to our country’s success.

News Release | September 9, 2026

AFPI Releases Letter from Mayors Urging Congress to Advance SAVE America Act

This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a letter from a coalition of mayors urging Congress to advance the SAVE America Act and strengthen election security nationwide.

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