Statement
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September 4, 2026
America First Economy Delivers for American Workers In Latest Jobs Report
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds today’s jobs report showing the American economy added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent.
Statement
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September 4, 2026
Treasury Department Holds Educational Institutions Accountable
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds Secretary Scott Bessent for the Treasury Department’s newly proposed rules clarifying that educational institutions that discriminate based on race in their offerings may lose their tax-exempt status.
Op-Ed
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September 4, 2026
Europe’s digital agenda is a gift to China
Powerful AI chips are moving into China again. As Beijing does everything it can to close the gap with American AI companies, the U.S. and its European allies should pursue a trade and technology agenda designed to keep that gap open.
Statement
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September 3, 2026
AFPI Urges Supreme Court to Reject Arbitrary Firearm Feature Bans in Viramontes v. Cook County
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans. At issue is whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles. The Court will hear arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County during its upcoming term which begins next month.
Statement
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September 3, 2026
AFPI Brief Defends Parents’ Role in Children’s Mental Health Decisions
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Legal Team filed an amicus brief on behalf of Dr. Jennifer Bauwens, who serves as Director of American Values at AFPI. The brief urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold a permanent injunction protecting parents from school policies that conceal and facilitate a child’s social transition without parental involvement.
Statement
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September 2, 2026
Small Businesses Need Reliable, Affordable Energy
Today, the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Ted Ellis, deputy director for Energy and Environment Policy, testified before the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains, on the need to power American businesses.
News Release
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September 2, 2026
AFPI Releases Issue Brief on The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Its Negative Implications
This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances, under AFPI’s Election Integrity Initiative.
Op-Ed
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September 2, 2026
California’s affordability crisis threatens America’s defense industrial base
America is investing billions to build the world’s most advanced ships, aircraft, missiles, autonomous systems and satellites. But those investments mean little if we do not have the welders, machinists, technicians, engineers and mechanics to build and maintain them.