Reading up on policy
4 deep · digging since nov 25, 25
- Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.
The IRS has stopped releasing its annual tax‑gap estimate, hindering efforts to determine if tax non‑payment has risen under the Trump administration.
- The Winning Essays for the Big Questions About AI
Three winning essays propose using AI foundations for pandemic eradication, advocating for light-touch AI policy for non-supply-chain countries, and adapting Hong Kong MTR's rail-plus-property model for AI lab profitability.
- Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later - Ars Technica
A Trump executive order commits NASA to landing humans on the Moon by 2028 and building a lunar outpost by 2030, while deprioritizing Mars and deep-space science.
- How the Coast Guard Revised Its Policy on Swastikas, Nooses and Bullying - The New York Times
The Department of Homeland Security revised Coast Guard policy to explicitly ban swastikas, nooses and bullying after public backlash.