The war between Israel and Hamas continues to have an alarming potential to turn into a regional war. Hal Brands argues that projecting strength and establishing deterrence against Iran need to be the United States' top priorities to keep the conflict contained.

In December, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Moore v. United States, a challenge to the mandatory repatriation tax as an unconstitutional direct tax on unrealized income. AEI scholars Alex Brill, Kyle Pomerleau, Michael R. Strain, Stan Veuger, and Alan D. Viard submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court arguing that this challenge should be rejected as legally and economically incoherent.

Congress needs to get Medicare and Medicaid costs under control, as spiraling entitlements are set to crowd out other expenditures over the next decade. Brian J. Miller, writing with other current and former members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, identifies a range of proposals that would cut costs without sacrificing the quality of patient care.

The Biden administration could single-handedly transform federal antipoverty policy for the worse by replacing the traditional poverty line with the supplemental poverty measure (SPM). Testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Corinth explained how adopting the SPM would cost hundreds of billions of dollars and override congressional intent.

From Ukraine to entitlements, Republicans are mired in policy disagreements, which leaves them with little to offer voters beyond opposition to Democrats. Yuval Levin suggests that the GOP's best opportunity to build a unified policy agenda and grow support among voters would be to focus on appealing to parents.