The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have become a strategic threat to the United States and the global economy as their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have escalated. Kenneth M. Pollack and Katherine Zimmerman argue that the US must respond by providing military support to Yemen’s government.

As part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Congress created the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, providing billions of dollars to states to expand broadband access to underserved communities. In a new AEI report, Mark Jamison shows why relying on competitive, marked-based principles to distribute this funding will provide the best outcomes for consumers.

Donald Trump has put forward sweeping claims of presidential immunity from prosecution against federal charges of election interference. Gary J. Schmitt looks to the writings of James Wilson and Joseph Story to show why Trump’s claim has little basis.

The relationship between unmarried parenthood and poverty rates is well established, but how do subsequent changes in family status affect poverty? In a new AEI Perspectives on Opportunity report, Angela Rachidi documents how marriage, employment, and education can significantly reduce child poverty, even after a nonmarital birth.

Many federal welfare programs have “income disregard” policies that ignore the value of government benefits in calculating eligibility for low-income purposes. Matt Weidinger explains how these created massive work disincentives, especially during the pandemic, and urges Congress to make changes.