Good morning from Washington, where a House report unpacks the Justice Department’s crusade against parents who speak up at local school board meetings. Jarrett Stepman has details. The Biden administration keeps changing the rules of banking and finance, and that’s asking for trouble, EJ Antoni writes. On the podcast, an advocate for inventors tells why America needs a better patent system. Plus: a House panel targets China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims; Arkansas reserves girls’ rooms at school for girls; TikTok as a social menace; and “Problematic Women” considers a ban on abortion bills. Forty years ago today, in an address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan proposes that the U.S. develop antimissile technology as part of a Strategic Defense Initiative that critics decry as Star Wars.
Referees aren’t supposed to change the rules in the middle of the game, but that’s exactly what federal government officials like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have been doing.
An American inventor is speaking out about a law he says has significantly affected the country's ability "to lead the world in innovation and stay ahead of our adversaries."
"When China can actually have a mapping of the patterns of life and a network of Americans ... then you have a hard security problem," says The Heritage Foundation's Kara Frederick.
