U.S. Treasury: FY 2025 Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion - AAF
Oct 17, 2025 · The U.S. Treasury released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for FY 2025, estimating a $1.8 trillion deficit for the year. The deficit was the net effect of $7.0 trillion of …
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Section 230 in the Era of Generative AI - AAF
Oct 16, 2025 · Executive Summary Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), which creates new content such as text and images from user prompts, raises questions about whether Section …
The Biden Regulatory Record - AAF
Jan 29, 2025 · EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to the aggregated collection of self-reported estimates from federal agencies, the cumulative total of regulatory costs under the Biden …
Sizing Up Interest Payments on the National Debt - AAF
Oct 28, 2025 · The federal government spent $970 billion on interest payments on the national debt in FY 2025 - the equivalent of 19 percent of all federal revenue collections and roughly …
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AAF is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization; it is not affiliated with or controlled by any political group. Its focus is to educate the public about the complex policy choices the …
Hot Takes on a Cold Day 2025 - AAF
3 days ago · Below are some of our favorite quotes from AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin in his 2025 Daily Dish Eakinomics columns.
A New U.S. Carbon Tax Proposal: The 2025 Clean Competition Act
Dec 17, 2025 · Executive Summary The 2025 Clean Competition Act (CCA), a narrow-based carbon tax proposal, would levy a tax of $60 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent …
President Trump Gears Up to Levy Tariffs on Wind Turbine Imports …
Sep 8, 2025 · Executive Summary As part of its long-running opposition to wind energy generation, the Trump Administration has recently initiated a Section 232 investigation into …
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Internships Why AAF? The American Action Forum dedicates time and energy to our internship program, offering hands-on research and policy writing experience in a number of different …