Biden’s Next Judicial Appointment s, European Drug Markets, and More

September 7, 2022

While the Biden administration pushed through a record number of first-year judicial appointments, the president’s second year in office may not be as groundbreaking. Russell Wheeler discusses Biden’s confirmations pace compared to his predecessors and what’s ahead for the remainder of the year.

Competition between the two largest Mexican cartels, the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, has spread around the globe. Vanda Felbab-Brown explores the changing presence and increasing drug-product diversification of these enterprises in Europe.

From enabling daily tasks found on phone apps to federal necessities such as maritime navigation, spectrum is an indispensable part of life. Yet it is a finite critical resource, and ensuring its equal access is a major challenge. On the latest episode of TechTank, Nicol Turner Lee, Andrew Von Ah, Shane Tews, and Kathleen Burke discuss spectrum policy.

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