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Calls for a full, independent audit of Fort Knox intensified in 2025 after public figures urged verification; the U.S. Mint and Treasury still report 147.3 million troy ounces at Fort Knox while lawma...
Federal agencies routinely report Antideficiency Act (ADA) violations to the Government Accountability Office (GAO); GAO compiles annual summaries showing a range of examples from lease obligations to...
María Corina Machado won the opposition’s October 2023 primary by a large margin but was legally barred from standing in the 2024 presidential contest, so she did not appear on the ballot as the offic...
Congressional bills and public pressure aim to force a full, independent audit of Fort Knox, but legal limits on access, classified-security procedures and Treasury practices create procedural frictio...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) serves as the statutorily mandated reviewer of presidential “special messages” under the Impoundment Control Act (ICA): it receives copies of special message...
Venezuelan constitutional texts establish broad rules for public office and nationality but do not, in the provided materials, set out a clear, single statutory regime on when legislators may accept m...
The United States Department of the Treasury has statutory custody and operational authority over the gold held in the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox; the U.S. Mint (within Treasury) ma...
The Antideficiency Act bars federal agencies from obligating or spending funds absent congressional appropriations, forcing agencies to suspend non‑authorized activities and either furlough employees ...
The central factual finding is that the Supreme Court upheld presidential emergency authority in Dames & Moore v. Regan to transfer frozen Iranian assets and to suspend related claims under the Intern...