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The District of Columbia National Guard is legally distinct from state guards: it normally reports to the President rather than a mayor or governor, which has allowed recent presidential-directed depl...
The Speaker of the House does not have legal authority to activate the National Guard; only federal officials — the President, the Secretary of Defense and, in some accounts, the Secretary of the Army...
The U.S. President has broad constitutional power to pardon "Offences against the United States," a power the Executive has used to commute or pardon military court-martial convictions, including rece...
The U.S. President does not have unfettered, permission‑free physical access to the gold held at the Fort Knox Bullion Depository; the vault is operated under Treasury control with tightly prescribed ...
The deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S. Capitol is a mix of federal statute, executive action, and ad hoc operational decisions: the District’s Guard has been under orders in Washington si...
The legally prescribed annual salary for the U.S. President remains , a statutory figure affirmed in contemporary reporting from January 2025 and reflected as the baseline in other materials, while se...
The D.C. mayor cannot unilaterally deploy the D.C. National Guard; authority over the D.C. Guard rests with federal officials (President, Secretary of Defense/Army) and deployment of out‑of‑state Guar...
The US President’s compensation combines a fixed statutory salary of with several designated allowances — typically cited as for expenses, for entertainment, and a non-taxable travel account — produci...
The US President influences the stock market through policy actions, public communications, and signaling that alter investor expectations and perceived future cash flows; these effects can be immedia...
NATO is not currently collapsing: no member state has formally rescinded membership as of 2026, and Article 13 provides a clear legal exit process . However, intense political shocks — most recently p...
Federal law and DoD regulations permit involuntary recall of retirees under certain mobilization authorities and implementing service rules; sources point to Title 10 mobilization powers implemented i...
faces heightened rhetoric and some preparatory actions that have made , but multiple authoritative sources report that an actual military operation has not been ordered and remains unlikely in the nea...
The short answer is: no — the claim that “Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place” is an overstatement not supported by available reporting; there are indeed Russian and...
The Peace Corps has not "ended"; it remained an active U.S. federal volunteer agency through at least May 2025, governed by current policy documents and ongoing reporting on volunteers and early termi...
Minnesota and federal authorities reviewed tips and documents about allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar married a sibling but never brought charges; fact‑checkers and major news investigations found no c...
The UCMJ requires service members to obey lawful orders but imposes a duty to refuse “manifestly” illegal orders — those that clearly command crimes like targeting civilians or torture — and the burde...
A U.S. President cannot unilaterally “charge” an elected senator with treason; criminal prosecutions are brought by prosecutors (not the President acting alone), and treason has a narrow constitutiona...
The US President’s compensation package centers on a and a set of official allowances and in-kind benefits that together broaden the value of the office beyond cash pay. Major recurring allowances cit...
The US government can and does train foreign military personnel on US installations under existing statutory authorities and executive-branch determinations, and such training has occurred without an ...
The materials show two distinct enactments tied to the 2025 federal budget cycle: a full-year continuing appropriations law enacted on March 15, 2025, and a later reconciliation-style package describe...