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’s proposed ballroom has not been judicially halted as of the latest reporting; the has filed suit seeking a preliminary injunction, a federal judge has signaled skepticism of the administration’s leg...
A coalition of 153 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass H.R. 7006, but the record supplied in the reporting shows few direct, on-the-record defenses from those Democrats to constituents or campa...
Guantánamo Bay is a U.S. naval base site that has housed a military detention facility since January 11, 2002, becoming the signature locus of post‑9/11 indefinite detention, rendition and torture all...
U.S. and many allied export controls treat high‑protection body armor and true CBRN‑rated gas mask filters as sensitive dual‑use or defense items, subject to licensing, classification under ECCNs or I...
Several authors of Project 2025 now occupy senior roles in the federal government: Russell Vought is serving as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brendan Carr is leading the Federal Com...
is a broad 2001 law written to give and intelligence agencies faster, wider tools to detect, investigate and punish terrorism; in plain terms it loosened some rules about surveillance, access to third...
The Epstein Files Transparency Act mandates the public release of unclassified Justice Department materials connected to Jeffrey Epstein while explicitly carving out narrow categories that may be reda...
deputy chief of staff for policy is a senior aide whose official responsibilities center on coordinating, implementing and overseeing presidential policy as delegated by the chief of staff, and ensuri...
The Freedom of Information Act () gives the public a statutory right to request federal records, but that right is sharply qualified where personnel or medical files and law‑enforcement materials are ...
The concluded there was "" who would bring charges against after weighing the available evidence against the legal standard for criminal prosecution—chiefly whether Clinton acted with criminal intent ...
Not enacting the leaves current gaps in candidate transparency intact — there would be no new legal requirement forcing candidates to disclose foreign citizenship on campaign filings . That choice pre...
The requires Members of who are foreign nationals to file a statement with the relevant congressional ethics committee describing their status as a foreign national, a change aimed at adding a layer o...
The creation of the and reorganized U.S. into a security-focused, federal law-enforcement architecture and accelerated interior enforcement, detention, and removals; advocates argue this institutional...
ial public disclosures of classified (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) information are governed by a mix of statutory mandates created by recent amendments to the , rules for a UAP Records Collection...
Excepted employees are those federal workers legally required to continue working through an appropriations lapse, usually without immediate pay; agencies most commonly designate jobs tied to , public...
and the most commonly rely on the law‑enforcement‑focused and its subparts to withhold undercover videotapes and recordings, and they supplement those claims with other FOIA exemptions — notably Exemp...
Social media and cable news amplified both accurate and false narratives around the , often accelerating political spin more than substantive understanding: fact-checkers and some mainstream outlets p...
Saying simply “"> is good” is incomplete: ICE performs legally mandated functions — arrests, investigations, and removals tied to immigration and customs laws — and supporters argue those actions prot...
in recent jurisprudence have treated allegations that mass-targeting actions were politically motivated with a mix of skepticism and pragmatic relief: judges often demand concrete proof of discriminat...
Department of Homeland Security and ICE require formal background investigations, suitability determinations, and—where applicable—eligibility for a Secret clearance; hiring materials show criminal hi...