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Trump renews Brazil tariffs and emergency powers for another year
No. 139
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Trump renews Brazil tariffs and emergency powers for another year

How a one-year National Emergencies Act continuation under IEEPA keeps prior tariffs and Magnitsky authorities alive without new legislation or fresh findings.

Report Names Twenty US Journalists In China Influence Operation
No. 138
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Report Names Twenty US Journalists In China Influence Operation

How FARA-registered public-relations work, foundation familiarization visits, and United Front analyses intersect with disclosure standards that govern sponsored journalism.

Republican Paula Stark Bounced From Ballot Over Missing Paperwork
No. 137
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Republican Paula Stark Bounced From Ballot Over Missing Paperwork

Florida law requires both an electronic Form 6 with the Ethics Commission and a physical copy or receipt delivered to the Division of Elections by the noon qualifying deadline; the dual step is what decided the case.

Navy Official Fired After Edited Undercover Footage Shows Him Badmouthing Trump
No. 136
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Navy Official Fired After Edited Undercover Footage Shows Him Badmouthing Trump

How citizen undercover methods using dating apps intersect with civil-service personnel standards, and how edited footage by an interested party functions as contested evidence.

New York Berlin Paris Attacks Coincide With Europol Jihadist Terrorism Data
No. 135
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New York Berlin Paris Attacks Coincide With Europol Jihadist Terrorism Data

How monitoring of known violent extremists interacts with concurrent domestic threat categories in US and EU assessments.

Anonymous Post Claims China Paid CBS To Bury Hunter Biden Laptop Story
No. 134
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Anonymous Post Claims China Paid CBS To Bury Hunter Biden Laptop Story

How platforms and former intelligence officials shaped the information environment around material later authenticated as genuine in the final weeks of a presidential campaign.

USCIS asylum rule skips interviews for hundreds of thousands of pending cases
No. 133
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USCIS asylum rule skips interviews for hundreds of thousands of pending cases

The rule removes the long-standing interview step for selected affirmative cases, shifting them on the written record into EOIR removal proceedings while preserving de novo review before a judge.

DeSantis pushes to impeach Florida judge after sex offender killed child
No. 132
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DeSantis pushes to impeach Florida judge after sex offender killed child

Whether a discretionary pre-sentence bond decision meets the constitutional standard of misdemeanor in office remains unresolved under separation of powers.

Troy Mayor's Emergency Cameras Vandalized Amid Council Privacy Lawsuit
No. 131
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Troy Mayor's Emergency Cameras Vandalized Amid Council Privacy Lawsuit

Whether charter emergency language lets a mayor override a council funding pause on automated plate readers.

27 States Ban Gender Care For Minors As Doctors Face Lawsuits
No. 130
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27 States Ban Gender Care For Minors As Doctors Face Lawsuits

Separate legal instruments—state felony statutes an executive order a rational-basis Supreme Court ruling DOJ subpoenas a proposed federal private-right statute and a single civil malpractice verdict—are drawing lines among protected practice civil liability and potential crime without resolving the contested medical evidence.

DHS Claims 14,576 Noncitizens Found On Pennsylvania Voter Rolls
No. 129
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DHS Claims 14,576 Noncitizens Found On Pennsylvania Voter Rolls

Federal preliminary name-date-of-birth-address-SSN matches meet state and county NVRA list-maintenance routines that remove names for death, moves, and inactivity, not for citizenship status.

Former CIA Officer Says Agency Blocked COVID Origins Probe
No. 128
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Former CIA Officer Says Agency Blocked COVID Origins Probe

The contest is whether classified-domain whistleblower protections and congressional oversight can function when an agency issues a categorical on-record denial.