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The Administration Suspends Visa Interviews of Foreign Students Pending Vetting Rules of Their Social Media Posts to Ensure Ideological…
Donald Trump’s war on Harvard—most recently, canceling $100 million of contracts—includes trying to ban them from sponsoring international students.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Pardon Czar Hands a 'MAGA Pardon' to a Corrupt Sheriff Convicted for Bribery
The Framers of the Constitution gave the president the pardon power to correct injustices.
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Robert Tracinski
The FTC Obliges Musk and Targets a Democrat-Aligned Group Flagging Racist Content on X
The Trump administration is systematically trying to dismantle the fundraising and media infrastructure of its political opposition.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Threatens ABC With an FCC Investigation for Reporting that He Solicited the Qatari Palace in the Sky as a Plane Bribe
How do we know Donald Trump is accepting a $400 million bribe from the royal family of Qatar?
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Tries to Take Over the Library of Congress Without Congressional Authorization and Put His Lackeys In Charge
The question of who controls the Library of Congress would seem to be answered in the name itself: It is the Library of Congress. But Donald Trump just…
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Robert Tracinski
Stephen Miller Peddles Dangerous Falsehoods that the Executive Has Sweeping Authority to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Defy Courts on…
Top Trump advisor Stephen Miller has openly threatened to suspend habeas corpus, the Constitution’s main protection against arbitrary arrest.
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Robert Tracinski
ICE Agents Arrest Newark Mayor for Protesting Deportations Outside the Detention Prison in an Attempt to Intimidate Local Officials
The immigration police state is not just coming for immigrants.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Guts the Hatch Act's Prohibition on Government Employees Campaigning for MAGA on Official Time
For 80 years, the Hatch Act has banned electioneering by government employees while they’re in the office or on the clock.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump FBI Arrests a State Judge for Allegedly Defying the Immigration Police State
Referring to the “Trump FBI” is itself a problem, since the agency is supposed to enjoy independence from presidential meddling.
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Robert Tracinski
In a Classic Move From the Authoritarian Playbook, Trump Orders a Politically Motivated Investigation of a Democratic Fundraising Platform
Donald Trump’s policies have caused his approval ratings to sink, making it likely Republicans will lose their majority in the House in the next…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump’s FCC Head Threatens to Revoke Comcast's Licenses Over Unfavorable Coverage of Abrego Garcia's Deportation to Salvadoran Gulag
The Trump administration has criticized NBC News and MSNBC for failing to provide sympathetic coverage of his arbitrary and lawless banishment and…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Alters His 'Deal' with BigLaw and Wants to Extort Legal Services for Himself and His Allies
When BigLaw firms made deals with Donald Trump under the threat of presidential retribution, their excuse was that they were merely agreeing to do what…
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Robert Tracinski
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