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CNBC: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a U.S. Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it is not currently able to comply with his order to begin refunding about $166 billion collected in reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump. CBP, in a court filing, cited its existing technology, processes and …
Mashable: “Before the dust had settled on the ruins of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school — a casualty of the recent U.S.-Israel military strikes against Iran, and one which resulted in the deaths of up to 168 adults and children — people were already engagement-farming online. Clips of digital flight simulators were passed off as real-time …
“Amid growing concerns about federal charging practices, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has launched its new Criminal Case Tracker. This new digital resource, available at www.nacdl.org/casetracker, provides defense counsel and the public with a structured, continually updated view of select federal prosecutions that reflect emerging enforcement theories, novel legal applications, and departures from …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7 – This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded …
ProPublica: “Thousands of companies are jockeying for billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts to build a shield designed to intercept and destroy missiles launched against the United States. But amid the intense competition, a handful of firms have an important inside connection. At least four of the companies awarded contracts so far are owned …
NPR: “The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld. They include 16 new pages that cover three additional FBI interview summaries with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was …
Ars Technica: “A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Wednesday that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such ample authority over the country’s vaccine policies that he is “unreviewable.” His unfettered powers even allow Kennedy the freedom to recommend, if he chose to do so, that people ditch vaccines and …
Escalating attacks by Pam Bondi against DOJ attorneys along with protection for loyalists – See Federal Register – DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of the Attorney General 28 CFR Part 77 [Docket No. OAG199, AG Order No. 6653-2026-A] RIN 1105-AB82 Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys. Notice of proposed rulemaking. …
Data is Beautiful – “I got pissed that all of these public government records are impossible to read, so I mapped them all to be freely viewed. Sources: insidescoop.app Data | Occupational Safety and Health Administration Form 5500 Search NLRB Data on Data.gov | National Labor Relations Board Data | US EPA SAM.gov | Search …
“….These are among 198 lawsuits in the past year identified by The New York Times [Gift Article] that challenge how Mr. Trump has leveraged federal funding to carry out his agenda without the consent of Congress. And they reflect one remarkable feature of the campaign: It has proceeded undeterred by losses in court. With that …
Updated March 22, 2026 – Above the Law: Biglaw Executive Order Fight Heads To D.C. Circuit (For Real This Time). After dropping and un-dropping its appeals, DOJ now has a date to explain itself…The DOJ filed a full-throated defense of the EOs, pointing to the yellow-bellied nine Biglaw firms (A& O Shearman; Cadwalader; Kirkland & …
Follow up to Open AI and Anthropic respond to Defense Department demands differently – See also Lawfare – Pentagon’s Anthropic Designation Won’t Survive First Contact with Legal System. “This is designation as political theater: a show of force that will not stick. On Feb. 27, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic—the maker of the AI …
