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This rule amends mechanical equipment safety standards related to brake inspections for passenger and freight rail equipment and incorporates longstanding waivers for locomotive brake system maintenance and inspection requirements. The amendments are consistent with the mandates…
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SECURING STABLE & LOW-COST OIL SUPPLY IN OUR HEMISPHERE: In the biggest oil deal in world history, President Donald J. Trump has secured U.S. majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela – vastly expanding our current U.S. territorial prov…
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IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY: The Trump Administration continues to improve how Government delivers services to the American public, in particular through the use of leading and emerging technologies. Today, the Office of Management and Budget released a new policy enforcin…
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Vice President JD Vance is in Michigan today to mark the Trump Administration’s unprecedented crackdown on fraud and the comeback of American manufacturing under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump. Since taking office, the Trump Administration has onshored production, r…
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Pro-Voter Coalition Files New Complaint Against Illegal USPS Rule on Mail Voting Date Tue, 08/25/2026 - 12:00 ekrug Tue, 08/25/2026 - 14:27 Body WASHINGTON — Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Democracy Defenders Fund (DDF) took another legal action to prevent the United Sta…
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The Trump administration escalates its quest for unchecked power to hide or destroy presidential records at will. The post Watchdogs, Historians Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Order Blocking Trump’s Evasion of Presidential Records Act appeared first on American Oversight.
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Campaign Legal Center Sues Trump Administration Over Another Unconstitutional Voting Executive Order Issues Voting and Elections The Rule of Law eburns Tue, 08/25/2026 - 14:27 Case Defending Vote by Mail from the Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Executive Overreach (LULAC…
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Campaign Legal Center’s Trevor Potter Issues Statement Responding to SCOTUS Ruling on Mail Voting Executive Order Date Mon, 08/24/2026 - 12:00 ekrug Mon, 08/24/2026 - 14:42 Body WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order on the shadow docket pausing a lower court…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 o…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As I announced in Executive Order 14172 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness), it is th…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As I announced in Executive Order 14172 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness), it is th…
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Dolly Parton, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown…
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President Donald J. Trump is delivering the results he promised — and the wins keep stacking up. From the securing a landmark election integrity ruling and launching the largest visa crackdown in American history to cutting illegals off taxpayer benefits and driving fentanyl dea…
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SECURING AMERICA’S BULK-POWER SYSTEM: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to protect the security, integrity, and reliability of bulk-power system electric equipment used in the United States, particularly from interference by foreign actors. PREVENTING FO…
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Three amicus briefs in a case brought by watchdogs and historians reject the Trump administration’s claim that a nearly 50-year-old recordkeeping law is unconstitutional. The post Lawmakers, National Security Veterans, and Former U.S. Archivists Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Bloc…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As I announced in Executive Order 14172 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness), it is th…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As I announced in Executive Order 14172 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness), it is th…
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department), in support of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and in furtherance of the Executive Order of August 10, 2026, "Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans," seeks public co…
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Dolly Parton, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown…
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Records we obtained raise alarm as consequential midterm election approaches. The post Bombshell: DHS Memo Lays Out Dubious Legal Roadmap for Sidestepping Posse Comitatus Act to Deploy National Guard appeared first on American Oversight.
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Today, the Trump Administration unleashed Operation Economic Outcast, an unprecedented campaign to sever every remaining economic lifeline sustaining the Islamic Republic of Iran. After President Trump and the overwhelming might of the U.S. military dismantled Iran’s military ca…
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATETHE SECRETARY OF WARTHE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORTHE SECRETARY OF COMMERCETHE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATIONTHE SECRETARY OF ENERGYTHE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITYTHE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETTHE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTE…
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Pro-Voter Coalition Sues South Dakota Over Confusing Administration of Documentation Law Date Mon, 08/24/2026 - 12:00 ekrug Mon, 08/24/2026 - 12:02 Body SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Today, the League of Women Voters of South Dakota (LWVSD) and an individual plaintiff, represented by Camp…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Space is a critical domain for American national security, economic growth, scientific discovery, and technological i…
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Our letter follows OSA’s admission that Woodhouse deleted texts and raises new questions about what else is missing. The post American Oversight Presses N.C. Auditor’s Office Over Missing Woodhouse Records and Search of Boliek’s Device appeared first on American Oversight.
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A newly published 2019 letter shows Kennedy proposed a vaccine-focused “mission” to Samoa, directly contradicting his repeated denials during his Senate confirmation hearings. The post American Oversight Seeks Criminal Investigation Into RFK Jr.’s Apparent False Statements to Co…
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Space is a critical domain for American national security, economic growth, scientific discovery, and technological i…
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During Overdose and Drug Poisoning Awareness Week, our Nation renews its resolve to defeat the scourge of illicit drugs and synthetic poisons that have devastated hundreds of thousands of American lives. My Administration is relentlessly confronting this threat at every source,…
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATETHE SECRETARY OF WARTHE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORTHE SECRETARY OF COMMERCETHE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATIONTHE SECRETARY OF ENERGYTHE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITYTHE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETTHE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTE…
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U.S. Central Command confirms what Democrats and the Fake News have spent months denying: the United States — not the Islamic Republic of Iran — controls the Strait of Hormuz. American forces are keeping energy moving to the world while denying Tehran the revenue it needs to thr…
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Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to Texas with a record to match the visit: tax relief in workers’ pockets, the most secure border in a generation, safer streets, and a surge of private investment creating new American jobs across the state. Historic Tax Relief for Texas…
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Today, Karoline Leavitt completes her final day as the 36th White House Press Secretary — the youngest person to ever hold the position and among the best ever to do it. She leaves the James S. Brady Briefing Room after a tenure defined by command, clarity, and an unrelenting de…
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Canada has been ripping off the United States for decades — and President Donald J. Trump is done letting them get away with it. Last week, the U.S. offered Canada the most preferential market access of any country on Earth, with deep cuts on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber, and…
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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel grating (steel grating) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the levels indicated in t…
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposes revising Federal sector EEO complaint rules to streamline processing, improve effectiveness, and implement the Cummings Act. The rule would end mandatory pre complaint counseling and remove the option to request adminis…
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. In Proclamation 11010 of February 6, 2026 (Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer), I found that cattle ranchers in the United States have played, and continue to play, an integral role in food produc…
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION At 5:36 p.m. on August 26, 2021, a lone ISIS-K terrorist pressed into the crowd at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, and detonated a body-worn bomb. The terrorist was one of the thousands of prisoners released by th…
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Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman sits down with Natan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, to discuss who is likely to win the October 27 Israeli elections and what the consequences might be for wars in Gaza and Iran, as well as Israeli domestic politic…
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Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law and a member of Meta’s Oversight Board, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and Senior Editor at…
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ADDRESSING BEEF AFFORDABILITY WITH TARGETED ACTION: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation to temporarily increase the quantity of lean beef trimmings that are imported with no above-quota tariff to ensure affordable beef for American consumers in light of curren…
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The post These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days. appeared first on ProPublica.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. In Proclamation 11010 of February 6, 2026 (Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer), I found that cattle ranchers in the United States have played, and continue to play, an integral role in food produc…
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION At 5:36 p.m. on August 26, 2021, a lone ISIS-K terrorist pressed into the crowd at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, and detonated a body-worn bomb. The terrorist was one of the thousands of prisoners released by th…
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