Weekly Spotlight: Disturbingly Untrue
Over the weekend, President Trump began touting plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago.
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Weekly Spotlight: Conflicting stories
The White House has tried all varieties of brazen and illegal approaches to skirt constitutional mandates on federal spending.
Weekly Spotlight: Every Person Counts
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Weekly Spotlight: A Crisis Unfolds in Plain Sight
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Weekly Spotlight: What Happened Inside CECOT
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Weekly Spotlight: A Reversal of Constitutional Protocol
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Weekly Spotlight: Rooting Out Waste
In 1982, Congress passed the Nunn-McCurdy Act — a bill that intended to curb Pentagon overspending by involving Congress when weapons programs go over their baseline estimates.
Weekly Spotlight: This is the Authoritarian Playbook
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the entire federal judiciary of Maryland over a court order that prevents immediate removals by requiring a 48-hour pause on deportations that are under legal challenge.
Weekly Spotlight: A Dangerous Power Grab
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump called for the deployment of at least 700 Marines and 4,000 members of the National Guard in response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles.
Weekly Spotlight: A Horribly Misguided "Cost-Cutting" Move
The executive branch made some more unwise cuts this week.
Weekly Spotlight: Intimidation Tactics
The Justice Department has filed felony charges against Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) following a scuffle involving Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a visit to Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey earlier this month.
Weekly Spotlight: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
The Trump administration’s plan to accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar — one of the most expensive “gifts” to the U.S. for use by a president — raises glaring ethical (and legal) concerns for us.
