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High-flying balloon seen as part of broader Chinese spy program

WASHINGTON — The high-altitude balloon now floating at 60,000 feet over the continental U.S. is part of a broader Chinese spying program that’s seen many such devices sent over the nation, including some during the Trump administration, according to U.S. officials.

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Title IX, Gender Identity, and the Consequences of Equity

Do the principles of Title IX in sports apply elsewhere?

Reason

US Supreme Court upholds controversial Title 42 border policy

Invoked under the Trump administration, Title 42 uses public health as a justification for expelling asylum seekers.

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Dems probe Jared "conflict of interest"

Congress wants to know if Jared sought to "influence" or "interfere with" policy to advance business interests

Salon

House investigation reveals how Trump aides bullied CDC staff to downplay Covid-19 threat

Trump aides ’usurped control of CDC communications and blocked public health officials from providing accurate information about the coronavirus to the American people,’ report claims

The Independent UK

National Archive says it is still missing some Trump administration records

Letter says ‘we do know that we do not have custody of everything we should’

The Independent UK

How lawyers from one giant DC firm influenced Trump's Supreme Court picks

Servants of the Damned author David Enrich says lawyers from the firm of Jones Day were deeply embedded in the Trump White House — and helped create policy designed to limit the federal government.

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Experts say a Trump-backed charity is pushing the boundaries of tax law

An NPR investigation has raised questions about whether the nonprofit Conservative Partnership Institute may be violating a legal ban on participating in political campaign activities.

WEKU

West Virginia v. EPA: What Would Have Been the Result Under the Chevron Doctrine?

The Court did not engage with the doctrine directly (as opposed to simply creating an exception to it). How, in fact, would the case have been decided under Chevron?

Reason

West Virginia v. EPA: An Advisory Opinion?

Deciding the case might have been squarable with Article III, but not the way Court went about it.

Reason

Trump administration memo shows citizenship question connected with census

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration tried to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 census that would benefit Republicans, despite initial concerns within the administration that it wasn’t legal, according to a new trove of documents released by Congress on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Documents detail the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push

Newly released documents confirm the Trump administration's push for a citizenship question was part of a bid to alter the census numbers used to divide up seats in Congress and the Electoral College.

WEKU

Cato Institute Files Lawsuit Seeking Release of Report Used to Justify Trump's Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

The contents of the report may well prove the Trump Administration tried to deceive the courts.

Reason

The Progressive Case for Cost-Benefit Analysis (But Not As Conducted in the Trump Administration)

My review of Reviving Rationality:Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Sake of the Environment and Our Health by Michael Livermore and Richard Revesz.

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Long-awaited federal study finds threat to Boundary Waters from hardrock mining

Hardrock mining on public land in northern Minnesota risks contaminating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, even with measures designed to head off those problems, a long-awaited federal study says.

The Independent UK

House oversight committee launches probe into Jared Kusher’s Saudi-backed investment fund

Mr Kushner’s new venture received a $2bn investment from a Saudi sovereign wealth fund

Axios

Jared Kushner under congressional investigation for $2B Saudi investment with private firm

Kushner denies acting improperly over his firm's transaction with the wealth fund controlled by Saudi Arabia's crown prince.

Miami Herald

Reversing Trump measures, US will expand flights to Cuba and resume family reunifications

The Biden administration is restoring flights to Cuban cities other than Havana and reestablishing a family reunification program suspended for years, following recommendations of a long-anticipated review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, senior administration officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald on Monday.

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Salon

Porter alleges Trump admin bribery plot

Porter and Rep. Raul Grijalva say the Trump administration intervened to help a developer that donated over $240K

The Independent UK

Report criticizes meat industry, USDA response to pandemic

A new Congressional report says that at the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as COVID-19 spread rapidly among workers

Tribune News Service

Trump administration's $700 million loan to Kansas trucking company under fire in Congress

WASHINGTON — Federal officials Wednesday were asked to investigate whether an Overland Park, Kansas, trucking company broke federal law when securing a $700 million loan through a federal pandemic aid program — a sum that accounted for 95% of the money allocated to the program.

Caixin Global

The U.S. Isn't Going to Slacken Scrutiny After Ending the ‘China Initiative’

While the controversial China Initiative targeted mainly academics and researchers of Chinese descent for alleged espionage, the nascent Nation-State Threat Strategy significantly expands its enforcement scope to broader economic and ideological interests

The Times of India

Imran Khan's claim on US seeking to overturn his govt fictional: Ex-Trump official

WASHINGTON: Dubbing Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan's claim that the US is looking to overturn his government as “concocted”, a former top Trump administration official said Wednesday that the country is entering a period of political uncertainty.

The News Lens

What Pompeo’s Visit to Taiwan Indicates

While Mike Pompeo called for formal recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on his recent trip, the Biden Administration will remain cautious and keep its options open.

Reason

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's First Circuit Court Opinion

A unanimous panel rejects a Trump Administration change to rules on collective bargaining for government workers.

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