🇺🇸 US Politics
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President Trump has abandoned a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, walking away from one of the largest tax-related cases ever filed by a sitting president. The sudden dismissal is raising red flags among House Democrats and ethics officials, who are questioning the circumstances behind the decision. The controversy adds fresh scrutiny to the administration's relationship with federal tax authorities.
Read article →Trump's endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn reshapes the Texas Senate Republican runoff with one week left in voting. The move is a direct rebuke of Cornyn, a longtime Senate figure, signaling Trump's preference for a more combative MAGA-aligned candidate. The race has become a high-stakes test of Trump's influence over the GOP establishment in one of the country's largest states.
Read article →The Trump administration is raising alarm among surveillance watchdogs as it quietly walks back policies designed to curb the commercial spyware industry. These tools, capable of remotely compromising smartphones without user interaction, were previously treated as a national security and human rights liability. The rollback leaves critical questions unanswered about which agencies use spyware, against whom, and under what legal authority.
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