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Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Resume National Security Reviews of Wind Projects

A federal court overturned the Defense Department’s freeze on national security assessments for domestic wind farms, requiring the Pentagon to resume reviews within statutory deadlines and dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict renewable energy development.
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Russia’s A7 Builds a State-Linked Payments Network Beyond Western Sanctions
Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary in Test of Party’s Progressive Wing
Trump Campaigns in California and Nevada to Support Vulnerable Republican House Candidates
Federal Judge Upholds End of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese Migrants
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Resume National Security Reviews of Wind Projects
Trump Administration Presses Congress to Ban Nationwide Mail-In Voting Ahead of Midterms
Senior Senate Democrats Prepare for AI-Driven Election Disruption and Federal Intervention Scenarios
Trump Renews Effort to Remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in Fight Over Central Bank Independence
Senate Republicans Seek Defense Spending Deal as Interest Costs Complicate Reconciliation Plans
US Trade Representative Prepares Targeted Tariffs on Sixty Economies to Replace Global Baseline Duties
Trump Calls Off Planned Iran Strikes as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Agree on Mutual Defense Pact
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Construction of Trump’s Four Hundred Million Dollar White House Ballroom
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