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S.E.C. Drops Lawsuit Against Binance, a Crypto Exchange

The dismissal of charges against Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, is the Trump administration’s latest pullback in cryptocurrency enforcement.

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JD Vance’s Campaign Plane Is Being Used for Migrant Deportation Flights

The Boeing 737 has been chartered more than a dozen times this year by the federal government to deport migrants to several countries in Central America.

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Trump Nominates a Former Far-Right Podcast Host to Head an Ethics Watchdog

The president picked Paul Ingrassia, the current White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which examines public corruption.

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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.

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Tariff Ruling Gives Businesses Hope, but They’re Soon Unmoored Again

Companies welcomed a court decision striking down President Trump’s tariffs. Then a stay of that ruling left no one breathing easy.

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Trump Officials Intensify Attacks on Judges Over Tariffs Ruling

White House reactions to unfavorable court rulings appeared designed to undermine confidence in the judiciary.

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Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime

Critics say President Trump has used the vast pardon powers of the presidency not to settle accounts, as President Biden did, but to burn the ledger.

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Top Officials Overseeing Deportations Leave Their Roles at ICE

Kenneth Genalo, the top ICE deportation official, is retiring, and two other officials are moving on to different roles, the Department of Homeland Security announced.

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