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Federal Personnel
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Judge orders VA to restore its 320,000-employee union contract after the department's third termination attempt this year defied her standing injunction.
Appeals court unanimously backed her in May
Source: Federal News Network
August 10, 2026
Data
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ICE will pay LexisNexis $6.7 million to pipe 82 billion records into Palantir systems that map neighborhoods for deportation targeting, procurement documents show.
Contract requires bulk facial recognition
Source: 404 Media
August 10, 2026
Courts
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Judge orders DOJ to justify holding an Afghan permanent resident whose lawyers cannot see the classified evidence in the first secret deportation court case.
Never criminally charged, no visitors allowed
Source: NOTUS
August 10, 2026
Immigration
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State Department announces 175,000 visa revocations since January 2025, including some for social media posts and 100 at one embassy over birth tourism.
Calls visas "a privilege, not a right"
Source: WTTG Washington
August 10, 2026
Censorship
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Florida AG Uthmeier demands six years of New York Times board records, wielding the state pension's 160,000 shares and threatening suit within two weeks.
Third legal broadside in six days
Source: The Tampa Bay Times
August 10, 2026
Grift
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Trump Media signs high-frequency trading firms at up to $100,000 monthly for millisecond access to the president's market-moving posts, its first customers.
Quarter's revenue: $1.7 million total
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
August 10, 2026