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Federal Personnel 1 of 14

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 2 of 14

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 3 of 14

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 4 of 14

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 5 of 14

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 6 of 14

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

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