Foreign Policy and National Security
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he signed an executive order revoking Hong Kong’s preferential trade status with the U.S., in addition to signing legislation aimed at bolstering sanctions against China amid persistent tensions between the two nations… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Louisiana nonprofit asked a D.C. federal court Tuesday to nix rules the U.S. Department of Labor introduced last year that made it harder for some trafficking victims to complete their visa applications, saying the new policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A D.C. federal judge on Monday unsealed the full version of her decision last week to give Roger Stone an extra two weeks to report to prison while denying the longtime conservative operative’s request to extend the surrender date even further to September… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Visa applicants slammed the Trump administration’s move to toss a challenge to a proclamation targeting uninsured green card seekers, telling an Oregon federal judge that the government’s dismissal bid simply rehashes old arguments that haven’t previously held up… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump administration announced plans late Friday to replace Geoffrey Berman as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and nominate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to take his place, but the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan said he didn’t quit and won’t immediately step down… Read this piece…
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