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Update: Trump Administration Reunification of Families Proves Chaotic
President Trump was court ordered to reunify families by July 26, 2018
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Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Act
The Trump administration has rolled back the Endangered Species Act, a policy that has been in place for the last 45 years having been put in place by Richard Nixon
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3D Printed Guns Face New Legal Challenges
After Cody Wilson settled a lawsuit with the government which allowed him to post blueprints online of how to print 3D guns, other states have retaliated in response. A plethora of states have begun attempting to make these blueprints illegal to post, and one judge from Seattle delayed the posting of the plans until the end of August. With the overwhelming flow of information and accessibility on the internet, however, it will be difficult to monitor these blueprints from appearing online.
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TSA Monitoring and Documenting Innocent Behavior With Quiet Skies Program
At the end of July 2018, the Boston Globe reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had been conducting a surveillance program known as “Quiet Skies.”
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Senator’s Warner’s Effort to Have a National Discussion on Internet Policy
On August 1, 2018, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote an opinion piece in USA Today that called on the United States to have a national discussion about Internet privacy, data and social media.
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Trade, Not Aid: $12 Billion Aid Package for American Farmers Is Met with Mixed Responses
As the chaos and confusion of the trade war continue to prove problematic on both domestic and global levels, President Trump has attempted to offset the damage done to a critical part of the U.S. economy.
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