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White House Cites Historical Powers to Pay Troops With Pentagon R&D Funds During Shutdown

An OMB memo to Congress invokes historical emergency authority to defend reallocating Pentagon research funds.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Remove FTC Commissioner, Sets December Review of Agency-Removal Limits

Administration Retreats on Full D.C. Police Takeover Following Court Pushback

Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Halting Trump’s Federal Layoffs