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Heather Cox Richardson analyzes a recent escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to justify controversial security and military actions, linking a thwarted assassination attempt to the push for a new White House ballroom and highlighting a non-competitive $17.4 million contract for
Heather Cox Richardson analyzes a recent escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to justify controversial security and military actions, linking a thwarted assassination attempt to the push for a new White House ballroom and highlighting a non-competitive $17.4 million contract for
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Heather Cox RichardsonBrett A. ShoemateCole Thomas AllenJanine PirroCatherine Clark
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War Powers Act
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Clark Construction
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AuthoritarianismBreaking NewsCongressCriminal JusticeDemocracySupreme CourtUs Politics
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