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2. The new curriculum requires students to "analyze contemporary turning points of 21st-century American society. One task: "Identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results by looking at graphs and other information."
2. @DHSgov said, "Hermosillo's arrest and detention were a direct result of his own actions"
2. 19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, a US citizen, was visiting Tucson when he passed by the Border Patrol headquarters, and "an agent arrested him for illegally entering the country." 
2. Trump's tariff announcements have had massive impacts on stock prices. 
2. In 2021, the DOJ launched an investigation into the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). The investigation found that the ADPH "engaged in a consistent pattern of inaction and/or neglect concerning the health risks associated with raw sewage" in Lowndes County.
2. The "ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE" creates a point system to determine whether a Venezuelan over 14 years of age is a TDA member. Anyone scoring eight points or higher "are validated as members of TDA."
2. In Campbellsville, KY, for example, the owner of a 12,750-sq-ft office building leased to the SSA for a field office was informed by the GSA that the entire lease was being terminated.
2. Popular Information obtained an internal memorandum from Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek announcing Scott Coulter, a DOGE operative previously assigned to NASA and the SSA, as the SSA's new CIO.
2. Each year, the SSA automatically issues millions of Social Security numbers and cards to non-citizens granted work authorizations as part of an agreement between the SSA and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) 
2. Trump claimed during the campaign that the "Supreme Court just approved the abortion pill." While SCOTUS dismissed a case challenging the abortion pill's legality, it did so only for technical reasons. 
2. The memo, authored by Acting Deputy SSA Commissioner Doris Diaz, purports to be motivated by a desire to mitigate "fraud risks." 
2. The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker, which is currently updated to reflect the latest data posted by DOGE, finds that the actual verifiable savings is 8.6 billion — 92% less than the claimed savings of $105 billion. 
2. The Monday email instructs members of the CFPB supervision staff that they are not authorized to resume "supervision/examination activity, even though the Bureau is required by law to carry out these activities."