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The judge said under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 2025, the BPA retained more than $3 billion in funding for necessary expenses related to the administration of grant programs and that Congress had clearly intended for the department to keep administering already awarded grants.

Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

US AI Developments.

A lawsuit filed on Friday claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google made an illegal deal to slow the pace of their respective AI development.

The department cited national security and the need to prevent fraud in the visa program.

Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

In case you missed it, yesterday on Just Security, "Withholding Consent: Dominant Parties, Opposition Failure, and Youth Disengagement in Southern Africa" by Weary Renai Brilliant Masara and Amara Galileo.

"A Plea from Forgotten Families in Detention in Northeast Syria: What Will Happen to Our Children?" by Beatrice Erickson and Funolania Line KC Ons.

Ian Culgren reports for Bloomberg.

Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

In case you missed it, yesterday on Just Security.

I see why am I, last week on Just Security, what's conspicuously missing from the government's Supreme Court reply brief in the mail ballots case, by Marty Lederman.

The Trump administration had already asked the Supreme Court to make a decision on the rule without waiting for the appeals court verdict.

Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

In case you missed it, yesterday on Just Security.

The Just Security Podcast, 9-11 at 25 years, The State of U.S. National Security, Intelligence, and Alliances Today, by Ambassador Daniel Freed, Nicholas Rasmussen, Ryan Goodman, and Tess Bridgman.

The judge stated that while Ahmed may have valid causes of action, she was required to conclude under a recent appellate court ruling that she lacked jurisdiction to hear his free speech and due process claims under the Constitution.

Kanishka Singh and Nate Raymond report for Reuters.

A court of appeals yesterday upheld an injunction blocking an IRS policy that allowed it to share thousands of taxpayers' addresses with ICE authorities.

The court ruled that the practice violated federal law and that the IRS last year disclosed roughly forty-seven thousand taxpayer addresses to ICE.

Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

US domestic developments.

The American Bar Association yesterday eliminated a diversity requirement for law schools after facing pressure from the Trump administration.

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