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View More NewsWith control of the Strait of Hormuz up for grabs in the U.S. conflict with Iran, it’s not surprising that President Donald Trump has naval matters on his mind. After all, patrolling sea lanes requires effective warships and the ability to keep them on station. The question is whether the president’s ambitious plans for remaking the U.S. Navy with a new class of battleships and a return to older technology on aircraft carriers can live up to the hype. It’s an important concern at a moment when U.S. federal debt has hit $40 trillion, because the Trump administration’s plans are…
From today’s long decision in Democracy Partners, LLC v. O’Keefe by D.C. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined by Judge Harry Edwards: James O’Keefe is the Founder and former CEO of Project Veritas, a non-profit media organization that gathers news “almost exclusively [through] undercover journalism” … [including] “open and secret audiovisual recording” …. In spring 2016, Project Veritas assigned one of its investigative reporters, Christian Hartsock, to find leads on a potential story about voter fraud schemes in the Wisconsin elections. Acting undercover, Hartsock infiltrated an election-watch party at a Milwaukee bar, where he met Scott Foval, a Democratic political…
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