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The revision fixed much of the first draft’s overreach, but the clause still doesn’t say where the government’s data protections begin and end.

The precedents set in the pursuit of Fauci could come back to haunt Republicans or possibly tee up even more politically motivated retribution campaigns in the next Congress.

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AI labs already write constitutions for their models. What they lack is a court to interpret them.

A Review of Eyck Freymann’s “Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War With China” (Oxford University Press, 2026)