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‘That is not the law’: Bondi promised to target ‘hate speech.’ She’s facing backlash from all corners. “There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech. And there is no place — especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie — in our society,” Bondi told Katie Miller, the former DOGE aide, on her podcast that was released Monday. “We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.” https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/16/pam-bondi-first-amendment-hate-speech-prosecution-00566424

Pentagon to limit journalists’ access unless they agree not to publish certain information The unprecedented move is the strongest action yet in restricting how reporters cover the country’s largest federal agency https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/pentagon-limits-access-journalists-00574227

Trump’s new detention policy targets millions of immigrants. Judges keep saying it’s illegal. The administration says the sweeping detentions are a key prong of Trump’s deportation strategy. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/20/ice-detention-immigration-policy-00573850

Trump to decrease the price of drugs by "1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1,500%. Numbers that are not even though to be achievable." What a businessman!

Why We Shouldn't Underestimate This Spy Network The world is connected by just 500 cables. America is spying on them, China is building out a competing network, Russia is threatening to break them, and everyone else is caught in the middle.

How global trade killed the liberal world order The United States, once hailed as the leader of the free world, is turning autocratic. While it`s easy to tie the shift specifically to Donald Trump, the conditions that enabled both his rise and that of other authoritarian leaders, have been developing for decades. The seeds of destruction lie in economic institutions established under a false assumption: that freer trade would lead to freer societies. This episode of Business Beyond examines the trend through the rise of China, the decline of US manufacturing, and the emergence of new regional groupings, like BRICS and ASEAN.