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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Christopher Lee</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:48:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Christopher Lee</dc:creator>
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      <title>How Congress Kills a Federal Rule in 60 Days</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Review Act runs on several clocks at once. Here is what each one counts, why the Senate needs only 51 votes, and what a disapproved rule can never become.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Alexandria Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2022 rewrite of the Electoral Count Act set a one-fifth objection threshold, named the state executive as the single certifying official, and made the presiding officer's role ministerial. Here is the mechanism, section by section.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:48:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Ballot Curing Turns a Rejected Signature Into a Counted Vote</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A mismatched or missing signature doesn't end a mail ballot's chances. Election offices flag it, notify the voter, and give them a fixed window to fix it — a process with its own deadlines, tiers of review, and paper trail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:48:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Alexandria Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Election-night totals are never final. A canvass reconciles every ballot, a designated official certifies the count, and for president a federal law forces the state to lock in its result six days before electors meet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:48:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Alexandria Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Asha Venkataswamy</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Pardon Power: Broad, Unreviewable and Full of Unwritten Rules</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The presidential pardon power explained: Article II's limits, the Pardon Attorney process, commutation types and the unreviewability courts keep affirming.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-six states and Washington, D.C. require a recount without a candidate asking for one, but the margin that triggers it, and who pays when it doesn't, differs by statute in every state that has one.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:48:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Christopher Lee</dc:creator>
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      <title>Six Months After the Tariff Ruling, the Refund Question Runs On</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Six months after the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 IEEPA tariff ruling: refund claims at CBP, surviving Section 232/301 lanes and what importers do.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[After Lindsey Graham's death, Governor McMaster appointed Darline Graham and a special Republican primary will pick the November nominee — the vacancy l.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Alexandria Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[November 3, 2026 ballots are locking in — California's June 25 and Ohio's July 1 measure deadlines passed, with 131 measures certified nationally.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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