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WASHINGTON (AP) — The executive order directed at one of the country’s most prestigious law firms followed a well-worn playbook as President Donald Trump roared down the road to retribution. Reaching beyond government, Trump has set out to impose his will across a broad swath of American life, from individuals who have drawn his ire to institutions known for their own flexes of power and intimidation. Which is how the Paul Weiss, a storied New York law firm that since its 1875 birth has advanced the cause of civil rights, shepherded the legal affairs of corporate power brokers and grown...

Journalists of the Dutch NOS and Nieuwsuur published a joint investigation about the way how russia receives microcircuits from the Netherlands for weapons production. Chips manufactured by the Dutch NXP and Nexperia companies were found, in particular, in the on-board equipment of russia’s cruise missiles, Ka-52 attack helicopters, "one of the types of self-propelled guns" (probably the 2S19 Msta-SM2) and one of the Iranian-made kamikaze drones. According to RUSI estimates, Dutch-origin chips cover at least 10 out of 27 critical positions for russians of "dual-purpose" electronics. In Order to Prouce Missiles And Other Weapons, russia Buys Millions of Chips In...

For Trent Lott, a proud man and an ambitious one, stepping down as Senate Majority Leader must be a particularly painful experience. Much as we conservatives did all we could to force just such a resolution, now it becomes our duty (even though Lott himself won't appreciate it) to lift him up. Trent Lott was racially insensitive and, in his desperate attempts to hang onto power through clueless apologies, unprincipled in doing an about-face on affirmative action. He has long been as disappointment as the Senate GOP's top strategist, too prone to gaffes, too Beltway-ed, too susceptible to being outmaneuvered...