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Today's news roundup:
-Amnesty accuses Sudan's RSF of committing war crimes in El Fasher
-US ends Temporary Protected Status for Myanmar nationals
-Trump administration orders review of 233,000 Biden-era refugees
-Judge dismisses cases against Comey and James
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Early Edition: November 25, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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(1/2) Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

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November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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As the US masses forces in the Caribbean and threatens #Venezuela’s #Maduro, what happens if Maduro flees, is overthrown, or otherwise loses power?

Peter J. Quaranto and Tyler Jess Thompson outline key questions for scenario planning:

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Trump Presses for Post-Maduro Venezuela
As the U.S. positions for possible military strikes, it should prepare for looming governance and stability challenges in Venezuela.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Trump is refashioning the law governing seabed minerals to fit US interests, as Truman did during WWII. The broader international legal framework has changed significantly since then, and it is far from clear that Trump will succeed, writes Coalter Lathrop.

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Crisis as Catalyst: Seabed Minerals and the (Un)Making of International Law
Trump is attempting to refashion the law governing seabed minerals to fit U.S. interests - as Truman did during WWII.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Trump is investing in the #SouthCaucasus and #CentralAsia, building new trade routes to counter #China and #Russia.

Will it pay off?

Nino Lezhava on the players in a shifting region:

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U.S. Counters China, Russia in the South Caucasus, Central Asia
How the U.S.-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal and the TRIPP trade route are reshaping Eurasia’s economic and security alliances.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Today's news roundup:
-Israel strike killed a senior Hezbollah official near Beirut
-Trump moves to end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis
-Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal
-Separatist wins presidential vote in Bosnia's Serb region
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Early Edition: November 24, 2025
A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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(1/3) Catch up on our recent analysis:

• U.S. strikes / Venezuela
• Anti-corruption series
• Russia-Ukraine War
• Israel-Hamas War
• Civilian harm
• Counterterrorism
• Trump executive actions
• Nuclear
• Cyber
• Western Balkans
• Human rights violations / Accountability
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Nov. 17-21, 2025)
U.S. strikes / Venezuela • Anti-corruption series • Russia-Ukraine War • Israel-Hamas War • Civilian harm • Counterterrorism • Trump executive actions • Nuclear • Cyber • Western Balkans • Human right...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

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November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The draft US-Russia “peace plan” for #Ukraine is a “hot mess,” writes @ambdanfried.bsky.social.

But Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy is right to try to work with it rather than reject it outright, Fried says, offering some possible negotiating pointers:

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Has Options in Response to Latest U.S.-Russian 'Peace Plan'
The plan is a mess, but Ukrainians are right to try to work with the draft rather than reject it out of hand.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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President Trump is building a “shadow budget” outside of Congressional control. @scott-levy.bsky.social explains why it is unlawful and how Congress should respond:

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How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)

By Brett Max Kaufman

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From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)
The Trump administration's lethal strikes are the apotheosis of the last quarter century's often always secret and often unreviewable executive branch legal reasoning.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Timeline now includes reactions of U.S. allies and other international actors:

A timeline of all major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

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Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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We've updated our Study.

New stats (jaw-dropping imho):

1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:

26 cases

2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:

Over 60 cases

3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:

68 cases
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
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November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Today's news roundup:
-US threatens to cut intel and weapons to press Ukraine into a peace deal: Reuters
-DOJ and FBI probing Pulte and Martin over investigations of Trump's adversaries
-Trump accuses six Democratic lawmakers of sedition, ‘Punishable by Death’
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Early Edition: November 21, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Brand New Updated Presumption of Regularity Study, which was featured on 60 Minutes

By Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Audrey Balliette, Margaret Lin, Michael Pusic and Jeremy Venook

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The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
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November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Is EU member #Croatia tilting toward the far right? Bosnian Genocide researcher Georgio Konstandi examines the patterns: a concert featuring fascist-era call-and-response and political meddling in neighboring #Bosnia:

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Is Croatia Normalizing the Far Right in the Western Balkans?
The Croatian government appears to embrace far-right actions at home while undermining neighboring Bosnia's sovereignty and democracy.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Nicaragua v. Germany: Why Israel is Not an Indispensable Third Party

By @adhaque.bsky.social

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#ICJ #Gaza
Nicaragua v. Germany: Israel is Not an Indispensable Third Party
Legal experts analyzes Germany's argument before the International Court of Justice in Gaza case.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Last month, 72 countries signed the UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi.

As the focus shifts to ratification, democracies must ensure that repressive regimes don’t abuse the treaty to undermine fundamental freedoms, writes Pavlina Pavlova:

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The Promise and Peril of the U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime
It is up to democracies to ensure that repressive regimes do not abuse the new U.N. Cybercrime Convention to undermine fundamental freedoms.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Excellent Fact Check

On State Department's designation of "Antifa Groups" as foreign terrorist organizations

3/4 have no apparent "Antifa" anything
4/4 have no apparent statutorily required threat to US national security

by counter-extremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
State Dept's FTO Designations Undermine Claims of "Antifa" Threat
Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"
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November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Today's news roundup:
-Top US military lawyer raised legal concerns about strikes against alleged drug boats
-HRW Report accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank
-US approves deal to sell 70,000 AI chips to UAE and Saudi
-WH preps EO to block state AI laws
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Early Edition: November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I did a deep dive on the State Dept’s designations of four “Antifa” groups.

State doesn’t even allege that they have targeted Americans or the U.S.

3 of them don’t appear to be Antifa.

The 1 that is Antifa was designated in part for fighting neo-Nazi groups, which haven’t been designated.
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The State Dept's designations of Antifa undermine claims that the mvmnt poses a significant terrorist threat to Americans, counterextremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social writes

The 4 designated groups haven’t targeted Americans. 3 don’t appear to be Antifa.

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State Dept's FTO Designations Undermine Claims of "Antifa" Threat
Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"
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November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Our @rcls-nyu.bsky.social fellow and former WH Deputy National Cyber Director, @camillestewartgloster.com writes in @justsecurity.org about natsec challenges and opportunities of solar energy👇
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Millions of insecure solar devices are leaving the U.S. vulnerable to cyberattacks.

But states and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a liability into a pillar of national power, write Michael Razeeq and Camille Stewart Gloster:

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Why The Next Great Infrastructure Risk Is Distributed
States and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a security liability into a resilient pillar of national power.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Millions of insecure solar devices are leaving the U.S. vulnerable to cyberattacks.

But states and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a liability into a pillar of national power, write Michael Razeeq and Camille Stewart Gloster:

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Why The Next Great Infrastructure Risk Is Distributed
States and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a security liability into a resilient pillar of national power.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The State Dept's designations of Antifa undermine claims that the mvmnt poses a significant terrorist threat to Americans, counterextremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social writes

The 4 designated groups haven’t targeted Americans. 3 don’t appear to be Antifa.

www.justsecurity.org/125072/fto-s...
State Dept's FTO Designations Undermine Claims of "Antifa" Threat
Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"
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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Today's news roundup:
-Witkoff secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war
-DHS to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep
-Trump designates Saudi Arabia as "major non-NATO ally"
-Israeli strike on refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13
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Early Edition: November 19, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM