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Trump Administration Ignores Statutory Deadline to Declassify FISA Court Opinion

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By James Baratta
| The American Prospect Verified
This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter. Sign up for it here. It has been almost two weeks since the statutory deadline to declassify a potentially damning Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opinion passed on September 13. The judge who wrote that opinion in March found serious issues with the filtering tools U.S. intelligence agencies use to sift through queries for information on individuals who have communicated with foreign intelligence targets.
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Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics?

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By James Baratta
| The American Prospect Verified
This article appears in the October 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next issue in your mailbox, please subscribe here. By the time this year’s primary season was winding down, corporations had already shelled out more than half a billion dollars in support of congressional candidates, exceeding the previous record of $461 million set during the 2024 election cycle.
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NY-17: Who’s Afraid of Mike Lawler?

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By James Baratta
| The American Prospect Verified
With less than 50 days to go until the midterm elections, New York’s 17th Congressional District, situated in the Hudson Valley north of New York City, is the only district that Kamala Harris won in 2024 where Republican PACs have been vastly outspending their Democratic counterparts. The congressional race pits two-term incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) against Democratic challenger Cait Conley, a U.S. Army veteran who has emphasized her service record and working-class roots.
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