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Charlie Savage

@charliesavage.bsky.social
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The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Subpoena power? Not exactly. Acquittal means freedom? Nope. A few unusual things that came up last month in the longest running capital case at Guantánamo Bay. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Unusual Issues in Court at Guantánamo Stand Out as a Case Finally Heads to Trial
Prosecutors want remote testimony for witnesses unable or unwilling to travel to Guantánamo. The defense wants jurors to be told that, guilty or innocent, the defendant will not go free.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Breaking news: A military judge has thrown out yet another confession in the 9/11 case, ruled it was involuntary.
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Judge Throws Out Another Confession in Sept. 11 Case (Gift Article)
Prosecutors have long considered the defendants’ admissions during interrogations in 2007 to be their best evidence.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ms. Blackburn’s complaint was full of political grievances. But beyond the bluster is a serious question of how far the speech or debate clause extends. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry (Gift Article)
The lawsuit, brought by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, tests the reach of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... w/ Ben Weiser
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The DC Circuit has unsealed about 600 pages of litigation material from the Trump investigations at my request. They include a written 2-1 opinion and dissent (Millett, Wilkins, Katsas) rejecting Trump's attempt to block Mike Pence from testifying before a grand jury www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Newly Public Documents Shed New Light on Trump Investigations (Gift Article)
Records unsealed on Wednesday include a 2023 appeals court opinion rejecting Donald J. Trump’s attempt to block Mike Pence’s grand jury testimony.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1/ @rgoodlaw.bsky.social & I are honored to announce that veteran, multi-award winning reporter @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social will be publishing Dispatches from Guantanamo with us at @justsecurity.org –regular updates as the capital trials in the military commissions get underway. #GTMODispatches
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Guantánamo Dispatch: The USS Cole Case Edges Toward Trial
Carol Rosenberg reports from Guantánamo Bay on the upcoming pre-trial hearing in the USS Cole bombing case.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Blanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Blanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate (Gift Article)
The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was asked to contribute to a @justsecurity.org / @rcls-nyu.bsky.social collection of reflections pegged to the 25th anniversary of 9/11 - where I was, how it shaped my professional life, and how that informs my work today in the current historical moment. www.justsecurity.org/156339/9-11-...
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9/11 Then and Now: How it Shapes Us 25 Years On
How the September 11 attacks, and the U.S. response that followed, changed the world and the way we approach the moment we are in today.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There should be Odyssey showings with full IMAX visuals but lower volume for people who don’t want their ears to bleed /crankyoldmantake
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Breaking: In a huge decision in the 9/11 case, the military judge has suppressed the so-called "clean team" confession of the lead defendant known as KSM. This comes days after the same judge set a June 2028 trial date, which could now be in doubt if the prosecution decides to appeal that ruling.
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Judge Excludes Key Confession in Sept. 11 Case (Gift Article)
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
lol
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seeing people confused about Fauci taking the Fifth even though he was pre-emptively pardoned by Biden. Pardons only cover past conduct; they don't immunize future lawbreaking. Fauci's claim is Trump II DOJ would gin up a perjury investigation into him based on anything he says today.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
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U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists
A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
RIP Senator Lindsey Graham. I spoke with him many times over the years, primarily re war-on-terror detainee policy issues like Guantanamo & military commissions. He twice invited me to join congressional fact-finding trips to the war zone in Syria to scrutinize Kurdish-run prisons for ISIS detainees
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cubs this year are fire and ice with no lukewarm water in between: two ten-game winning streaks, a ten-game losing streak, etc. These last two games are the ridiculous season in a nutshell:
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
From the chapter of my 2007 book TAKEOVER about the growing stacking the Supreme Court with former executive branch lawyers who came of age marinating in separation-of-powers disputes from a presidentialist perspective:
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The moon and Venus tonight
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Jupiter and Venus
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I also am a lifetime m dash writer and am befuddled by what to do about their sudden “AI slop” connotations stigma. If everyone changes, too, would not AI writing gradually change with us and we would just be setting off on a new version of the euphemism treadmill?
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Third option: A commuter tax in disguise.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Justice Department has served subpoenas on The Wall Street Journal and other media organizations seeking information about the Iran war. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Good morning from the Pentagon, where I have come to see a feed of Week 2 of the latest pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay. In a first, no reporters are on base for a hearing in that particular case. All members of the media left on Saturday, with some court staff.
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Trial Guide: The Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Bay
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
PSA Fake evite email phishing is out of control right now. Don’t click without checking with the purported sender.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Joe Maddon: These are the 3 best leaders I managed in MLB www.nytimes.com/athletic/725... 2016 Cubs x2
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Joe Maddon: These are the 3 best leaders I managed in MLB
Joe Maddon managed for 17 seasons in MLB. He was a three-time Manager of the Year and won the 2016 World Series with the Cubs.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Years ago I started a @tumblr.com project of books from the Guantanamo detainee library, which @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social and @jasonleopold.bsky.social, among others, helped fill out. I thought Tumblr had deleted it, but it still exists with a changed URL gitmobooks-blog.tumblr.com
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Guantánamo prison library books for detainees
A photo collection Twitter @charlie_savage NYT Sunday Book Review article: http://goo.gl/IVc4E
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congress Passes Another Short-Term Extension of Expiring Surveillance Law Senator Ron Wyden secured an agreement to seek the declassification of a recent intelligence court ruling about the FISA Section 702 program. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
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Congress Passes Another Short-Term Extension of Expiring Surveillance Law
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
House GOP leadership's new stab at FISA 702. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee... On 1st scan: 3 year extension. Adds ODNI review of FBI queries for US person info; criminalizes bad ones; & makes it so only FBI lawyers (not supervisors) can approve them. Seems like a tough sell to Freedom Caucus types.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
U.S. Settles Carter Page Wiretap Lawsuit for $1.25 Million www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
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U.S. Settles Carter Page Wiretap Lawsuit for $1.25 Million
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
U.S. Abruptly Rescinds Subpoenas It Had Just Issued in John Brennan Inquiry www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
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U.S. Abruptly Rescinds Subpoenas It Had Just Issued in John Brennan Inquiry
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes A former Trump campaign lawyer, Joe diGenova, is said to be planning to split time between Miami and Fort Pierce, where a grand jury overseen by a Trump-favored judge sits. w/ Alan Feuer www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The career prosecutor in Miami who the Trump admin had in charge of its John Brennan/"grand conspiracy" effort to try to prosecute Trump's perceived foes, Maria Medetis Long, has been removed. Joe diGenova takes over on Monday. w/ Alan Feuer & @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
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Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
House Votes to Extend Expiring Law on Warrantless Surveillance for 10 Days www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
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House Votes to Extend Expiring Law on Warrantless Surveillance for 10 Days
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
DOJ Appealing Surveillance Court Ruling Amid Congressional Impasse The court had barred national security agencies from using certain tools to process Americans’ data gathered under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on Monday. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
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Justice Dept. Appealing Surveillance Court Ruling Amid Congressional Impasse
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Trump says he’s willing to ‘risk’ giving up rights as he pushes to extend a surveillance law. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
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Trump says he’s willing to ‘risk’ giving up rights as he pushes to extend a surveillance law.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
On Journalism and American Democracy (my short speech at the George Polk Awards last week) charliesavage.com/2026/04/on-j...
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On Journalism and American Democracy - Charlie Savage
Here are some brief remarks I delivered about journalism and American democracy at the 2025 George Polk Awards ceremony.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Updated with the CIA's declassified assertions today that info gathered via 702 helped thwart a planned terrorist attack on a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Austria and several other things, now with @julianbarnes.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
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U.S. Says Wiretap Program Thwarted Attack on 2024 Taylor Swift Concert
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Updated with the CIA's declassified assertions today that info gathered via 702 helped thwart a planned terrorist attack on a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Austria and several other things, now with @julianbarnes.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
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U.S. Says Wiretap Program Thwarted Attack on 2024 Taylor Swift Concert
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
With the NYT, I have filed a new FOIA lawsuit seeking a less redacted version of the once-classified Durham report appendix & related materials. charliesavage.com/2026/04/new-...
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The FISA Court recertified the 702 surveillance program so it can keep operating into 2027 even if Congress lets the statute lapse this month. The court objected to CIA/FBI/NSA filtering systems that effectively queried for Americans' info outside the usual rules. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
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Intelligence Court Renews Surveillance Program Whose Law May Soon Lapse
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump’s Iran Threats Look Like Self-Incrimination for Potential War Crimes President Trump, in vowing to systematically destroy civilian infrastructure and annihilate Iran’s entire civilization, appears to be creating evidence about his intentions. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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Trump’s Iran Threats Look Like Self-Incrimination for Potential War Crimes
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New memo by Trump's 36-year-old OLC chief, Elliot Gaiser, says Congress's Constitutional power to make laws necessary and proper to regulate how the U.S. government works is actually just a power to "assist" the president--so laws are valid if they increase Trump's power but not if they restrict it.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Hacked Files of F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Circulate Online www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
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Hacked Files of F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Circulate Online
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Mullin Said to Have Credited the King of Jordan for a Helicopter Rescue The homeland security nominee brought up a mysterious trip in mid-2016 at a confirmation hearing. He visited Jordan that August, congressional records show. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Mullin Said to Have Credited the King of Jordan for a Helicopter Rescue
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The Treasury Department is hurtling forward with minting what will now be three different coins with Trump's picture on them -- a $1 that will circulate and two commemorative 24k gold ones www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...
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Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves Gold Coin With His Face on It
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