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According to the Google Threat Analysis Group Bulletin for Second Quarter 2025, Google has removed nearly 11,000 YouTube channels tied to state-run propaganda campaigns for China, Russia, and other nations over the last few months.
“The company announced in a July 21 press release in the Bulletin that in the second quarter, they removed thousands of YouTube channels, Ad accounts, and a Blogger blog linked to China, Russia and other Nations to help counter disinformation campaigns”.
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From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), July 18, 2025.
CBO was asked to assess the effects of a permanent 10 percent reduction in NIH funding and a nine-month increase in FDA review times of new drug applications.
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Report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): July 9, 2025.
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.3 trillion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2025, CBO estimates. That amount is $65 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year.
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Law School Securities Arbitration Clinics: An Investment Worth Making
From: Peapack Bank and Trust:
Shaped by shifting geopolitical tensions and key economic updates, U.S. equities remained volatile during the holiday shortened week. Early on, markets rebounded from last week’s selloff, supported by hopes that the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran might ease. Comments from U.S. leadership suggested that diplomacy was still possible, which helped lift investor sentiment. However, that optimism was soon tempered by renewed concerns over potential military…
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Spring 2025.
Letter from Hon. Gale Brewer:
Tens of thousands of people nationwide are victims of a scam every year—in 2024 alone, scams cost Americans $47 billion. As the New York Times reported,
In this June 18, 2025 Report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provides information concerning outlays for the government’s major mandatory programs and tax credits that are primarily means-tested and provide assistance to people with relatively low income or few assets.
Summary:
House Budget Committee Chairman Arrington has asked CBO to provide information concerning outlays for the government’s major mandatory programs and tax credits that are primarily means-tested; that is, for programs and tax credits that provide cash payments or other forms of assistance to people with relatively low income or few assets.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the legal profession, influencing how attorneys conduct research, draft briefs, analyze litigation risk, and advise clients. As AI tools like generative language models, legal search platforms, and predictive analytics systems become more prevalent, AI literacy has become essential for legal professionals. Law librarians, long recognized for their expertise in research instruction, information curation, and professional ethics, are well positioned to take the lead in promoting AI literacy across the legal ecosystem.
This paper examines the role law librarians should play in fostering AI understanding, outlines strategies for advancing AI literacy, and identifies the challenges and opportunities involved.
From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), June 12, 2025:*
OVERVIEW:
“This interactive tool illustrates the distributional effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It allows users to explore how H.R. 1, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, would affect the economic resources available to households grouped on the basis of their income. (See CBO’s estimate of the budgetary effects of the bill.)
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