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Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor

Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor

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The Posse Comitatus workaround: ICE expands into domestic policing

Congress gave ICE a $75 billion budget with few strings attached, allowing it to operate beyond its intended scope and bypass traditional checks on...

08.04.2026 10

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Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor

Here are two federal agencies civil servants would love to see Trump close

Closing them would not shrink the government so much as liberate it.

06.11.2025 20

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Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor

The government never shuts down: What actually happens in budget standoffs

Government doesn't shut down, because it can't.

29.09.2025 60

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Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor

Will fear overtake America?

Today’s divisions feel unprecedented, but the nation has been here before — and survived far worse.

13.09.2025 50

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Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor

DOGE can still save billions just by ending government's 'spend-it-or-lose-it' culture

There is no better place to begin cutting than with the institutional culture of year-end federal spending.

24.06.2025 10

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Cheryl Kelley, Opinion Contributor