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Italy tightened its requirements for citizenship by descent.
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2025
The time to act is now — before more taxpayer dollars are squandered and before special interests tighten their grip even further.
—Audrey Fesik, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The cuts come as officials say the department's public affairs shop, headed by Kennedy's former campaign press secretary Stefanie Spear, has tightened its grip on communications being issued by health agencies.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
By tightening demonstration policies, university administrators contributed to a discourse that has framed the pro-Palestinian protest as an existential threat to the well-being and safety of society at large and have, in effect, played into the hands of the current administration.
—Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2025
The time to act is now — before more taxpayer dollars are squandered and before special interests tighten their grip even further.
—Audrey Fesik, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The cuts come as officials say the department's public affairs shop, headed by Kennedy's former campaign press secretary Stefanie Spear, has tightened its grip on communications being issued by health agencies.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
By tightening demonstration policies, university administrators contributed to a discourse that has framed the pro-Palestinian protest as an existential threat to the well-being and safety of society at large and have, in effect, played into the hands of the current administration.
—Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Tighten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tighten. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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