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District Judge Royce Lamberth's order comes 10 days after he ruled that President Donald Trump's pick to oversee mass layoffs at VOA was unlawfully appointed, rendering the job cuts invalid.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Some candidates who submitted petitions by the March 4 deadline failed to qualify because some of their signatures were deemed invalid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

In just one news cycle, businesses learned that reciprocal tariffs were invalid, that a new global tariff would soon become effective and that fast-track government investigations could lead to additional duties.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

She was down in 13th following a disastrous short program which left her in tears after she missed her triple loop, meaning it was scored zero as an invalid element.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Although a reasonable first step in many cases, scaling quantities up or down proportionally is often invalid, as more mundane examples also demonstrate.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos