citizens

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The researchers are especially concerned about how the technology could be used in authoritarian countries to monitor protesters or track citizens without their knowledge.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

U.S. citizens who have been to those countries are being directed to Washington Dulles International Airport and screened there, the CDC said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

While announcing the charges, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the US "does not, and will not, forget its citizens".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Maybe the most important thing that Christopher Brown, an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, said Thursday about scams targeting U.S. citizens is that people who fall for them shouldn’t feel embarrassed.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

His core argument was that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional because it violated the natural rights of the citizens of each state to control their own domestic affairs.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis