powers
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They argued she was acting within her powers as a judge, and trying to follow a then-draft policy issued by the court’s chief judge on how to interact with ICE in the courthouse.
On Thursday, he announced plans to strengthen laws countering hate speech and introduce new powers to cancel visas or reject applications for those who spread hate, part of a sweeping crackdown on antisemitism.
But where the White House acted under emergency authorities, Congress is now codifying and expanding those powers—to monitor, and in some cases block, U.S. financing of Chinese work on emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing and advanced semiconductors.
Fusion powers the sun and could produce almost-limitless amounts of carbon-free energy if it can be harnessed on Earth.
In the Senedd, Davies said he wanted "equality for our country within the United Kingdom", having earlier argued that policing powers should also be devolved to Wales.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
