Under the Hatch Act, federal personnel, including members of Congress, are prohibited from wearing partisan or political apparel such as T-shirts, buttons or other political groups’ paraphernalia while carrying out official duties or wearing official insignia.
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Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
In Caracas today, military police in balaclavas and without insignia regularly patrol the streets.
In later centuries, Barbary lions were gifted between royal courts, kept in menageries, and even depicted on national emblems — as in the coat of arms of Morocco and the United Kingdom.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
For millennia, trees have stood as emblems of the profound interconnectedness of all living things, central to the universe’s structural integrity and humanity’s moral compass.
The animation literally transforms the fans’ love into a superpower beyond themselves, as neon ribbons shoot out of their hearts to envelop the girls onstage and, eventually, the entire crowd.
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Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Buoyant bánh tiêu sesame doughnuts are paired with ribbons of prosciutto and peppy giardiniera for a Southeast Asian take on gnocco fritto.
Some even show signs of fractured crests, hinting at long-term exposure to changing conditions.
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Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
28 Aug. 2025
The reader bobs along in the author’s stream of consciousness, riding crests of despair, anger, and hilarity as Toews assembles the shards of her past to investigate her will to write, which is deeply entwined with her will to live.
Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.
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Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Luna Grill serves kabobs, pitas, salads and plates with a choice of chicken, beef, lamb, shrimp, salmon and falafel.
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Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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