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Critics of the plans say the changes will decimate the Samaritans' work in local communities and have accused the charity's leadership of repeatedly ignoring requests to provide the rationale for the plans.

In June, Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered Khalil’s release, saying that it was “highly unusual” to seek detention on the threat to foreign policy rationale.

“It appears that the Jewish community is growing even more skeptical and critical of deploying antisemitism as the rationale” for federal funding cuts to universities, Fuller said.

The use of tariff threats as a cudgel to try to save an ally from legal peril also gives lie to the purported rationale behind tariffs: protecting U.S. manufacturers or correcting trade imbalances.

In August, Rayner had written to the Chinese side demanding they "explain the rationale and justification for each of the redactions".