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Targeting of law firms and lawyers under the second Trump administration
Executive orders, memoranda, and clearance actions by the second Trump administration against law firms including Covington & Burling, Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey, retaliating for client choices; four trial courts ruled the orders unconstitutional while several firms settled with pro bono commitments.
Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan (طارق رمضان), born 1962 in Geneva, maternal grandson of Hassan al-Banna, is a Swiss Islamic studies scholar known for the European Islam project and books such as To Be a European Muslim and Radical Reform; definitively convicted of rape in Switzerland (2025) and sentenced by a Paris court in 2026 to 18 years.
Tarnovo Constitution
The Tarnovo Constitution (Търновска конституция) was the first constitution of the Principality of Bulgaria, adopted on 16 April 1879 in Veliko Tarnovo. It established a hereditary constitutional monarchy and remained Bulgaria's fundamental law until 1947.
Tarring and feathering
Tarring and feathering: extralegal punishment of covering a stripped victim with hot pine tar and feathers. Medieval origin (Richard I, 1189), brought to America by sailors, famous against loyalists like John Malcolm in 1774, later used in Ireland.
Tashkent Declaration
The Tashkent Declaration is a peace agreement signed 10 January 1966 at Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, by India's Shastri and Pakistan's Ayub Khan, mediated by Soviet Premier Kosygin, ending the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War through withdrawal to pre-5 August 1965 positions. Distinct from the 1997, 1999, and 2004 declarations of the same name.
Tashkent Treaty (1992)
The Tashkent Treaty, formally the Collective Security Treaty, is a mutual-security treaty signed at Tashkent on 15 May 1992 by six post-Soviet states, obliging members to assist any party under attack.
Tate–LaBianca murders
Tate–LaBianca murders: seven killings by Charles Manson's Family in Los Angeles, August 8–10, 1969, killing Sharon Tate and four others, then Leno and Rosemary LaBianca; 1971 convictions.
Tatiana Kashirina (Татьяна Юрьевна Каширина)
Tatiana Kashirina (Татьяна Юрьевна Каширина), born 1991 in Noginsk, Russian super-heavyweight weightlifter: 2012 Olympic silver, five world titles, snatch, clean and jerk, and total world records up to 348 kg, later sanctioned by CAS.
Tauro family of judges
The Tauro family of judges comprises G. Joseph Tauro, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1970 to 1976, and his son Joseph L. Tauro.
Tax avoidance
Tax avoidance: legal reduction of tax liability, distinct from illegal tax evasion and from tax planning. Covers corporate profit shifting channels, the BEPS framework, the 15% global minimum tax, and UK tax gap measurement.
Tax Day
Tax Day is the United States federal individual income tax filing deadline, generally April 15 for calendar-year filers. Moved from March 1 to March 15 (1918) to April 15 (1954); extensions to October 15, Emancipation Day shifts, and COVID-19 delays alter it in some years.
Tax deduction
Tax deduction: an amount subtracted from taxable income. Covers US standard vs. itemized deductions, above-the-line deductions, history since 1913, and 2025-2026 OBBBA amounts and new breaks.
Tax evasion
Tax evasion is the illegal, criminally punishable nonpayment of taxes owed, distinct from legal tax avoidance. Covers forms, measurement via random audits, US losses of $116–304 billion, offshore leaks, and enforcement.
Tax exemption
Tax exemption removes qualifying organizations, property, or transactions from a tax base; in the U.S. it centers on IRC 501(c)(3) charities, churches, and nonprofits, built by statutes from the 1894 Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act onward, with deduction, inurement, filing, and revocation rules.
Tax refund interception
Tax refund interception, or tax refund offset, is the U.S. Treasury Offset Program's withholding of federal income tax refunds to pay delinquent child support, student loans, state income tax, and similar debts, run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
Tax returns of Donald Trump
Donald Trump's tax returns: federal and state filings he refused to release as candidate and president, first major-party nominee since 1976 not to; NYT 2020 leak showed $750 paid in 2016 and 2017; House Ways and Means released 2015–2020 returns in December 2022.
Taxation in France
Taxation in France covers income taxes, VAT, social contributions, and local taxes, with a 43.5% tax-to-GDP ratio in 2024, progressive income tax brackets of 0-45%, a 25% corporate rate, and one of the OECD's highest labour tax wedges.
Taxation in Germany
Taxation in Germany: the federal, state, and municipal tax system with a 38.0% tax-to-GDP ratio (2024), 47.9% tax wedge, 19% VAT, 15% corporate tax, shaped by the Miquel and Erzberger reforms.
Taxation in India
Taxation in India is a system of taxes collected by three tiers of government, governed by the Income-tax Act, 2025, which replaced the 1961 Act in 2026.
Taxation in New Zealand
Taxation in New Zealand: the national tax system administered by Inland Revenue, built on income tax (progressive rates 10.5%–39%) and 15% GST, raising over 90% of core Crown tax revenue, with self-assessment and a 183-day tax residence rule.
Taxation in Puerto Rico
Taxation in Puerto Rico: a separate Hacienda-run Commonwealth tax system plus partial federal taxation; bona fide residents are exempt from federal income tax on Puerto Rico-source income under IRC section 933, pay FICA taxes, and Act 60 incentives offer 4% corporate rates and investment income exemptions.
Taxation in Sweden
Taxation in Sweden: the national, municipal, and regional tax system run by Skatteverket. Dual income tax with ~52% top marginal labour rate, 30% capital tax, 20.6% corporate tax, 25% VAT; tax-to-GDP 41.4% in 2023.
Taxation in Switzerland
Taxation in Switzerland: a three-level federal system in which the 26 cantons levy their own income, wealth and corporate taxes, VAT stands at 8.1%, corporate rates run 11.7-21.6%, and the OECD 15% minimum tax applies since 2024.
Taxation of alimony
Taxation of alimony is how spousal support payments are treated for income tax: in the US, alimony is no longer deductible or taxable for post-2018 agreements.
Taxpayer Identification Number
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN): unique identifier assigned by a jurisdiction for tax administration; in the U.S. covers SSN, EIN, ITIN, ATIN, and PTIN, and internationally underpins CRS information exchange.
Taylor B. McNeel
Taylor B. McNeel, born Taylor Brantley McNeel in 1983, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Taylor Swift sexual assault trial
The Taylor Swift sexual assault trial (Mueller v. Swift, D. Colo. 2017): a federal jury found ex-KYGO DJ David Mueller groped Swift at a 2013 Denver meet-and-greet, rejected his $3 million interference claims, and awarded her symbolic $1 damages.
Tea Act
The Tea Act (13 Geo. 3 c. 44, May 1773) gave the East India Company duty-free direct tea exports to America and a colonial sales monopoly, triggering the Boston Tea Party of 16 December 1773 and the 1774 Coercive Acts.
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy (Theodore Robert Bundy, born 1946) was an American serial killer linked to at least 30 murders in the 1970s, twice escaped Colorado custody, was tried on nationally televised Florida trials, and was executed January 24, 1989.
Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy, born Edward Moore Kennedy, was a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts who served from 1962 to 2009, championing civil rights, health care, and immigration reform.