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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to withhold millions of dollars in federal education grants because it said they funded programs that involve diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The high court split 5-4 in granting a request from the Justice Department to pause a federal district court
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A federal judge ruled Friday that a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador must be returned to the U.S. by Monday, April 7. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to a supermax prison on March 15, despite a protection order granted in 2019 that should have kept him from being
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Gen. Timothy Haugh, the head of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has been fired by the Trump administration, the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees confirmed late Thursday night, along with a source familiar with the matter. Haugh’s removal from the spy agencies was disclosed by Rep. Jim
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Bernie Sanders: U.S. now a “pseudo-democracy” – CBS News Watch CBS News In this preview of an interview to air on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 6, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders talks with CBS News’ Robert Costa about the influence of billionaires such as Elon Musk on the political process. View CBS News In Be the
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Washington — President Trump on Friday said he would sign another executive order to delay enforcement of a law that effectively bans TikTok, amid talks about a possible deal to sell the widely popular platform. Mr. Trump signed an executive order on his first day directing the Justice Department to not enforce the ban for 75
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In a move that could upend American foreign relations across the globe, President Trump announced Wednesday that he is imposing what he calls “reciprocal tariffs” on virtually every nation the U.S. engages with in trade. From April 5, all imports to the U.S. will be subject to a baseline tariff of 10%. Then, beginning April
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Global markets tumble after tariffs news Global stock markets tumble after Trump’s tariffs news 05:19 President Trump on Wednesday, announced so-called reciprocal tariffs on imports from about 90 nations, in addition to a 10% across-the-board tax applied to all imports to the U.S. Describing the announcement as “Liberation Day,” the president said the new taxes
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Mallory McMorrow announces bid for U.S. Senate Mallory McMorrow announces bid for U.S. Senate 00:32 Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow has declared her candidacy for the 2026 U.S. Senate race as a Democrat. “We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one,” said McMorrow, who represents Michigan’s eighth district. McMorrow is
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ historic federal corruption case has been dropped. Judge Dale Ho has agreed to the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to drop the charges against Adams, but he did so “with prejudice.” That means Adams cannot be re-tried on the same charges at a later time – a stipulation the Justice Department
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A federal judge in Boston is holding a hearing Thursday regarding a Tufts University Ph.D. student taken into custody in Massachusetts and moved by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to Louisiana last week. The government claimed in a filing Tuesday that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, had already been removed from
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