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Lawyers for five migrants deported to Ghana last week accused the Trump administration of using deportations to the country to violate court-ordered protections for their clients, echoing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
Lawsuit Accuses Trump Officials of More Wrongful Deportations
Plaintiffs accused the Trump administration of using so-called third-country deportations to violate court-ordered protections for migrants, echoing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
nyti.ms
September 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lawyers for five migrants deported to Ghana last week accused the Trump administration of using deportations to the country to violate court-ordered protections for their clients, echoing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
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The Department of Homeland Security is barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds, like the Red Cross and Salvation Army, from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis. https://wapo.st/3JRvesC
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Department of Homeland Security is barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds, like the Red Cross and Salvation Army, from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis. https://wapo.st/3JRvesC
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Among the many tragedies of the Minneapolis school shooting is how commonplace a story like this has become,” German Lopez writes. But “the prevalence of this problem is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, and we are not powerless to act.”
“Among the many tragedies of the Minneapolis school shooting is how commonplace a story like this has become,” German Lopez writes. But “the prevalence of this problem is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, and we are not powerless to act.”
Opinion | No Matter How Hopeless It Seems, We Should Press for Better, Stricter Gun Laws
The prevalence of mass shootings in America is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, but we are not powerless to act.
nyti.ms
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Among the many tragedies of the Minneapolis school shooting is how commonplace a story like this has become,” German Lopez writes. But “the prevalence of this problem is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, and we are not powerless to act.”
“Among the many tragedies of the Minneapolis school shooting is how commonplace a story like this has become,” German Lopez writes. But “the prevalence of this problem is not normal, no other country has to deal with it to this extent, and we are not powerless to act.”
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The White House said late Wednesday that it had fired Susan Monarez, the new CDC director, after a tense confrontation in which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to remove her from her position and she refused to resign.
CDC Director Susan Monarez Is Fired, White House Says
Susan Monarez was said to have refused to adopt Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stance on vaccination policy.
nyti.ms
August 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The White House said late Wednesday that it had fired Susan Monarez, the new CDC director, after a tense confrontation in which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to remove her from her position and she refused to resign.
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“Trump has already ‘done more damage to American capacities to confront China than anybody has ever imagined possible’...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“Trump has already ‘done more damage to American capacities to confront China than anybody has ever imagined possible’...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
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ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
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Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
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President Trump raised a record $239 million for his 2025 inauguration celebrations, propelled by contributions from corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals — including more than a dozen people Trump has nominated to a variety of roles in his administration.
Here are some of his top donors:
Here are some of his top donors:
Meet the top donors to Trump’s $239 million inauguration fund
The donors who gave at least $1 million to President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration fund include crypto companies and people appointed to his administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
President Trump raised a record $239 million for his 2025 inauguration celebrations, propelled by contributions from corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals — including more than a dozen people Trump has nominated to a variety of roles in his administration.
Here are some of his top donors:
Here are some of his top donors:
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A burgeoning movement among Big Ten universities would create an alliance to counter government attacks on higher education, which the White House says aim to end “woke” policies on campuses it views as fostering antisemitism and harboring foreign students engaged in “known illegal” activity.
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump
The proposed NATO-like alliance for the 18 schools would allow them to share resources in case the president targets one of their members.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A burgeoning movement among Big Ten universities would create an alliance to counter government attacks on higher education, which the White House says aim to end “woke” policies on campuses it views as fostering antisemitism and harboring foreign students engaged in “known illegal” activity.
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The top 3 individual donors to Trump’s inaugural committee were also nominated for positions in his administration. with @cqzakrz.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com @lmelgar.bsky.social & Nick Mourtoupalas
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April 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The top 3 individual donors to Trump’s inaugural committee were also nominated for positions in his administration. with @cqzakrz.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com @lmelgar.bsky.social & Nick Mourtoupalas
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Many people recover from a bout of flu within a few days or a week. But every year, the virus still kills more than 36,000 people across the U.S. — many of the deaths so sudden that families are left reeling.
They Caught the Flu, and Never Came Home
The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are left reeling.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Many people recover from a bout of flu within a few days or a week. But every year, the virus still kills more than 36,000 people across the U.S. — many of the deaths so sudden that families are left reeling.
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Russia killed at least 10 people and injured 90 others in a huge attack on Kyiv early Thursday, prompting President Trump to issue a rare public critique of Moscow just hours after he lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. nyti.ms/3RuWxK7
Trump Tells Putin to ‘STOP!’ After Deadly Russian Attack on Kyiv
The attack, which killed at least 10 people, was the deadliest on Ukraine’s capital in nearly a year. President Trump called on President Vladimir V. Putin to “STOP!” in a post on social media.
nyti.ms
April 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Russia killed at least 10 people and injured 90 others in a huge attack on Kyiv early Thursday, prompting President Trump to issue a rare public critique of Moscow just hours after he lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. nyti.ms/3RuWxK7
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Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline
Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
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Let's wake up. He's REALLY unpopular for this early in a term or really ever. President's this unpopular are already losing. Power becomes harder to assert when your power is fading.
April 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let's wake up. He's REALLY unpopular for this early in a term or really ever. President's this unpopular are already losing. Power becomes harder to assert when your power is fading.
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United by their disdain for the Trump administration, Chinese internet users of different political views are using A.I. to make images, videos and music to mock the American leaders for what the Chinese believe are ridiculous and outrageous policies and remarks.
For China’s Trolls, ‘Chairman Trump’ and ‘Eyeliner Man’ Are Easy Targets
Online mockery of President Trump is fodder for the Communist Party’s propagandists. For liberal-minded Chinese, it is a creative expression of shock at his policies.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
United by their disdain for the Trump administration, Chinese internet users of different political views are using A.I. to make images, videos and music to mock the American leaders for what the Chinese believe are ridiculous and outrageous policies and remarks.
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Republican leaders in South Carolina face an awkward predicament: How do they defend the foreign firms propelling the state’s growth against a ruthlessly America First president?
Trump vs. BMW trade spat has rattled this South Carolina county
Republican leaders here face an awkward dilemma: How do they defend the foreign firms propelling the state’s economic growth against the America First president?
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Republican leaders in South Carolina face an awkward predicament: How do they defend the foreign firms propelling the state’s growth against a ruthlessly America First president?
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Many U.S. trading partners have a clear plan to convince Washington not to reimpose stiff tariffs on their exports: buy more American stuff.
Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs
Countries are offering to buy more American goods in a bid to eliminate their trade deficits with the U.S., but not everyone is splurging.
buff.ly
April 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Many U.S. trading partners have a clear plan to convince Washington not to reimpose stiff tariffs on their exports: buy more American stuff.
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Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings
And on and on and on...
Now this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
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Two former dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts, the traditional Chinese dance company, filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the group of amassing a financial fortune and worldwide renown by subjecting an "army of child laborers" to brutal working conditions and psychological coercion.
An ‘Army of Child Laborers’ Enriches Shen Yun, Ex-Dancers Say in Suit
The group performing traditional Chinese dance has been under scrutiny for its treatment of performers and financial practices.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Two former dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts, the traditional Chinese dance company, filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the group of amassing a financial fortune and worldwide renown by subjecting an "army of child laborers" to brutal working conditions and psychological coercion.
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Thank you Senator Chris Van Hollen
April 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Thank you Senator Chris Van Hollen
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A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
History shows revoking Harvard's tax status won't be easy — or fast
A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
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True facts are true
April 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
True facts are true
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...