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RFK Jr. Swims in D.C.’s Rock Creek, Which Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, shared photos of himself and his grandchildren swimming in waters that handle sewer overflow.
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| Tue, 13 May 2025 04:01:46 +0000 |
By: Chris Cameron |
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We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
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| Wed, 14 May 2025 17:40:20 +0000 |
By: Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder, Jason Stanley, Francesca Trianni and James Robinson |
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Karma Comes for Kennedy
Casey Means’s nomination to be surgeon general has led to a rift in MAHA.
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| Wed, 14 May 2025 15:29:30 +0000 |
By: Michelle Goldberg |
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 07:08:32 +0000 |
By: Gina Kolata |
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David Souter, Supreme Court Justice Who Allied With the Left, Dies at 85
He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of “no more Souters.”
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| Fri, 09 May 2025 15:26:24 +0000 |
By: Linda Greenhouse |
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U.S. and China Reach Deal to Temporarily Slash Tariffs
The White House backed off from the steepest levies, as the costs of an all-out trade war with China threatened global economic growth.
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| Mon, 12 May 2025 20:34:56 +0000 |
By: Daisuke Wakabayashi, Amy Chang Chien and Alan Rappeport |
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No Naked Dressing at Cannes Film Festival? How Will Stars Make News?
A new dress code at the Cannes Film Festival has set off a tempest in tulle.
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| Wed, 14 May 2025 15:18:46 +0000 |
By: Vanessa Friedman |
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A Professor’s Final Gift to Her Students: Her Life Savings
Cris Hassold, a professor at New College of Florida for 50 years, left a mark on her 31 favorite students. “I think about her almost every day,” one said.
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| Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:10 +0000 |
By: Hank Sanders |
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What People at Pornhub Were Thinking When It Shared Videos of Child Rape
Five years ago at Pornhub, executives were removing the most obvious videos of children. But one employee said “obvious" meant a “3-year-old.”
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| Mon, 12 May 2025 17:29:59 +0000 |
By: Nicholas Kristof |
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Menendez Brothers Resentenced to Life With Parole, Paving Way for Freedom
The decision could lead to the release of Lyle and Erik Menendez, more than three decades after they were sent to prison for killing their parents.
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| Wed, 14 May 2025 08:37:27 +0000 |
By: Tim Arango, Matt Stevens and Jacey Fortin |
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Book Review: ‘Original Sin,’ by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
“Original Sin,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, depicts an aging president whose family and aides enabled his quixotic campaign for a second term.
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| Wed, 14 May 2025 21:41:56 +0000 |
By: Jennifer Szalai |
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John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV’s Brother, Reflects on His Election and Values
From his home in suburban Chicago, one of the pope’s brothers described Leo as “middle of the road” but not afraid to speak his mind.
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| Fri, 09 May 2025 14:23:07 +0000 |
By: Robert Chiarito and Mitch Smith |
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Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns
After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said he would meet with airline leaders on Wednesday to plan to scale back Newark flights.
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| Sun, 11 May 2025 22:18:39 +0000 |
By: Troy Closson |
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Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up
Billy Evans has two children with the Theranos founder, who is in prison for fraud. He’s now trying to raise money for a testing company that promises “human health optimization.”
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| Sat, 10 May 2025 15:16:06 +0000 |
By: Rob Copeland |
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Elon Musk Leaves Washington Less Than Legendary
Musk is leaving Washington looking less like a legend.
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| Mon, 12 May 2025 18:21:52 +0000 |
By: David Nasaw |
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New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans
His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.
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| Sat, 10 May 2025 13:02:47 +0000 |
By: Richard Fausset and Robert Chiarito |
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Can I Wear a Sheath Dress Without Looking Like a MAGA Woman?
Women in President Trump’s circle have a very unified look. Our critic explains where that comes from, and how to style yourself against type.
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| Mon, 12 May 2025 09:01:55 +0000 |
By: Vanessa Friedman |
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Trump’s Plan to Take Jet From Qatar Heightens Corruption Concerns
The second Trump administration is blowing through limits on the mixing of public office and personal benefits.
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| Tue, 13 May 2025 17:06:42 +0000 |
By: Charlie Savage |
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Can King Charles Heal a Royal Family Crisis Before It’s Too Late?
Prince Harry’s desperate plea to reconcile with his father highlighted a rupture that could undermine the monarchy’s attempts to model unity.
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| Sun, 11 May 2025 19:09:18 +0000 |
By: Mark Landler |
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Trump Wraps Up Middle East Tour Full of Lavish Receptions and Business Deals
President Trump’s four-day trip yielded a remarkable turnabout with Syria and announcements of multibillion-dollar agreements for U.S. companies.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 10:34:31 +0000 |
By: Qasim Nauman |
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Judge to Press Trump Administration Over Return of Wrongly Deported Man
Justice Department lawyers are scheduled to appear in Federal District Court in Maryland to defend their latest effort to avoid disclosing details about several key aspects of the proceeding.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 09:02:18 +0000 |
By: Alan Feuer |
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Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past
Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 09:01:00 +0000 |
By: Sarah Mervosh |
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Trump Officials Say James Comey Is Under Investigation Over Social Media Post
James Comey shared and later took down a post with a phrase used by critics of the president, saying there had been no ill intent.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 05:30:26 +0000 |
By: Chris Cameron |
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Trump Administration Fires Hundreds of Voice of America Employees
The layoffs amounted to over a third of the media organization’s staff, and came as the Trump administration put up for sale the federal building in Washington that houses the network.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 02:11:10 +0000 |
By: Minho Kim and Tim Balk |
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Jewish Student Who Held Out in Lawsuit Against Harvard Agrees to Settle
Shabbos Kestenbaum sued Harvard University over allegations it did not do enough to curb antisemitism. He had continued his lawsuit even after other students settled.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 01:52:16 +0000 |
By: Anemona Hartocollis |
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A judge blocked the Energy Department from imposing a cap on grants for university research.
The temporary ruling mirrored one in a case involving the N.I.H., which similarly tried to cap the funding that covers universities’ overhead expenses in research.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 01:48:09 +0000 |
By: Zach Montague |
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36 Deaths in Police Custody Should Have Been Called Homicides, Report Finds
An audit of deaths in Maryland found that in cases of people who died after being restrained by the police, medical examiners often classified the deaths as natural or accidental.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 01:34:51 +0000 |
By: Jacey Fortin |
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Trump’s Military Parade in D.C. Could Cost $45 Million, Officials Say
The parade is scheduled for June 14, the date of the Army’s 250th anniversary, and is billed as the “Army’s birthday celebration.” President Trump turns 79 that day.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 01:20:47 +0000 |
By: Tim Balk and Helene Cooper |
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An Afrikaner Farming Family Trades South Africa for Alabama
Errol Langton and eight members of his family were among the first group of white South Africans to arrive in the United States this week after President Trump created an expedited path to citizenship.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 23:49:59 +0000 |
By: Eduardo Medina |
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She Vanished for 3 Weeks in the Sierra. Then the Phone Rang: ‘Dad, I’m Alive.’
A search for Tiffany Slaton, 28, covered roughly 600 square miles of mountainous terrain in California. She was found at a cabin, where she waited out a blizzard.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 23:27:47 +0000 |
By: Neil Vigdor |
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Law Firms Fighting Back Against Trump Report Security Clearance Suspensions
WilmerHale and Jenner & Block pleaded with the courts to intervene as the Justice Department moved to implement President Trump’s orders targeting their business.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 22:41:58 +0000 |
By: Zach Montague |
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Military Helicopter Crew Took Elk Antlers From Montana Ranch, Officials Say
Three members of the Montana National Guard have been charged with trespassing in connection with the incident on May 4.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 21:13:57 +0000 |
By: Michael Levenson |
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Texas Woman Bought Guns for Son Who Was Planning School Shooting, Police Say
Ashley Pardo also purchased ammunition and tactical gear for the boy, 13, who had repeatedly expressed interest in committing a school shooting, the authorities said.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 20:45:38 +0000 |
By: Ali Watkins and Christine Hauser |
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U.S. Unveils Sweeping A.I. Project in Abu Dhabi
President Trump signed deals to create a 10-mile campus that would transform the United Arab Emirates into an A.I. powerhouse
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 21:19:27 +0000 |
By: Ana Swanson |
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Here’s What’s in House Republicans’ Big Tax Bill to Deliver Trump’s Agenda
A large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, would be financed by slashing health, nutrition, education and clean energy programs.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 02:04:26 +0000 |
By: Margot Sanger-Katz, Andrew Duehren, Brad Plumer, Tony Romm and Catie Edmondson |
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In farewell email, Ed Martin discloses that he faces an ethics investigation.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:59:07 +0000 |
By: Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush |
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Senate Rejects Democrats’ Bid to Force State Dept. to Report on Rights in El Salvador
The measure would have compelled the administration to inform Congress about how it is complying with court orders involving deportees to El Salvador and to provide a human rights report on the nation.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:52:51 +0000 |
By: Robert Jimison |
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Bondi Sold Millions in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Imposed Vast Tariffs
The sale was expected, and the disclosure form did not include details of the transaction, including specific timing or the number of shares Ms. Bondi traded.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 20:06:20 +0000 |
By: Glenn Thrush |
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How Trump’s Order on Birthright Citizenship Fits in His Immigration Efforts
His executive order on citizenship drew intense scrutiny, but it has not yet taken effect. Many of his other policies have immediately upended the system.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:10:04 +0000 |
By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs |
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Decapitated Dolphin in North Carolina Prompts $20,000 Reward Offer From U.S.
The eight-foot-long bottlenose dolphin was found dead with its head missing last month on the shore of Lea-Hutaff Island, N.C., north of Wilmington.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 21:29:38 +0000 |
By: Johnny Diaz |
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For Trump, Citizenship Has Long Served as a Political Tool
Raising questions about who gets to claim to be an American powered the president’s political rise. A Supreme Court case may allow him reinterpret a right enshrined in the Constitution since the 1800s.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:13:04 +0000 |
By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs |
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Lawmakers in Both Parties Resist Trump’s Attempt to Seize Control of Their Library
The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:07:17 +0000 |
By: Maya C. Miller and Carl Hulse |
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Trump Administration Escalates Harvard Feud With New Justice Dept. Investigation
The Trump administration is targeting the Ivy League university under a law typically used to go after government contractors for swindling.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 18:31:25 +0000 |
By: Michael C. Bender and Michael S. Schmidt |
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Protesters outside the court denounce attacks on birthright citizenship.
Immigrant advocacy groups rallied in front of the Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in a case that could fracture birthright citizenship.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:39:46 +0000 |
By: Aishvarya Kavi and Steven Moity |
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4 Takeaways From the Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case
The question before the justices was whether a single district court judge has the power to block a policy across the country.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:51:39 +0000 |
By: Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer |
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Florida Just Banned Fluoride From Public Water. Here’s What to Know.
Medical experts have warned that ending fluoridation will have negative consequences for oral health.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 18:00:20 +0000 |
By: Emily Cochrane |
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Conservative Republicans Revolt Over Domestic Policy Bill, Threatening Its Path
The opposition of a pair of right-wing lawmakers who are pressing for deeper spending cuts appeared to be enough, at least for now, to block the bill from advancing past its next hurdle and to the House floor.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 21:57:51 +0000 |
By: Catie Edmondson, Michael Gold and Maya C. Miller |
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F.B.I. Dismantles Elite Public Corruption Squad
Disbanding the group, which was responsible for rooting out corruption in Congress and fraud across government agencies, appears at odds with a major priority of the Trump administration.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 18:44:42 +0000 |
By: Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett |
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Supreme Court Rejects ‘Moment of Threat’ Limit in Excessive Force Suits
Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds preceding them.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 17:35:23 +0000 |
By: Adam Liptak |
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Trump’s Military Buildup at the Border Expands
The Pentagon has sent thousands of troops, spy planes and even two warships to surveil the land and coasts.
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| Fri, 16 May 2025 10:20:25 +0000 |
By: Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Adriana Zehbrauskas |
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When Will the Supreme Court Rule on Birthright Citizenship?
Rulings in a term’s biggest cases tend not to arrive until early summer, but this case’s compressed timeline may alter its timing.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 16:48:46 +0000 |
By: Adam Liptak |
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An Iranian Student in U.S. Detention Makes a Hard Choice: Stay or Go Home
Few rallied around Alireza Doroudi, who spent weeks detained on murky charges. With hope he might win, but facing extended detention, he had to decide whether to keep fighting his case.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 18:54:28 +0000 |
By: Campbell Robertson |
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Judge Dismisses ‘Trespassing’ Charges Promoted by Trump in Border ‘Defense Area’
A newly designated “military installation” that stretches the length of the frontier in New Mexico has made trespassing a novel criminal charge at the border, bringing turmoil to the state. A judge says migrants couldn’t know they were trespassing.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 19:18:31 +0000 |
By: Jack Healy, Leo Dominguez, Seamus Hughes and Paul Ratje |
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Pope Leo’s Classmates Drew Ire of Church With Protest for Women
“It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 15:20:10 +0000 |
By: Ruth Graham and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs |
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Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Pleads Not Guilty to Obstructing Immigration Agents
Judge Hannah C. Dugan claimed judicial immunity this week after a federal grand jury indicted her.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 15:35:56 +0000 |
By: Mitch Smith and Dan Simmons |
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The original case that established birthright citizenship was decided in 1898.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 14:21:34 +0000 |
By: Amy Qin |
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At the Supreme Court, a once-fringe birthright citizenship theory takes the spotlight.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 14:18:51 +0000 |
By: Abbie VanSickle |
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Several Supreme Court Justices Have Been Critical of Nationwide Injunctions
Across the ideological spectrum, justices have been troubled by rulings that touch everyone affected by a challenged law, regulation or executive action.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 14:05:04 +0000 |
By: Adam Liptak |
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Birthright Citizenship Case Has Several Unusual Features
This case is atypical for the justices for reasons including how quickly it made it to the court and even that oral arguments are happening at all.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:02 +0000 |
By: Adam Liptak |
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Which Trump Policies Have Been Blocked by the Courts?
President Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship is one of many aggressive policies that judges have blocked with sweeping orders.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 13:41:34 +0000 |
By: Mattathias Schwartz |
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Trump Says Talks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Are ‘Very Serious’
Envoys for Iran and the United States have engaged in four rounds of talks. But exactly what a deal would look like remained unclear.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 23:59:01 +0000 |
By: Lynsey Chutel and Farnaz Fassihi |
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Is This Supreme Court Case About Birthright Citizenship? Yes and No.
A case focused on birthright citizenship could come later, but the bulk of the argument is expected to concern whether a single judge can freeze a policy nationwide.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 13:17:32 +0000 |
By: Abbie VanSickle |
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D.H.S. Requests 20,000 National Guard Members to Help With Immigration Crackdown
The Defense Department is reviewing the request. If approved, one official said, it would be the first time National Guard troops were used to help enforce an immigration crackdown in the country.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 23:31:44 +0000 |
By: Hamed Aleaziz and Eric Schmitt |
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Here’s the latest.
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 18:57:13 +0000 |
By: Abbie VanSickle |
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Should one judge be able to set national policy?
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| Thu, 15 May 2025 13:11:16 +0000 |
By: Mattathias Schwartz |
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