1 hour ago Bad Bunny says he left US out of world tour due to fear of Ice raids at concerts

Puerto Rican rapper says he and his team were ‘very concerned’ that Ice agents might target his performancesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailBad Bunny says he excluded the US from his forthcoming world tour due to fears that, as a prominent Latino musician, his fans would be subjected to immigration raids.In an interview with i-D magazine on Wednesday, the three-time Grammy-winning musician was asked whether he was skipping the US “out of concern about the [mass deportations of] Latinos”.Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Fired FBI agents were targeted in ‘campaign of retribution’ for not showing enough loyalty to Trump, lawsuit claims

FBI Director Kash Patel knew partisan firings were illegal but pursued them anyway, lawsuit claims

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12 h. ago 3 fired FBI officials sue Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration's 'campaign of retribution'

Three fired FBI officials have sued to get their jobs back, calling their terminations part of a “campaign of retribution” carried out by a director who caved to political pressure from the Trump administration

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16 h. ago Black Hebrew fighter pilot at Lockheed Martin claims boss tried repeatedly to convert him to Christianity

Exclusive: In a federal lawsuit, Richard Roland Jones III claims his observance of Shabbat was regularly interrupted by a boss who foisted Jesus upon him and lamented their office was no longer ‘whites only’

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35 h. ago Extremist tried to blow up energy plant with 'weapon of mass destruction' drone

Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, planned for months to blow up an energy facility using a drone equipped with high explosives in an explosion like a “fourth of July firework,” the FBI said

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42 h. ago US supreme court ‘effectively legalized racial profiling’, immigration experts warn

Court ruled federal agents can stop people in LA based on race, language, job or location amid Trump’s crackdownUS politics live – latest updatesImmigration advocates warned that the supreme court has “effectively legalized racial profiling”, granting federal agents the power to stop people in Los Angeles simply for speaking Spanish or appearing Latino – and opening the door, they say, to a broader unraveling of civil rights protections nationwide.In a 6–3 decision on Monday, the court’s conservative majority lifted restrictions on “roving” immigration patrols across the LA area after a lower court found that federal agents were indiscriminately targeting people on the basis of race, language, employment or location. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago WhatsApp’s ex security chief accuses Meta of putting billions at risk

Lawsuit claims 100,000 accounts are hacked every day, and that 1,500 Meta engineers had access to sensitive user information

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61 h. ago US supreme court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids – live updates

Court allows federal agents to proceed with raids in southern California targeting people for deportation based on their race or languageIntent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena.The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Supreme Court LIFTS restrictions on Trump's immigration raids despite claims agents targeted people by race

The Supreme Court lifted a lower court ruling placing limits on immigration raids in Los Angeles in a ruling on Monday.

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6 d. ago US justice department opens criminal inquiry into Fed governor Lisa Cook

Officials to investigate claims of mortgage fraud against Cook, who has refused to accept firing by Donald TrumpThe US justice department has initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as a lawsuit she filed against Donald Trump over her firing makes its way through court.Lawyers with the justice department have issued subpoenas for the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal, who first reported the investigation, which has since been confirmed by multiple news publications. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago TikTok influencer who livestreamed her own arrest was targeted for documenting ICE agents, lawyer says

Tatiana Martinez still has ‘bruises on her body from the arrest,’ her attorney said

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8 d. ago 8 free agents Celtic could target as superstar winger and strike trio await phone call

Celtic have been panned for a disastrous window that leaves them weaker in key areas

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9 d. ago Love Island's Whitney responds to ex Lochan's lawsuit as she exposes WhatsApp messages

Love Island star Whitney Adebayo hit back at Lochan Nowacki's lawsuit with WhatsApp screenshots and claims made on her social media page

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1 week ago Teen used ChatGPT for homework help... it ended up persuading him to take his own life, lawsuit claims

Adam Raine, 16, died by suicide on April 11 after spending the preceding seven months talking with ChatGPT about self harm in graphic detail, per a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family.

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2 w. ago Enhanced Games (no drug testing) file $800 million lawsuit against critics

The startup Olympic-style sports festival promising no drug testing has filed an $800 million antitrust lawsuit against its main critics for what it claims is an illegal campaign to make athletes boycott its own event

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2 w. ago Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims

Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safeThe makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of conversations with the chatbot.Open AI admitted its systems could “fall short” and said it would install “stronger guardrails around sensitive content and risky behaviors” for users under 18. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump vs Bolton: How it all led to an FBI raid of the former national security advisor’s home

Bolton held the high-profile position of National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019. He later became an outspoken critic of the president, particularly in regard to his approach on Russia

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2 w. ago Emmanuel Macron says he is suing US influencer to 'defend his honour' over ludicrous claims wife Brigitte was born a man

French president Emmanuel Macron has claimed the lawsuit he and his wife have filed against right-wing American influencer Candace Owens was put forward to 'defend his honour.'

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3 w. ago McDonald’s settles with Colorado resident who claims they contracted E. coli after visiting restaurant

Lawsuit claimed man got nausea, cramps, and bloody stool after eating at Greeley, Colorado, McDonald’s

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3 w. ago Trump’s tariffs replace diplomacy as other US tools of statecraft are discarded

Measures meant to rebalance America’s economy are wielded instead against the likes of Canada, India and Brazil ‘to compel loyalty to the president’On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to use tariffs to revitalise American industry, bringing jobs home and helping to make America great again. But more than six months into his administration, experts say the president’s trade war is increasingly being wielded as a political cudgel, in lieu of more traditional forms of diplomacy.The president’s current target, India, has been unable to reach a trade agreement and Trump appears ready to follow through with his threat to impose a further 25% tariff on Delhi – bringing the total to 50% – the joint highest levy on any country, along with Brazil. Continue reading...

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