34 h. ago President of California’s largest union arrested while observing ICE raids in LA

SEIU President David Huerta was reportedly injured when ICE detained him

Politics

39 h. ago US supreme court rules Doge can access social security data during legal challenge

Key player in Trump’s drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health recordsThe US supreme court on Friday permitted the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), a key player in Donald Trump’s drive to slash the federal workforce, broad access to the personal information of millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out.At the request of the justice department, the justices put on hold Maryland-based US district judge Ellen Hollander’s order that had largely blocked Doge’s access to “personally identifiable information” in data such as medical and financial records while litigation proceeds in a lower court. Hollander found that allowing Doge unfettered access likely would violate a federal privacy law. Continue reading...

Events

51 h. ago ‘I must have done something right!’: dance master Jiří Kylián on his festival, fierce critics and the Ministry of Silly Walks

At 78, the great choreographer is enjoying a career-spanning celebration in Oslo. He reflects on his leap from dance to visual art and why he feels snubbed by BritainA gang of young dancers, their black costumes offset by colourful hats, cascade down the sloping roof of Oslo’s opera house for a jubilant routine to a Prince song by the waterfront. The building’s huge glass facade has become an unlikely stage for sculptures, digitally scanned from dancers’ bodies, positioned as if they are plunging into the building like the nearby bathers in the fjord. Inside, there’s an eclectic bill of ballets including one inspired by a painting from the Edvard Munch museum next door. In the wings of the theatre is an installation drawing on the Buddhist Zen symbol ensō. The studio space is screening short films veering from slapstick to the profound.But this sprawling festival, spanning more than two weeks and then partially touring, has a singular focus. These are all works by Jiří Kylián, the C...

Culture

57 h. ago Judge temporarily stops Trump from banning new Harvard foreign students

President Donald Trump 's day feuding with his former First Buddy Elon Musk became worse Thursday night as a federal judge blocked his assault on Harvard University.

Events

57 h. ago Judge blocks Trump’s ban on foreign Harvard students entering US

University argues president’s proclamation is a ‘government vendetta’ against the school

Politics

60 h. ago Harvard demands federal judge block Donald Trump's ban on foreign students in new claim

Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump 's effort to block foreign students from attending the Ivy League schoo.

Politics

63 h. ago Teen detained by ICE on his way to volleyball practice is released hours after family’s emotional video pleading for his return

Marcelo Gomes da Silva’s attorney said he was forced to sleep on a cement floor, was not allowed to shower, and only had the chance to brush his teeth twice in nearly a week

Politics

64 h. ago Family of teen detained by ICE shares emotional video pleading for his return

The family of Marcelo Gomes da Silva pleaded with ICE to release him, a new video shared by their attorney shows

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3 d. ago Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

Events

3 d. ago Judge BLOCKS deportation of Colorado terror suspect's family

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, allegedly injured 12 people aged between 52 and 88 at a demonstration honoring the October 7 victims who are still being held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza.

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3 d. ago Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE agents during immigration hearing

Martir Garcia Lara was ordered into custody in Houston as federal agents target courthouses nationwide

Politics

4 d. ago Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out

Events

4 d. ago Prisons can’t ‘blindly submit’ to Trump’s ‘whims’ by denying gender

Reagan-appointed judge blocks prison officials from enforcing Trump’s executive order targeting trans people.

Events

4 d. ago Blake Lively suffers huge blow as judge issues devastating ruling in case against Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively refusal to release her medical records to Justin Baldoni has hit a snag as the judge ruled both parties have to come to agree whether her 'emotional distress' will be permanently dismissed.

Events

5 d. ago Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado

Events

5 d. ago Judge blocks administration from revoking protected status for small subset of Venezuelans

A federal judge says an estimated 5,000 Venezuelans granted temporary protected status can continue to work and live in the U.S. despite a Supreme Court ruling revoking protections

Events

7 d. ago Some ICE detainees unable to buy food after payment system goes down

ICE detainees rely on Access Corrections’ systems — which are experiencing outages — to get money for basic necessities while they’re imprisoned

Economics

7 d. ago ICE detainees unable to buy food after payment system goes down

ICE detainees rely on Access Corrections’ systems — which are experiencing outages — to get money for basic necessities while they’re imprisoned

Economics

8 d. ago White House holding brainstorming meeting to find new ways to attack Harvard: report

Meeting comes as federal judge blocks administration effort to prohibit school from enrolling international students

Events

8 d. ago ‘I cried. I cried so much’: Bride arrives for her wedding rehearsal to find venue padlocked and owners nowhere in sight

At least three brides have been scammed by the former operator of Charleston Lane wedding venue in Houston, Texas.

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