15 h. ago Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts

Attorneys general from more than 20 states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging billions of dollars in cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security

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4 d. ago As the UN turns 80, its crucial humanitarian aid work faces a clouded future

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, its humanitarian operations are increasingly in doubt as its top donor — the United States — has cut funding under the Trump administration and some other top Western countries have followed suit

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5 d. ago Elon Musk taking New York state to court over hate speech law

Elon Musk is arguing that the new Stop Hiding Hate Act violates First Amendment free speech rights

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7 d. ago Trump administration blocked from cutting local health funding for four municipalities

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding for four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states

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7 d. ago Elon Musk’s X sues New York over hate speech and disinformation law

Suit alleges Stop Hiding Hate Act, which compels social media firms to disclose actions against hate speech, violates free speechElon Musk’s X Corp filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the state of New York, arguing a recently passed law compelling large social media companies to divulge how they address hate speech is unconstitutional.The complaint alleges that bill S895B, known as the Stop Hiding Hate Act, violates free speech rights under the first amendment. The act, which the governor, Kathy Hochul, signed into law last December, requires companies to publish their terms of service and submit reports detailing the steps they take to moderate extremism, foreign influence, disinformation, hate speech and other forms of harmful content. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Judge extends pause on Trump’s efforts to block Harvard from enrolling international students

Harvard is challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to cut billions in funding in a separate lawsuit

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2 w. ago US universities are moving to the right. Will it help them escape Trump’s wrath?

Harvard, Columbia and other higher education institutes are facing funding cuts over their policies, but reform may not be the administration’s goalIn 2018, a teaching hospital at Harvard took down 30 portraits of distinguished doctors and researchers affiliated with the hospital. The portraits reinforced a perception that “white men are in charge”, a professor of medicine told the Boston Globe, and were relegated to less prominent areas of the hospital. Some students and faculty welcomed the decision, or were indifferent.Others were disconcerted. They saw the portraits’ removal as the impulsive reflex of a university whose political atmosphere, already liberal leaning, seemed to continually lurch further left. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Supreme Court declines to hear Josh Duggar’s child porn appeal

Reality TV star’s appeal argued that trial decision violated the 6th Amendment by depriving him of his right to present a full defense in court

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4 w. ago NPR sues Trump over ‘textbook retaliation’ for slashing funds: ‘This wolf comes as a wolf’

‘The Executive Order is a clear violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment's protections for freedom of speech and association, and freedom of the press,’ NPR chief Katherine Maher said in a statement

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4 w. ago NPR sues Trump administration over funding cuts it says violate first amendment

Lawsuit argues executive order violates constitution by targeting NPR for news coverage Trump feels is biasedUS politics live – latest updatesNational Public Radio, the US public broadcaster that provides news and cultural programming to more than 1,000 local stations, has filed a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration, challenging an executive order that cuts federal funding to the public broadcaster as an unconstitutional attack on press freedom.The lawsuit, which landed on Tuesday in federal court in Washington, argues that Trump’s 1 May executive order violates the first amendment by targeting NPR for news coverage the president considers “biased”. Continue reading...

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