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Walmart fined for shipping realistic toy guns to New York, violating state law
New York Attorney General Letitia James holds a press conference following a ruling against former U.S. President Donald Trump ordering him to pay $354.9 million and barring him from doing business in New York State for three years, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 16, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Reuters […]
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Trump administration moves to cut rest of Harvard contracts with federal government
Yu-Hsuan Lin, 27, lays out a Harvard hat, mug, hoodie and her admission letter to Harvard University on a table in Taipei, Taiwan May 24, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters The Trump administration moved Tuesday to terminate all remaining federal government contracts with Harvard University, which are worth a reported $100 million, escalating an already […]
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Defense Secretary Hegseth, bedeviled by leaks, orders more restrictions on press at Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump convened a Cabinet meeting a day after announcing a 90-day pause on ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, with the exception of China. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Bedeviled by leaks to the media during his short […]
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Judge blocks Trump administration mass layoffs at many U.S. agencies
Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hug each other as they queue outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building, after it was reported that the Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, as it embarked on its plan to […]
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Noem says Trump can deport who he wants, botches what ‘habeas corpus’ means
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security budgetary hearing in Washington, DC on May 14, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has an absolute right to deport people without due process, after she incorrectly defined the meaning of the […]
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Judge rules against Trump effort to gut U.S. Institute of Peace
The US Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 17, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration and DOGE’s takeover and gutting of the U.S. Institute of Peace were unlawful. The decision declaring DOGE’s actions at USIP “null and void” […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson stresses importance of Memorial Day deadline as ‘historic’ budget bill heads for revote
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks on, after President Donald Trump delivered remarks on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed optimism that the budget bill that failed to exit committee Friday would still […]
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Court gives go-ahead to Trump’s plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers
Labor union members hold placards on the day of a rally in support of federal workers during a rush hour protest outside the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from […]
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Supreme Court rules against Trump administration in Alien Enemies Act case
A person walks past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Supreme Court on Friday granted a request by Venezuelan nationals seeking to block their removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act. In a 7-2 decision, the court said the Trump administration had not […]
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Alabama man sentenced to 14 months in prison for role in SEC bitcoin announcement hack
A judge on Friday sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, which was used to send out a tweet that briefly spiked the price of bitcoin by more than $1,000, the Justice Department said. The man, Eric […]
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