Paul Weiss Deal With Trump Faces Backlash From Legal Profession
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Paul Weiss Deal With Trump Faces Backlash From Legal Profession

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some lawyers said the deal was driven by profit. Others said it was enabling autocracy. One said the move had prompted her to quit her legal job in disgust. All over the legal world, lawyers on Friday were talking about the deal that…

What to Know About Paul Weiss, the Law Firm Bowing to Trump’s Demands
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What to Know About Paul Weiss, the Law Firm Bowing to Trump’s Demands

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Paul Weiss, the New York law firm that this week struck a deal to escape President Trump’s wrath, is one of the nation’s largest, with more than 1,000 lawyers representing some of the world’s wealthiest and most profitable companies. The firm, formally called…

Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles
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Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The chairman of Paul Weiss sought to reassure employees at the giant law firm that the deal it reached with President Trump was consistent with principles that the 150-year-old firm has long stood by. On Thursday evening, Brad Karp sent a firm-wide email,…

What Happens to Student Loans if the Education Dept. Closes?
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What Happens to Student Loans if the Education Dept. Closes?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday in an attempt to shut down the Education Department. “We are sending education back to the states, where it so rightly belongs,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement after Mr. Trump signed…

Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department
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Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the agency, according to two White House officials. The department cannot be closed without the approval of Congress, which created it. But the Trump administration…

In Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information Went Public, Too
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In Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information Went Public, Too

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the 64,000 pages of documents released this week regarding the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, there appeared to be no redactions, those blacked-out sections that typically dot sensitive material, even once it is declassified, to mask confidential or compromising data….

Judge Blocks Policy That Would Expel Transgender Troops
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Judge Blocks Policy That Would Expel Transgender Troops

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from banning transgender people from serving in the military. In a forcefully written opinion that rebuked the president’s effort, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes issued an injunction that allows trans troops to keep…

Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing
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Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I became stateless when I was 14 and my family left the Soviet Union. In exchange for granting my parents, my brother and me exit visas, the U.S.S.R. stripped us of citizenship. For nearly a decade after we arrived in the United States,…

As Trump Dismantles Voice of America, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced With Music
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As Trump Dismantles Voice of America, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced With Music

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For more than 80 years, Voice of America transmitted the news into countries, many of them authoritarian, where reliable sources of information about the outside world were often hard to come by. Now those broadcasts — long viewed as an important part of…