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…

Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order
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Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelans accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador, pushing the limits of U.S. immigration law by carrying out the deportations seemingly after a federal judge ordered that the flights not proceed. While…

Trump Administration Live Updates: Hundreds of Venezuelans Sent to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Hundreds of Venezuelans Sent to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to cease use of an obscure wartime law to deport Venezuelans without a hearing, saying that any planes that had departed the United States with immigrants under the law needed to return. On Saturday,…