Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of the company’s board. In the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, the media organization said the White House emailed…

Opinion | A Road Map of Trump’s Lawless Presidency
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Opinion | A Road Map of Trump’s Lawless Presidency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last month the House speaker, Mike Johnson, raised the possibility of eliminating some federal courts. “We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know,” Mr. Johnson told reporters. “We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding…

Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act
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Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over the past two weeks, immigration lawyers, scrambling from courthouse to courthouse, have secured provisional orders in five states stopping the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members to a…

How New Rules and High Costs Hobbled the Return of N.Y.C. Outdoor Dining
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How New Rules and High Costs Hobbled the Return of N.Y.C. Outdoor Dining

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When New York City announced new rules to formalize and standardize its outdoor dining program, Megan Rickerson, the owner of Someday Bar in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, wanted to do everything right. She hired a lawyer, applied on time, paid deposits…

Why a Ukrainian Lawmaker Is Pushing to Legalize Pornography
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Why a Ukrainian Lawmaker Is Pushing to Legalize Pornography

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Ukraine contends with a war raging on its eastern front and Russian attacks on its cities, one lawmaker is working on something that he says could help the nation: legalizing pornography. Yaroslav Zhelezniak, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s finance committee, is…

Menendez Brothers Win Ruling in Bid for Resentencing
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Menendez Brothers Win Ruling in Bid for Resentencing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An effort to resentence the Menendez brothers can proceed after a Los Angeles judge cleared the way Friday for additional hearings next week. The ruling by the judge, Michael Jesic, in a Los Angeles courtroom, advances Lyle and Erik Menendez on one front…

Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday was forced to delay a vote on the Republican budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s domestic agenda, after conservatives balked at a plan that they said would add too much to the nation’s debt. In a dramatic scene…

A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse
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A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Like the children of many affluent evangelical families in Dallas, Elizabeth Carlock Phillips and her younger brother Trey Carlock spent their summers at a Christian sports camp in Missouri. After Mr. Carlock suffered years of sexual abuse by one of the camp’s directors,…

Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations
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Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants using a wartime powers act for now, overturning a lower court that had put a temporary stop to the deportations. The decision marks a victory for…

He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.
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He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last March, when Rob Bresnahan, Jr., a wealthy Republican business executive, was running to represent a competitive House district in northeastern Pennsylvania, he published a letter to the editor in a local newspaper demanding an end to stock trading by members of Congress….