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Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says — Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage. — A Georgetown University researcher …
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DEVELOPING: GU Researcher Detained By Immigration Agents — Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow March 17, seeking to deport him and accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy. — The researcher, Badar Khan Suri of the Georgetown School …
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Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook — The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.” — When he took the stage in downtown Eau Claire, Wis., on Tuesday night to rev up Democrats ahead …
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The Race for Second-Worst Party
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Exclusive: Elon Musk's PAC playbook in Wisconsin's court race
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French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found — France's research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched — France's research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month …
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Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files — The data belongs to more than 200 former congressional staffers and others with connections to decades-old investigations. — The Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former …
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Exclusive: Trump to sign order Thursday aimed at eliminating Education Department — Trump will direct his education secretary, Linda McMahon, to take ‘all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.’ — Joey Garrison Zachary SchermeleUSA TODAY
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump to Sign Order Shuttering Education Department
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Tesla falls after Commerce secretary recommends buying stock — Tesla shares fell early Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in Elon Musk's car company. — Why it matters: Cabinet secretaries don't typically recommend individual stocks …
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Commerce secretary: Buy Tesla stock
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Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing — Tesla's (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing. — Many Tesla shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla's accounting for years …
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Tourist in US chained ‘like Hannibal Lecter’ — A tourist held in the US for 19 days was removed in chains like Hannibal Lecter, according to her parents. — Becky Burke, 28, arrived home in Wales on Tuesday from her ordeal which began half way through a backpacking trip across North America.
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The Emperor's New Philosophy — Of drunkards, lampposts and economic doctrines — Today's post will be short, because I'm on the road — actually at a conference in Belgium — with very little free time. But I thought I might weigh in to support and enlarge upon an exceptionally clear post …
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Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk's Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth and Taking on the Right Online — In Teen Vogue's special issue cover story, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of Elon Musk talks about the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration and being a young trans woman today.
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The Guardian


A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia — We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the federal government's recent treatment of Columbia University.
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Dorf on Law


How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán's Strongman Rule How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán's Strongman Rule — Bari Weiss's University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary's speech-suppressing regime


Trump moves to destroy Columbia University — 🎒 👨🎓 📖 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
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How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death — Anti-vaccine influencers see the child's death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories. — In February, a 6-year-old Texan was the first child in the United States to die of measles in two decades.
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Trump's Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation — Many in higher education worry Trump's efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.


Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges — Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
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The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy — Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story turns out to be.


Trump Is Breaking Things. They Can't All Be Fixed by the Courts. — The second Trump administration appears to have learned some lessons from the first. For instance, even when courts eventually strike down the administration's policies, there are tactics that can keep those policies …
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Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says — A member of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will take up a top role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, while Pete Marocco, who played a major role in the dismantling of the agency …
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Trump Secures Release of American Detained in Afghanistan — The Taliban has let go of George Glezmann in exchange for improved relations with the U.S. — The Taliban has released American George Glezmann, ending his two-year detainment and giving President Trump a diplomatic victory …
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A Crack in Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire — Turmoil in the House of Shapiro — CONSERVATIVE MEGA-COMMENTATOR Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire media empire announced a big shakeup on Tuesday: co-CEO Jeremy Boreing was abruptly stepping down. — A contentious and outspoken executive …


Border Agents Use More Aggressive Tactics to Question Visa Holders, Tourists — 'I can't remember anything quite that extreme,' former official says — WASHINGTON—Immigration officers are employing more aggressive questioning tactics with immigrants and tourists trying to enter the country …


Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention — Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal …
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How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More — President Trump's expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term. — President Trump called for one federal judge seeking basic information about his deportation efforts …
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Europe doesn't need Trump to form a western alliance - and one is already taking shape — Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum — An Atlantic alliance without the United States? It sounds like a contradiction in terms - Hamlet without the prince.
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Exclusive: Trump Voter Says He Doesn't Regret Choice Despite Wife's ICE Arrest — says he does not regret his decision, even after federal immigration — as the couple returned home from their honeymoon. — Bradley Bartell's wife, Camila Muñoz, is a Peruvian citizen who overstayed …
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Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board — The president, who recently took over Washington's major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents. — During his first visit to the Kennedy Center since making himself …
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