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A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled 2-1 that the Trump administration can resume nationwide expedited removal without immigration-court hearings. The majority called it constitutionally sufficient; the dissent warned of a high risk of error.
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The FBI disrupted a plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn with explosive drones and gunfire. No attack occurred; seven people face federal charges.
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From Virginia to Arkansas, states are passing new laws targeting pharmacy benefit managers - the middlemen blamed for inflating prescription drug costs.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ordered a NOAA review of the California Coastal Commission, calling the state's coastal protections “environmental extremism.” Public comment is open through Aug. 22.
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Yale is moving fast to settle with the Trump DOJ as an investigation into race in its admissions expands from the medical school to undergraduate and law admissions.
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Crews have begun tearing down 'Alligator Alcatraz,' the $1.2 billion Everglades migrant detention camp, after every detainee was removed and DeSantis declared the mission complete.
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While refugee admissions hit historic lows, the Trump administration is reportedly preparing welcome bags - a tablet, a U.S. flag, and copies of the Constitution and Declaration - for white South African arrivals, per NYT reporting.
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Jessica Adams, a non-tenured lecturer at Indiana University, was not reappointed after a student reported a lesson linking MAGA to covert white supremacy - the complaint triggered an investigation under Indiana's 2024 intellectual diversity law.
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A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to hand over less-redacted Epstein files by July 2 or justify every redaction in writing.
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The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-5 to require Bible passages as mandatory reading for more than 5 million public school students, effective 2030.
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Sean Penn will write and direct a Warner Bros. drama about a police officer who stood his ground on January 6, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star.
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An NPS court filing says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a knife or razor during its $16M repair — while Trump's separate '350-foot gash' claim goes unsupported.
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