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Los Angeles Unified, the nation's second-largest school district, voted unanimously to ban classroom screens for its youngest grades starting in the 2026-27 school year.
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Warner Bros. confirms Sean Penn will direct a film about a police officer who responded to the January 6 Capitol attack, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star.
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A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to unredact the Epstein files or justify every redaction by July 2, 2026, and to publish a full redaction log.
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Gen. Christopher Donahue, top prospect for Army chief, relinquishes command July 2 after Hegseth blocked his extension.
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Frank Carone, former chief of staff to ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams, was arrested and charged in a 13-count federal indictment alleging he took roughly $120,000 in bribes to steer a migrant-shelter hotel contract. He and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty.
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The Pentagon has restored mandatory flu vaccinations at all military boot camps after a Lackland outbreak sickened 275 recruits, two months after the shot was made optional.
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A federal judge dismissed the human-smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia over a "presumption of vindictiveness." Now the Justice Department is appealing to the 6th Circuit.
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A federal judge issued a nationwide order blocking ICE from arresting immigrants at immigration courthouses, ruling the policy 'arbitrary and capricious' and a violation of federal law.
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Sean Penn has signed on to write and direct a Warner Bros. drama about a police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star.
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In a 6-3 ruling in Cisco Systems v. Doe, the Supreme Court barred new lawsuits under the Alien Tort Statute, making it far harder to hold U.S. companies liable for enabling human rights abuses abroad.
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A divided 2-1 D.C. Circuit panel lifted a block on the Trump administration's expanded fast-track deportations, letting officers remove people nationwide without a hearing or a judge.
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Eight people were sentenced in federal court in Texas for the armed July 4, 2025 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado. Lead defendant Benjamin Song received 100 years; the others got 30 to 70 years.
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