Trump Administration Says It Is Investigating Nike for Possible DEI-Connected Discrimination Against White Employees
Nike says a court filing against it is a ‘surprising and unusual escalation.’
By LUKE FUNK
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Texas Threatens To Investigate Teachers, School Districts That Allow Anti-ICE Walkout Protests
That state is warning that school districts could lose their funding if they encourage or ‘facilitate’ walkout protests.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Top Senate Republican Urges Noem To Halt ICE Detention Facility Acquisition in His State
Senator Roger Wicker says the secretary ought to keep him informed if she plans to house migrants among his constituents.
By MATTHEW RICE
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‘You Are Standing With Our Jailers’: Iranian Dissident Chides Mamdani for Hijab Day Post
Masih Alinejad criticizes the mayor for celebrating World Hijab Day while women in Iran face death for refusing the veil.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
|Georgia Lawmakers Advance Bill That Would Jail Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ-Themed Books in Children’s Sections
A supporter of the bill calls it a ‘no-brainer.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|Family of Holocaust Survivor Who Coined ‘Genocide’ Ramps Up Fight Against Institute They Say Exploits His Name To Attack Israel
Relatives of Raphael Lemkin say that the Philadelphia-based institute has ignored requests to change its name.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Bill Gates Denies Epstein Claims in First Public Address Since Latest Document Release
‘I regret every minute I spent with him,’ the Microsoft co-founder says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Sheriff Says Savannah Guthrie’s Mother Was ‘Taken’ From Home; Blood Reportedly Found at Scene
‘We’re doing all we can to try to locate her. Every tool we have, we will use,’ Sheriff Chris Nanos says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Plastic Surgeon Group Becomes First Major American Medical Association To Oppose Transgender Surgeries for Minors
The group says there is ‘substantial uncertainty’ about the benefits of such surgeries.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Starmer Says He ‘Regrets’ Appointing Peter Mandelson After Latest Epstein Files Disclosures
‘He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his relationship,’ the prime minister told the House of Commons.
By LUKE FUNK
|Defense Minister Warns Israel Will ‘Dismantle’ Hamas After Gaza Attack Severely Wounds IDF Soldier
The warning came after armed Palestinians opened fire on Israeli troops in northern Gaza, seriously wounding a soldier and prompting air and tank strikes.
By JOTAM CONFINO
|China Outraged After Panama Court Strips Power Over Canal From Hong Kong Company
Panama’s president José Raúl Mulino wonders, ‘What has it done for us?’ as the country opts out of China’s Belt and Road initiative.
By DONALD KIRK
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U.S. Downs Iranian Drone Near Aircraft Carrier as Netanyahu Warns Tehran Can’t Be Trusted
The drone was shot down near the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier ahead of a high-level meeting between Washington and Tehran on Friday.
By JOTAM CONFINO
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UK Police Launch Criminal Investigation Into Peter Mandelson Following Latest Epstein Files Disclosures
The former ambassador to Washington is accused of leaking confidential government information to Epstein.
By LUKE FUNK
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Washington Agrees To Significantly Reduce Tariffs on India
‘When two large economies and the world’s largest democracies work together, it benefits our people and unlocks immense opportunities,’ Modi says.
By BENNY AVNI
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Supreme Court Allows California To Use New Congressional Maps Likely Netting Democrats Five Seats in Coming Midterms
In an opinion last year, Justice Samual Alito hinted that Governor Gavin Newsom’s gerrymander would survive the court’s scrutiny.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Democrats Prepare for What Could Be Prolonged Political Battle Over Funding for Homeland Security Department
Top Democrats strategized just off the Senate floor on Tuesday night about how to proceed.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Trump’s Plan To Build 250-Foot ‘Triumphal Arch’ in DC Will Need FAA Approval
Safety concerns regarding the DC flight corridor intensified when a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a commercial plane over the Potomac River, killing all 67 on board.
By JOSEPH CURL
|Clintons Demand Public Hearing After Former First Couple Agrees To Be Deposed in Epstein Investigation
The Oversight Committee chairman says the Clintons will be deposed behind closed doors at the end of the month.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Jeannine Pirro Prompts Outrage From Gun Rights Advocates After Threatening ‘Law-Abiding Gun Owners’ With Jail Time for Bringing Guns to Washington
The U.S. attorney insists she is a ‘proud supporter’ of the Second Amendment.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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As Midterms Loom, the Trump Coalition Is Winning Even If the GOP Brand Fails To Prosper
By DANIEL McCARTHY
Demise of Beloved Local Roadside Diner Signals Fraying of Community in Small-Town America
By SALENA ZITO
As Erdogan Declines, Turkey’s Succession Crisis Is America’s Problem
By SINAN CIDDI
Minnesota Democrats, Echoing Confederacy, Challenge Supremacy of Federal Laws
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Remembering Ken Peplowski — a Jazz Artist Who Had ‘Big Ears’
Equally proficient on tenor sax and clarinet, Peplowski could fit into any setting.
By WILL FRIEDWALD
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Itzhak Perlman at Carnegie Hall Cements His Reign as Violin Virtuoso — and Plays a Masterpiece in a Minor Key
The octogenarian winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom holds court at Stern Auditorium.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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In ‘The President’s Cake,’ Iraqi Movie Maker Delivers a Film of Rare Merit
Hasan Hadi’s astonishing picture, set in the Iraqi marshes and Baghdad, is both tough and tender in its particulars.
By MARIO NAVES
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GOP Opposition to Powell Probe Puts Warsh’s Path to Fed Chairman in Jeopardy
Senator Tillis vows to block confirmation until the Justice Department investigation into the current Fed head is resolved.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
|Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh for Fed Chairman, but Early Hints Led to Suspicious Spike in Betting Odds for the Former Central Bank Governor
The president said his nominee would be an individual who ‘could have been there a few years ago,’ implying one of his 2017 finalists wouldl be the new pick.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Big Jump in Tax Refunds Expected This Year Are By Republican Design
‘We’re anticipating a noticeable boost in personal income during the first quarter,’ a Morgan Stanley economist says.
By LUKE FUNK
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Musk Predicts Tesla Will Start Selling Humanoid Robots to Consumers ‘Next Year’
‘You can basically ask it to do anything you’d like,’ the Tesla CEO says.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Student Loan Crisis Accelerates as Defaults Soar Above Pre-Covid Levels
The Trump administration is delaying a wage garnishment plan as it seeks to reform student loan programs.
By LUKE FUNK
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Texas Education Board Appears Likely To Require All Public School Students To Read Bible Passages
Critics say the proposed reading list lacks ‘a lot of inclusion.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Trump Escalates War Against Harvard With $1 Billion Demand Following Press Reports Suggesting He Is Backing Down
‘Harvard will have to live with the consequences of their wrongdoings,’ the president says.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Would-Be Trump Assassin Sentenced to Life in Prison
After Ryan Routh was found guilty, he attempted to stab himself in the neck with a pen.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Homan Withdraws 700 Agents From Minnesota, Citing Some Cooperation With State Authorities
Operation Metro Surge is being scaled back amid political pressure, body-cam controversy, and two fatal federal shootings in the Twin Cities.
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
|Growing Peril for Letitia James and James Comey as Trump Justice Department Reorganizes Weaponization Group To Get ‘Results’
Turmoil at Main Justice suggests that the White House is growing impatient with prosecutions that have run aground.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|Pam Bondi’s Reboot of Weaponization Working Group Signals Pressure From Trump on Prosecutions of Critics Is Reaching Breaking Point
The group’s leader, Ed Martin, is reportedly out amid a major shakeup that will include ‘daily’ meetings.
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AP/Jacquelyn Martin, File House Republicans Put Contempt Resolutions for Clintons Aside After Former First Couple Agrees To Sit for Depositions in Epstein Probe
By MATTHEW RICE
|Democrats’ Texas Senate Primary Grows Ugly After Leading Candidate Allegedly Calls Former Opponent a ‘Mediocre Black Man’
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