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Van Hollen meets with detained Maryland man in El Salvador

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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen has met with a Maryland man in El Salvador who had been deported in an “administrative error” to the Central American country by the Trump administration and detained in a mega prison.

Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, on Thursday posted a photo of him with the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, on the X social media ...Read more

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California to sue White House for dismantling AmeriCorps, Gavin Newsom says

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California will sue the Trump administration for dismantling AmeriCorps while ramping up its efforts to recruit people for its own state equivalent, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The federal government laid off thousands of AmeriCorps members this week as part of an ongoing effort to downsize federal agencies. AmeriCorps members respond to ...Read more

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Eaton fire victims call for investigation into State Farm for delays, violations

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LOS ANGELES — Survivors of the Eaton fire gathered Thursday morning in Pasadena to condemn State Farm's alleged mishandling of a slew of claims by policyholders who suffered losses in the blaze.

Speaking in front of State Farm's catastrophe claim tent on Colorado Boulevard,, the group urged California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to ...Read more

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DOJ requests hard sentence for George Santos, citing 'unrepentant' tweets

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The Department of Justice on Thursday asked the courts to go hard on disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos when he’s sentenced next week, citing his remorseless behavior on social media.

“The government respectfully submits this letter to advise the Court that Santos’s recent behavior continues to demonstrate that he remains ...Read more

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Hope Florida charity board asks about legality of $10 million donation

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The lawyer for the Hope Florida Foundation said Thursday that he couldn’t answer questions about what to do with a $10 million donation until it hired another attorney.

During the charity’s first public board meeting, attorney Jeff Aaron said he didn’t want to answer questions about whether the donation was legal ...Read more

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What we know about the FSU suspected shooter, son of a Leon County deputy

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The Leon County Sheriff’s Office is reeling after learning that the 20-year old suspect in a mass shooting on Florida State University’s campus is the son of one of their own — raised by a sheriff’s deputy and trained by sheriff’s deputies.

Phoenix Ikner was shot by police after opening fire on FSU’s campus around 11:50 a.m. on ...Read more

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California students and faculty join national protest of Trump's crackdown on higher education

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Students and faculty across California and the nation staged coordinated protests Thursday to collectively push back against what they view as the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education.

In the greater Bay Area, rallies protesting federal funding cuts and more took place at Stanford University, California State University — East...Read more

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Federal cuts, threats fuel protests at Northwestern and UIC

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Students and professors at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Chicago held events Thursday as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Ed, a nationwide effort to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to education funding and changes to policy.

President Donald Trump promised to pursue federal cuts to education and ...Read more

'We owe our children better.' Parkland survivors traumatized again by FSU shooting

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The shooting that left two people dead at Florida State University and several others wounded Thursday tragically threads to the survivors and loved ones of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting seven years ago.

Some of the students who were at the school during the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting now attend Florida State. And ...Read more

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Mayor Adams offers rare pushback vs. Trump administration's move to stop Brooklyn wind port

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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams offered rare pushback versus the Trump administration after the president ordered a stop to a Brooklyn project slated to become the country’s largest offshore wind port.

“This is a huge project for us,” Adams said of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal at his weekly news briefing. “Thousands of jobs. Being ...Read more

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He was arrested under a suspended Florida immigration law. Turns out he's a U.S. citizen

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In apparent defiance of a federal court ruling, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper arrested a Georgia man in north Florida under a new state law that targets undocumented immigrants who enter the state illegally — though it turns out the man is a U.S. citizen.

Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, 20, was arrested Wednesday under a new state law that makes ...Read more

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FDA's baby formula research gutted after RFK Jr. safety pledge

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers working on ways to make powdered infant formula safer were told earlier this month they’d be let go, just weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to make the newborn staple healthier.

Kennedy announced what he dubbed Operation Stork Speed last month to ...Read more

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Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo urges Trump administration to remove lithium tariffs

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Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is urging the Trump administration to remove lithium tariffs.

The Republican governor sent a letter earlier this week applauding the president’s efforts to bring manufacturing jobs to the United States but expressing concerns about the tariffs’ impact on Nevada’s growing lithium industry.

“The continued ...Read more

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MSU Faculty Senate urges leaders to form 'mutual defense compact'; UM faculty mull idea

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DETROIT — The Faculty Senate at Michigan State University is urging university leaders to help form a "mutual defense compact" with other universities that would fight Trump administration actions such as research grant cuts and banning diversity initiatives, while the University of Michigan's faculty is considering advocating such a move.

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Trump shuts down volunteer agency in latest DOGE takeover

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has sent home staffers at AmeriCorps, the national agency that supports public service and volunteerism, in the latest agency takeover as part of a wide-ranging effort to cut the size of government.

Interim agency head Jennifer Bastress Tahmasebi sent a memo to employees Wednesday placing them on ...Read more

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Two dead, suspect in custody after sheriff's deputy's son opens fire at Florida State University, police say

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The son of a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy killed two people at Florida State University and wounded six others on Thursday after gaining access to his mother’s handgun and going on a campus rampage, police said.

The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, was shot by officers and taken into custody before ...Read more

American citizen killed by passenger while trying to hijack plane in Belize

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An American citizen was shot and killed by a passenger Thursday during his attempt to hijack a plane in Belize.

The incident occurred aboard a Tropic Air Belize flight with 13 other passengers onboard when Akinyela Sawa Taylor tried to take over the aircraft at knifepoint after it took off from Corozal toward Belize City.

He demanded more fuel...Read more

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Mangione faces federal charges in health executive's killing

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NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione was indicted on federal murder charges in the shooting of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, paving the way for U.S. prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against him.

Mangione’s federal case has now been assigned to a U.S. judge, who will rule on disputes in the case and oversee a trial. Mangione has ...Read more

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Gov. Jared Polis, in first veto of year, rejects bill changing public records law -- setting up potential override vote

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DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis rejected a bill that would have altered the state’s public records laws on Thursday, setting up a rare attempt by legislators to try to override the veto.

In a letter announcing his decision — the first veto of the 2025 legislative session — the governor wrote that Senate Bill 77 made some “...Read more

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UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks are at crucial stage

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The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said talks between Iran and the U.S. are at a “crucial stage” and warned they have limited time to resolve their years-long standoff.

“There is a possibility of a good outcome but nothing is guaranteed,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, ...Read more