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Hasidic Influence, Judicial Recusal, and a Stroke Survivor’s Fight Against Real Estate Fraud

Hasidic Power and Real Estate Deception: A Stroke Survivor’s Legal Fight Dmitri Bediner—a 60-year-old Jewish refugee, stroke survivor, and recent brain surgery patient—is locked in

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Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists | Trump administration

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, has revoked a Biden administration-era policy that restricted subpoenas of reporters’ phone records in criminal investigations. An internal memo,

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Trump administration investigating California university over foreign gifts | Trump administration

The Trump administration launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, on Friday centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be

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Derrick Harmon’s mother dies shortly after learning son selected in NFL draft | NFL

Tiffany Saine, the mother of Derrick Harmon, died shortly after learning the Pittsburgh Steelers had selected her son with the 21st pick of the NFL

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California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks | California

California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks on public roads. The state’s department of motor vehicles announced

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Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report shows | CIA

An American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract

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US food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn | Business

DoorDash is offering to buy its UK-based rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn (£2.7bn), Deliveroo said on Friday. Deliveroo said that its board was in talks with

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Why did Israeli extremist Ben-Gvir speak at Yale University? | Arwa Mahdawi

Let me start with a statement that should be obvious: deliberately starving 2 million people – half of whom are children – is indefensible. It

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The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves | Editorial

Enfeebling universities or seizing control is an early chapter in the authoritarian playbook, studied eagerly by the likes of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. “Would-be authoritarians

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Democratic lawmakers call on Trump officials to release Tufts student from Ice detention | Democrats

A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald Trump administration to immediately release Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, praised her “unwavering