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Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children

The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors.

© Paul Ratje for The New York Times

Migrants entered the Paso Del Norte International Bridge for their Customs and Border Protection appointments in early 2025.
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Trump Officials Ignored Their Own University Investigations, Lawyer Says

A former Justice Department lawyer says Trump administration leaders ignored findings that elite schools, including Brown and Columbia, hadn’t broken the law as they pressed them into deals.

© Tony Luong for The New York Times

Brown University campus in Providence, R.I. The whistle-blower said government lawyers had found the university committed no violations.
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Trump Administration Bars Medicaid Funding of Transition Treatment for Transgender Youth

Transgender rights advocates said the new rule would face a legal challenge.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, supported the federal block of Medicaid funding for transition treatment for transgender adolescents.
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