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Justice Dept. Declines to Unseal Warrant for Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home

28 octobre 2026 à 04:58
More than a dozen news organizations have asked a federal judge to unseal documents related to a search warrant executed at Ms. Omar’s home this month.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar at the Capitol in January.

Justice Dept. Steps Up Moves on Comey and Others as Midterm Elections Near

27 octobre 2026 à 14:28
In some cases, court paperwork bears unmistakable signs of urgency — typos, unorthodox tactics and the signatures of the department’s senior political leadership.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing the indictment of L. Louise Lucas, a prominent Virginia Democrat, on drug-trafficking charges last week in Norfolk, Va.

Prominent Texas Congregation Votes to Leave United Methodist Church

27 octobre 2026 à 12:28
Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas had waged an unusually public campaign against the denomination’s demands for control.

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Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas last month.

Alaska Asks Court to Halt Trump’s Effort to Block Votes in Senate Race

27 octobre 2026 à 12:46
The administration had filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent certification of the election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

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Voting booths in the Alaska primary election in August in Anchorage.

U.C.L.A. Asks Judge to Dismiss Trump Lawsuit Over Antisemitism

27 octobre 2026 à 08:54
The filing was the second time in less than a month that the university moved to throw out a federal lawsuit about its actions after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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U.C.L.A. argued that the government had not proven it deliberately discriminated.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Further Alterations at D.C.’s East Potomac Park

27 octobre 2026 à 00:00
A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from cutting trees and prohibited other changes at the park where the president has sought to overhaul a golf course.

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Trees that have been cut down at East Potomac Golf Links are seen earlier this month in Washington. The Trump administration and the National Park Service moved to cut down up to 529 trees at East Potomac Golf Links.

Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit

26 octobre 2026 à 20:04
By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

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Ballots being processed in City of Industry, Calif., during last year’s election.

Australian Murderer Has No Right to Vegemite, Court Says

27 octobre 2026 à 11:10
A judge said that denying him the staple in prison restricted his cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important.

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Andre McKechnie filed suit last year, arguing that the Vegemite ban in prisons in Victoria denied him his “culture as an Australian.”

Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase

26 octobre 2026 à 14:40
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the G.O.P. Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.

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President Trump at a midterm election campaign rally in Guardian Centers in Perry, Ga., on Saturday.

Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands

24 octobre 2026 à 14:19
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power.

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President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Justice Dept. to intervene in the Senate race.

New York Archdiocese Agrees to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million

24 octobre 2026 à 15:03
The Roman Catholic archdiocese might now avoid bankruptcy by reaching a settlement with 1,300 people who said they had been abused by clergy members and lay leaders.

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan. The Archdiocese of New York includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and several Hudson Valley communities.

What to Know About Alaska’s Senate Race

23 octobre 2026 à 19:22
President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.

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Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator in Alaska.

Justice Dept. Suit Reignites a Legal Fight in Alaska

23 octobre 2026 à 19:33
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled months ago that two candidates, both named Dan Sullivan, could appear on the ballot on Election Day.

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A yard sign for Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Petersburg, Alaska. Dan J. Sullivan is also set to appear on the ballot.

Why Legal Experts See the Justice Dept.’s Alaska Election Challenge as Dubious

23 octobre 2026 à 19:22
No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

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Senator Dan Sullivan with Mary Peltola, his Democratic challenger, during a debate in Kodiak, Alaska, last month.

Democratic-Aligned Groups Sue Over Federal Crackdown on Voting

21 octobre 2026 à 13:19
A sweeping lawsuit asked a judge to prevent the federal government from ordering voters disqualified, among other moves it said were engineered for voter suppression.

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Democrats have challenged President Trump’s efforts in various states, but the new suit appears to be an effort to secure a court order blocking federal intervention nationally.

Trump’s D.C. Golf Course Renovation Plan Has Many Residents Feeling Discouraged

20 octobre 2026 à 13:21
At East Potomac Park, several residents bemoaned a plan to revamp the federal property that might wipe out features they have cherished for years.

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The plan to renovate the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington could eventually overtake areas like a miniature golf course, bike trail and picnic area.

U.N.C. Strikes Trump Deal to Keep Federal Funding

19 octobre 2026 à 19:59
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not pay any financial penalties but agreed to abide by the Trump administration’s views on diversity and other matters.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill draws most of its research money from Washington.

Trump Golf Course Dispute Sparks Clash Between Judge and DOJ

19 octobre 2026 à 17:47
Government attorneys sparred with Judge Ana C. Reyes over testimony by several government witnesses about the chain of decisions surrounding East Potomac Golf Links.

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The Interior Department cleared hundreds of trees from East Potomac Golf Links last week, apparently in preparation for larger changes.

Trump Outlines Rapid Plan to Close and Overhaul D.C. Golf Course

18 octobre 2026 à 22:55
The plan to begin work transforming the course in four weeks injected fresh urgency into a federal lawsuit opposing changes to East Potomac Golf Links.

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The Trump administration removed hundreds of trees from East Potomac Golf Links earlier this month, drawing a rebuke from a federal judge.

Justice Department Seeks to Disqualify Judge Overseeing Golf Course Lawsuit

16 octobre 2026 à 22:32
Escalating a standoff with Judge Ana C. Reyes, the Justice Department demanded that she recuse herself from a case in which she had ordered several Trump officials to testify.

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Workers used a tractor to cut down a tree at the East Potomac Golf Links last week.

David Sabatini, an M.I.T. Scientist, Wins $6 Million in Sexual Harassment Defamation Suit

16 octobre 2026 à 21:02
David Sabatini, once a prominent scientist at M.I.T., sued a former colleague who accused him of inappropriate behavior. A jury found in his favor.

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David Sabatini, a former M.I.T. scientist, in court at the end of a trial in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former colleague.

Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Charged With Fraud, Lawsuit Says

15 octobre 2026 à 19:41
Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.

Cornell’s Powerful Board Meets as It Fights to Protect Its Reputation

15 octobre 2026 à 18:37
The president argued this week that replacing him would be a mistake.

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Trustees, alumni and others are gathering at Cornell University for meetings and homecoming this week, as the university faces a crisis over sexual assault allegations.

Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls

15 octobre 2026 à 15:43
The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials.

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A lawsuit from the Trump administration is seeking a court order to force California to not count — at least in the short term — any mail ballots received from some 20,000 people in the state the administration claims are “likely noncitizens.”

Fired FBI Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation Sue Patel and Others

15 octobre 2026 à 13:40
The lawsuit also suggests that a motivating factor for the dismissals was the intense scrutiny of the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, after he went to the Olympics in Milan.

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The lawsuit says that Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, praised some of the fired employees privately before terminating them.

As Early Midterm Voting Looms, a Glitch Delays 600,000 Texas Voter Registrations

Par : John Yoon
15 octobre 2026 à 05:05
Voting rights groups sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the secretary of state over delayed voter registrations that overwhelmed local election workers.

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Because of a software glitch, the data of people who requested voter registration when they applied for driver’s licenses was not recorded.

The Crisis Playbook for Universities in Trouble

14 octobre 2026 à 23:09
Schools under scrutiny as Cornell is often follow a sort of public relations playbook, adding rules, hiring outside investigators and sometimes making leadership changes.

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In comments this week, Cornell’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, acknowledged anger and “a loss of trust” in Cornell’s leadership.

Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

14 octobre 2026 à 17:17
The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.

Judge Prohibits Further Tree Cutting at East Potomac Golf Course for Two Weeks

13 octobre 2026 à 14:56
The ruling barred major modifications at the D.C. course while a federal judge seeks testimony from Interior Department officials about whether they ignored a court order.

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A tree marked with caution tape at the East Potomac Golf Links on Tuesday.

They Pushed an Anti-Abortion Pill Law. Now, They’re Being Sued Under It.

13 octobre 2026 à 13:13
A Texas mother is suing the president of Students for Life of America and others in the group over an Instagram post that appeared to boast about ordering abortion pills in Houston.

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“I want justice for what these laws have taken from women like me,” said Maria Puerto, the plaintiff, using a pseudonym.

Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE

13 octobre 2026 à 10:48
A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.

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Members of the Department of Government Efficiency visited the U.S. African Development Foundation in March 2025.

Cornell and Toxic Frat Culture

12 octobre 2026 à 16:51
A U.S. campus lawsuit points to a global pattern: how male impunity, silence and institutional failure enable sexual violence.

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Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University.

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Answer for Tree Removals at D.C. Golf Course

12 octobre 2026 à 15:34
During a four-hour hearing, a federal judge demanded answers from the Trump administration about who authorized the removal of hundreds of trees at the East Potomac Golf Links.

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Workers cutting down trees at the East Potomac Golf Links on Saturday.
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