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Federal Judge Accuses Trump Administration of Repeatedly Disobeying Orders

The federal judge identified 210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not complied with court orders.

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Judge Patrick Schiltz was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush.
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Supreme Court Lawyer Who Moonlighted in High-Stakes Poker Is Convicted of Tax Fraud

The lawyer Thomas C. Goldstein, who co-founded the SCOTUSblog website, hid millions in gambling income from the government, federal prosecutors said.

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Thomas Goldstein represented Epic Games, makers of the popular Fortnite video game, in an antitrust case brought against Apple in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, in 2022.
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Trump Ally Expands Inquiry of Former Officials Who Investigated the President

The office of a prosecutor based in Miami has issued new subpoenas in a wide-ranging inquiry aimed at President Trump’s perceived foes.

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Some of President Trump’s allies have hoped that Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the District of Southern Florida, would develop a “grand conspiracy” inquiry.
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After F.B.I. Raid, Los Angeles School Board Will Discuss Superintendent

Board members will meet Thursday after agents raided the home and office of Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent. The F.B.I. also searched the Florida home of a consultant with ties to the schools chief.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Los Angeles Unified school board members were scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon in an emergency closed session a day after the F.B.I. raid of Alberto Carvalho’s home.
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U.S. and Iranian Officials Wrap Up Latest Round of Talks

Representatives of the countries were in Geneva this week to discuss the fate of Iran’s nuclear program.

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The U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, who, with Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, is negotiating with Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
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Anthropic Says It Cannot ‘Accede’ to Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.

Anthropic said it was standing firm on not having its A.I. used in certain scenarios by the Pentagon, which has imposed a Friday deadline on the company to give unfettered access to its technology.

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“We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, said in a statement.
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Testimony Offers New Details on Justice Dept. Role in Abrego Garcia Prosecution

A top prosecutor, Robert E. McGuire, painted an extraordinary picture of senior Justice Department leaders peering over his shoulder and hurrying him along.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, arriving at federal court in Nashville on Thursday.
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N.Y. Man With China Ties Charged With Marijuana Trafficking in Oklahoma

Sin Tung Chan was a member of a prominent hometown association in the city, one of hundreds of social clubs that often maintain close ties with the Chinese government.

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Purple Ray L.L.C., one of two large marijuana farms owned by Sin Tung Chan in rural Oklahoma, was raided on Wednesday.
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In Landmark Trial, Plaintiff Says Social Media Harm Started at Age 6

The plaintiff, a 20-year-old identified only as K.G.M., took the stand to testify against Meta and Instagram in a bellwether case over tech addiction.

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Supporters of the plaintiff outside California Superior Court of Los Angeles County during a trial over whether social media platforms were designed to be addictive to children.
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Trump Declared Victory in Minneapolis. But What Did He Accomplish?

The Trump administration came under fire for an operation that turned lethal and politically toxic. But the show of force may also have had a bigger purpose: to serve as a warning.

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Federal agents confronting protesters in Minneapolis last month. Sheriffs and public officials across the state say little, if anything, has changed about their immigration enforcement policies since the federal operation.
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Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files

The disclosure is the latest example of how the urgent push to release the files led to the government publicizing information it would normally keep under wraps.

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Several defendants mentioned in the Epstein files conducted what are known as proffer sessions at 500 Pearl Street, the address of the federal district courthouse in Manhattan.
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Denver Mayor Bars ICE From City Property and Orders Protection for Protesters

Mayor Mike Johnston’s order is a defiant shift from his measured stance and risks drawing attention to Greater Denver after President Trump during the campaign promised a “bloody story” there.

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Mayor Mike Johnston of Denver at the U.S. Capitol testifying at a congressional hearing last year.
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Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87

She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial.

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Teresa de Lauretis in 2015. The debut of “queer theory” as a term came in the title of an academic conference she organized and in an associated issue of a feminist journal.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Protections for Syrian Migrants

The president has sought to end the program, known as Temporary Protected Status, for various migrants as part of his mass deportation efforts.

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A destroyed mosque in Darayya, near Damascus, last year. The U.S. government initially put protections in place for migrants from Syria in 2012, citing the “extraordinary and temporary conditions” in the country resulting from “a brutal crackdown” by former President Bashar al-Assad.
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C.D.C.’s New Acting Director Draws Unexpected Praise From Agency Staff

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was appointed to the role last week, has offered to publicly endorse vaccination, in particular the measles vaccine, winning over some agency employees.

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, is also serving as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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