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FBI Told to Look Again at Old Swalwell Accusations

Law enforcement officials question administration's motives

(Newser) - FBI agents in California have been told to dust off a long-closed counterintelligence case involving Rep. Eric Swalwell, raising concerns in law enforcement that the material could be weaponized against a prominent opponent of President Trump. The Democrat is now a candidate for governor of California. Agents were instructed to...

Minnesota Is at Center of Saturday's 'No Kings' Protest

Organizers predict 9M-plus at rallies across the nation demonstrating against Trump administration

(Newser) - Organizers of Saturday's "No Kings" rallies across the US predict that the protests against the Trump administration could result in one of the largest demonstrations in US history, with Minnesota at center stage. Organizers say more than 3,100 events are registered in all 50 states, with 9...

Report: ICE Chief Has Been Hospitalized Twice for Stress

Officials say Todd Lyons once became so agitated that a bodyguard fetched a defibrillator to be safe

(Newser) - The man charged with executing President Trump's hard-line immigration crackdown has, by multiple accounts, been buckling under the strain. Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons has been hospitalized at least twice over the past seven months for stress-related problems, current and former administration officials tell Politico , once growing so distressed...

7M Student Borrowers Are Set to Receive an Unwanted Letter

Education Department notices inform students in SAVE plan that their payments will soon resume

(Newser) - Millions of federal student loan borrowers are about to be kicked out of a short-lived repayment plan that a federal court shut down earlier this month. CBS News and the AP report that, per the Department of Education, roughly 7.5 million borrowers enrolled in the Biden administration's SAVE...

Iran Hits Saudi Military Base, Injuring 10 US Service Members

Two of those service members are seriously hurt, officials say; planes also reportedly damaged

(Newser) - An Iranian missile attack on Friday wounded at least 10 US service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two US officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were seriously wounded, one of the officials said. The attack on Prince Sultan...

Judge Blocks Pentagon's Controversial Anthropic Move

Judge says Pentagon likely retaliated by labeling it a supply-chain risk

(Newser) - A federal judge just told the Pentagon it went too far in trying to sideline one of Silicon Valley's biggest AI players, the Washington Post reports. On Thursday, US District Judge Rita F. Lin temporarily blocked a Defense Department order that had branded Anthropic—the US-based AI lab behind...

Smaller Education Department Loses Its DC Headquarters

Energy Department will move into building that's now 70% vacant

(Newser) - The Education Department, the subject of major downsizing by President Trump, will vacate its longtime headquarters in Washington, DC, this summer to make way for the new tenant. The Energy Department is taking over the Lyndon B. Johnson Building in August, officials announced Thursday. Education no longer needs so much...

Maduro Makes Second Court Appearance in US

Judge questions why the US is blocking him from paying for defense with Venezuelan funds

(Newser) - Nicolás Maduro reappeared in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday looking leaner but legally no closer to freedom. The ousted Venezuelan leader, jailed since January and shackled at the ankles, listened as US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to throw out his narco-terrorism case, while openly questioning whether US sanctions should...

The DOJ Wants Records From 3 Top Medical Schools

As part of probe into 'possible race discrimination' in admissions

(Newser) - The Trump administration is now scrutinizing how three US medical schools decide who gets in. The Justice Department has launched civil rights investigations into the admissions practices at Stanford, the Ohio State University, and UC San Diego, demanding seven years of detailed applicant data, including test scores, ZIP codes, and...

US Population Growth Slows Amid Immigration Backlash

Especially hard hit: communities along Mexican border, hurricane-slammed Florida

(Newser) - Population growth rates in US metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico due to declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida's Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the US Census Bureau....

Bill Maher Is Mark Twain Prize Winner, Despite WH Denials

Real Time host to receive Kennedy Center award in June, despite 'fake news' cries from Trump's team

(Newser) - Bill Maher is getting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor after all, despite the Trump White House insisting just days ago that he wasn't. The Kennedy Center on Thursday named the Real Time host as the 27th recipient of its top comedy honor, confirming a report the Trump...

Equal Pay Day Takes a Hit for 2nd Year Straight

Gender pay gap widens, with women's earnings dropping to 81 cents for every dollar earned by men

(Newser) - Americans are celebrating Equal Pay Day on Thursday, but the calendar seems to be moving in the wrong direction. The date—marking how long into 2026 women must work to match what men earned the previous year—falls on March 26 this time around, one day later than last year,...

US Brings Home $100M in Venezuelan Gold

Gold shipment follows Burgum's talks with interim leader Delcy Rodriguez

(Newser) - The US just hauled a hefty stash of gold out of Venezuela for the first time in more than two decades, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Speaking at the CERAWeek energy conference, Burgum said a recent trip to Caracas ended with the US physically returning with $100 million in...

Veterans Condemn WH's Iran War Memes as Disrespectful

They trivialize sacrifice, distance Americans from civilian suffering, critics say

(Newser) - White House social media posts that have spliced real Iran war footage with scenes from video games and cartoons are landing badly with a group that usually backs the military: veterans. The Washington Post reports that former US Central Command spokesman Joe Buccino, a retired Army colonel who served in...

Rubio Testifies Against Ally Accused as Secret Agent

Secretary of state details 2017 Venezuela talks in Miami trial of former Congressman David Rivera

(Newser) - Two Florida politicians who once shared a house in Tallahassee just shared something else: a federal courtroom. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent hours on Tuesday testifying against his ex-roommate and longtime friend David Rivera, a former congressman now on trial in Miami on charges that he secretly worked for...

Stephen Miller May Be Targeting an '82 SCOTUS Ruling

Trump adviser is reportedly urging Texas to cut public school funding for undocumented children

(Newser) - Stephen Miller is pressing Texas Republicans to test how far they're willing to go on immigration—starting with public school funding for undocumented kids. In a closed-door meeting in DC last week, the Trump White House adviser questioned why Texas still pays to educate children who aren't citizens...

Minnesota Just Sued the Trump Administration

State seeks withheld evidence on shootings tied to immigration crackdown

(Newser) - Minnesota just took an extraordinary step in three controversial police shootings: It sued the Trump administration to get evidence, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . In a federal lawsuit filed in Washington, state Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, and the state's top criminal investigator accuse the...

Report: Crown Prince Urges Trump to Intensify Iran War

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman reportedly calls for broader strikes on Iran, including oil sites

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince is reportedly telling US President Trump that now is not the time to hit pause on the Iran war. People briefed by American officials say Mohammed bin Salman has urged Trump in recent calls to press ahead with the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, framing...

Coalition Sues to Stop Trump's Kennedy Center Overhaul

Lawsuit alleges illegal renovations, environmental and historic protections ignored

(Newser) - Conservationists are asking a judge to hit pause on what they say is a rushed, legally shaky overhaul of the Kennedy Center spearheaded by President Trump, NBC News reports. In a lawsuit filed Monday, eight preservation and environmental groups with more than a million collective members allege Trump and the...

Appointment Apparently Ends Fight Over Prosecutor

Federal judges name acting US attorney for New Jersey, a choice DOJ backs

(Newser) - Judges picked a new top federal prosecutor for New Jersey on Monday, apparently ending a monthslong standoff with the Trump administration. Robert Frazer, a career prosecutor who has worked in the office for more than two decades, was named acting US attorney in a one-sentence order. The Justice Department promptly...

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