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The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it is taking over and moving into the headquarters of the National Science Foundation with no input from NSF, no plan for…
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The UK will buy at least twelve new F35A Lightning stealth fighter jets, which can carry conventional or USA-made B61 nuclear bombs to restore nuclear capability to the Royal Air…
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Ukraine and the Council of Europe agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of…
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Donald Trump’s regime filed a lawsuit against practically the entire federal District Court in Maryland: all fifteen District Court Judges, a clerk of court, and one of the court’s administrative…
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American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against a new state law that makes it a Class E felony, punishable by up to six years imprisonment and a…
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A report by the Defence Intelligence Agency leaked, and contrary to claims by Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran’s nuclear facilities were obliterated, the report said…
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Senior official Michelle Bulls at the National Institutes of Health to “not terminate any additional grant projects,” which applies to “all grant projects that are in the [queue] to be…
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A court in Costa Rica ordered the release of foreigners who have been detained since they were deported there by the USA in February 2025. About 200 people, 80 of…
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J-1 visa applications are still suspended, leaving hundreds of doctors from abroad with no way to start their residencies at the start of July 2025. Foreign doctors who come to…
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Lawyers for Erez Reuveni, a former government lawyer forced out of his job after not making false arguments in court to satisfy his bosses, released a bombshell letter the day…
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On 23 June 2025 at 18:02, Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that Israel and Iran agreed to “a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE” that would lead…
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Federal District Court Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction ordering grants restored to six University of California researchers by the Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and National Endowment…
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The Supreme Court, despite its earlier ruling that immigrants being deported must be allowed enough due process to challenge their deportation, lifted a lower court’s order that had required due…
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Lawyers for the state of California asked federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer to consider whether Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard and Marine troops in the state violates the…
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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled several portions of Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill need to be removed because they violate Senate rules for inclusion in such a bill. Budget reconciliation…
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Iran fired missiles at a USA military base in Qatar in a calibrated proportionate response to the USA’s stealth strike on three Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran had already moved its…
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The UK pledged to increase its defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, in line with the rest of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The UK expects to ramp…
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The United Nations Security Council met in an emergency session regarding the USA injecting itself into war between Israel and Iran by carrying out a major air strike against three…
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Federal Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released while awaiting trial in Nashville, Tennessee on a federal charge of human trafficking, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Iran launched more missiles at Israel and its parliament passed a bill to close the Strait of Hormuz. One of Iran’s missiles demolished most of a north Tel Aviv city…
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USA stealth bombers and a submarine directly attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, reportedly in coordination with Israel but without so much as notification of Congress. Some Republicans in Congress…
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Federal District Judge Allison Burroughs issued a preliminary injunction, as promised 29 May 2025, barring the government from revoking Harvard’s certification to host international students under the Student and Exchange…
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Federal District Court Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil released on bail while his immigration case moves through court. Farbiarz decided Khalil was unlikely to flee and…
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In a vote where the main parties did not whip Members of Parliament to vote on party lines, a law was passed to allow people in England and Wales who have…
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Federal District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued summary judgement overturning the National Science Foundation’s recently announced ceiling of 15% on the amount of indirect costs it will cover in grants.…
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White House Budget Director Russell Vought began promoting his newest scheme to run roughshod over the power of the purse granted to Congress by the Constitution. As primary author of…
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A panel of three judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Donald Trump acted within his authority when he nationalized California National Guard troops and deployed…
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Federal Chief District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. issued a preliminary injunction to block the Department of Transportation from withholding funds for “States and their governmental subdivisions” unless they cooperate…
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The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team denied entry to federal agents who requested access to Dodger Stadium parking lots. Some reports said the agents were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.…
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The Food and Drug Administration forced out Nicole Verdun, who was in charge of reviews of cell and gene therapies, and her deputy Rachael Anatol. They were put on administrative…
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In United States v Skrmetti, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming care to minors. The 6-3 decision was based on the lowest form of judicial…
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Federal District Court Judge Adam Abelson blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from chopping $600 million in environmental justice grants for low-income areas and communities of color, ruling the terminations unlawful.…
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Federal District Court Judge Kathleen Williams found Florida state Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt for not honoring her injunction that stayed a new state law making it a…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied oversight access to two Congressional Representatives, and called in Chicago police to escort them away. Congressional Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) tried…
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New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Lower Manhattan federal immigration court while accompanying an immigrant whose case…
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New rules at Veterans Administration facilities due to an executive order by Donald Trump “defending women” in hospital guidelines allow doctors, psychologists, dentists and other medical staff to refuse to…
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At the G7 meeting in Canada, Donald Trump met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and at last signed an executive order to implement their handshake deal regarding…
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Federal District Court Judge William Young declared “void and illegal” the termination of over $1 billion in National Institutes of Health research grants due to perceived linkage with diversity, equity…
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The American Bar Association filed a lawsuit against the federal government, asserting that ongoing unlawful government intimidation against law firms and lawyers is unconstitutional and block its continuation. The suit…
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Iran launched ballistic missiles at “dozens of targets, military centres and airbases” in Israel, a retaliatory operation called True Promise 3, which began ongoing exchange of fire between the two…
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After an intense two day manhunt, police arrested 57 year old Vance Boelter, suspected to be the assassin who in Minnesota killed state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark,…
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The day after four people escaped from Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ, Immigration and Customs Enforcement transferred dozens of women to a tent-like detention facility in El Paso, Texas. One…
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Marches, rallies and protests with the theme No Kings happened at more than 2300 locations across the USA with a reported total of about 13.14 million participants. That tally was…
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The military parade Donald Trump insisted upon in Washington, DC for his birthday and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Army was disappointing at best. Its start had…
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Jenny Boetler, wife of suspected Minnesota assassin Vance Luther Boelter who was still on the loose, was held for questioning after a traffic stop in Onamia, Minnesota in which she…
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A gunman impersonating a police officer in uniform with a badge shot two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses at their homes, killing one of the couples. State Senator John…
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A three judge panel of the California State Bar Court’s Review Department, which is effectively an appeals court, affirmed a lower court’s recommendation to disbar attorney John Eastman, who architected…
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Marines detained Marcos Leao, a military veteran on his way to a Veterans Affairs appointment at the Wiltshire federal building in Los Angeles, California. Wearing headphones, he did not hear…
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Two of the four immigrants who escaped from detention at Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ were recaptured: Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada. Still at large were Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes and…
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Executives from tech companies Palantir, Meta and OpenAI signed up for special Detachment 201 Executive Innovation Corps in the Army Reserve as Lieutenant Colonels on an eight year contract. In…
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