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In boost to Musk, Justice Department seeks to dismiss air pollution lawsuit against xAI data centerJun 16, 2026 8:24 pm - The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk's companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion AI data center in Mississippi.
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Trump moves oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Education DepartmentJun 16, 2026 5:10 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Education Department, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
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ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractorJun 16, 2026 4:39 pm - When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was revising the federal standards that govern immigration detention centers, one of its top contractors privately asked for changes that could benefit its business, according to a person briefed on the discussions.
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A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicideJun 13, 2026 9:21 pm - A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide. An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with her death.
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Thousands march in Rome in anti- and pro-migration ralliesJun 13, 2026 9:13 pm - Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the Italian capital in anti- and pro- migration demonstrations Saturday, after a far-right citizens’ initiative seeking sweeping measures against migrants garnered enough support to be brought to Parliament.
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that ‘disparaged’ USJun 13, 2026 9:05 pm - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
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Global HIV prevention declined drastically after Trump aid cuts, UN findsJun 13, 2026 8:56 pm - Decades of advances in the global fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS are in peril amid wide-scale cuts to prevention programs, according to a United Nations report.
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Trump’s name is gone from the Kennedy Center’s facade, according to a top official at the arts venueJun 13, 2026 8:00 pm - The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now.Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court Saturday that the institution had complied with an order to remove Trump's name from the facade.
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Anthropic shuts down newest AI model after US bans foreign useJun 13, 2026 6:28 pm - The artificial intelligence lab Anthropic said Friday it had shut down access to its newest and most powerful models after the U.S. government banned use of the technology by foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.
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Trump’s name poised to be removed from Kennedy Center after judge denies last-minute move to keep itJun 12, 2026 6:49 pm - The Kennedy Center was running out of options Friday evening to keep President Donald Trump's name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue.A judge earlier in the afternoon rejected a request to pause a court-ordered deadline of Friday to remove references to Trump from the building and other aspects of the Kennedy Center's operations.