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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

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President Trump notified three commissioners on the product safety board in early May that he was removing them.

Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida

The president and his subordinates, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, have come under enormous pressure to release further details about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Jeffrey Epstein appeared in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2008.

Trump’s Student Arrests, and the Lawsuit Fighting Them, Tread New Ground

The Trump administration’s efforts to deport foreign students who espoused pro-Palestinian views under a little-used foreign policy provision have no obvious legal parallel.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Demonstrators rally outside of Columbia University at West 116th St. and Broadway in Manhattan to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student in March.

State Dept. Official Testifies That Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Deportations

The head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs said his office regularly weighed criticism of Israel when determining whether to deny or revoke student visas.

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A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in May.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order in Class-Action Challenge

The federal judge reignited the legal standoff over President Trump’s efforts to deny citizenship to children born to undocumented parents.

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The federal courthouse in Concord, N.H. Judge Joseph N. Laplante allowed the case to proceed as a class action.

Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists

A senior Homeland Security official testified in court on Wednesday that his department had relied in part on an anonymously compiled list to identify foreign academics for investigation.

© Valerie Plesch for The New York Times

Peter Hatch, the assistant director of the Homeland Security Investigations department within ICE, testified that a team he oversaw had been directed to pore over the thousands of individuals profiled by the Canary Mission, an anonymous group that has been accused of doxxing individuals engaged in anti-Israeli activism.

Trial Over Free Speech on Campus, and Trump’s Student Crackdown, Begins

The case challenges the Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen student activists for arrest and deportation on First Amendment grounds.

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Demonstrators outside Columbia University demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student, in March.
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