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U.N.C. Strikes Trump Deal to Keep Federal Funding

19 octobre 2026 à 19:59
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not pay any financial penalties but agreed to abide by the Trump administration’s views on diversity and other matters.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill draws most of its research money from Washington.

Trump Golf Course Dispute Sparks Clash Between Judge and DOJ

19 octobre 2026 à 17:47
Government attorneys sparred with Judge Ana C. Reyes over testimony by several government witnesses about the chain of decisions surrounding East Potomac Golf Links.

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The Interior Department cleared hundreds of trees from East Potomac Golf Links last week, apparently in preparation for larger changes.

Trump Outlines Rapid Plan to Close and Overhaul D.C. Golf Course

18 octobre 2026 à 22:55
The plan to begin work transforming the course in four weeks injected fresh urgency into a federal lawsuit opposing changes to East Potomac Golf Links.

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The Trump administration removed hundreds of trees from East Potomac Golf Links earlier this month, drawing a rebuke from a federal judge.

Justice Department Seeks to Disqualify Judge Overseeing Golf Course Lawsuit

16 octobre 2026 à 22:32
Escalating a standoff with Judge Ana C. Reyes, the Justice Department demanded that she recuse herself from a case in which she had ordered several Trump officials to testify.

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Workers used a tractor to cut down a tree at the East Potomac Golf Links last week.

David Sabatini, an M.I.T. Scientist, Wins $6 Million in Sexual Harassment Defamation Suit

16 octobre 2026 à 21:02
David Sabatini, once a prominent scientist at M.I.T., sued a former colleague who accused him of inappropriate behavior. A jury found in his favor.

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David Sabatini, a former M.I.T. scientist, in court at the end of a trial in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former colleague.

Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Charged With Fraud, Lawsuit Says

15 octobre 2026 à 19:41
Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.

Cornell’s Powerful Board Meets as It Fights to Protect Its Reputation

15 octobre 2026 à 18:37
The president argued this week that replacing him would be a mistake.

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Trustees, alumni and others are gathering at Cornell University for meetings and homecoming this week, as the university faces a crisis over sexual assault allegations.

Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls

15 octobre 2026 à 15:43
The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials.

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A lawsuit from the Trump administration is seeking a court order to force California to not count — at least in the short term — any mail ballots received from some 20,000 people in the state the administration claims are “likely noncitizens.”

Fired FBI Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation Sue Patel and Others

15 octobre 2026 à 13:40
The lawsuit also suggests that a motivating factor for the dismissals was the intense scrutiny of the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, after he went to the Olympics in Milan.

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The lawsuit says that Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, praised some of the fired employees privately before terminating them.

As Early Midterm Voting Looms, a Glitch Delays 600,000 Texas Voter Registrations

Par : John Yoon
15 octobre 2026 à 05:05
Voting rights groups sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the secretary of state over delayed voter registrations that overwhelmed local election workers.

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Because of a software glitch, the data of people who requested voter registration when they applied for driver’s licenses was not recorded.

The Crisis Playbook for Universities in Trouble

14 octobre 2026 à 23:09
Schools under scrutiny as Cornell is often follow a sort of public relations playbook, adding rules, hiring outside investigators and sometimes making leadership changes.

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In comments this week, Cornell’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, acknowledged anger and “a loss of trust” in Cornell’s leadership.

Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

14 octobre 2026 à 17:17
The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.

Judge Prohibits Further Tree Cutting at East Potomac Golf Course for Two Weeks

13 octobre 2026 à 14:56
The ruling barred major modifications at the D.C. course while a federal judge seeks testimony from Interior Department officials about whether they ignored a court order.

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A tree marked with caution tape at the East Potomac Golf Links on Tuesday.

They Pushed an Anti-Abortion Pill Law. Now, They’re Being Sued Under It.

13 octobre 2026 à 13:13
A Texas mother is suing the president of Students for Life of America and others in the group over an Instagram post that appeared to boast about ordering abortion pills in Houston.

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“I want justice for what these laws have taken from women like me,” said Maria Puerto, the plaintiff, using a pseudonym.

Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE

13 octobre 2026 à 10:48
A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.

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Members of the Department of Government Efficiency visited the U.S. African Development Foundation in March 2025.

Cornell and Toxic Frat Culture

12 octobre 2026 à 16:51
A U.S. campus lawsuit points to a global pattern: how male impunity, silence and institutional failure enable sexual violence.

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Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University.

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Answer for Tree Removals at D.C. Golf Course

12 octobre 2026 à 15:34
During a four-hour hearing, a federal judge demanded answers from the Trump administration about who authorized the removal of hundreds of trees at the East Potomac Golf Links.

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Workers cutting down trees at the East Potomac Golf Links on Saturday.

More Than 500 Trees to Be Cut Down at D.C. Golf Course That Trump Wants to Redo

10 octobre 2026 à 13:38
The National Park Service notified a court of the plan as part of continuing litigation over the president’s proposal to create a “champion-level” course.

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Workers used a tree harvester to cut down a tree at East Potomac Golf Links while golfers played the course on Saturday.

The Controversial Class That M.I.T. Is Paying a Professor Not to Teach

9 octobre 2026 à 05:00
Michel DeGraff, a vocal pro-Palestinian activist, can’t be easily fired because he has tenure. But he has been kicked out of his department.

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Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor at M.I.T., was pushed out of the university’s linguistics section.

Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch

8 octobre 2026 à 22:33
The county is home to Arlington National Cemetery, the military gravesite that is central to the legal battle over the planned arch.

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A model of a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, to be built near Arlington National Cemetery, was on display at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in June.

Embrace or Ban Greek Life? Cornell Case Renews an Old Debate on Campuses

8 octobre 2026 à 05:02
A sexual assault case at Cornell revived a long-running national conversation about whether fraternities and sororities are beneficial or harmful.

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Students at Cornell University on Monday protested the school’s response to allegations of sexual assault on campus.

If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?

7 octobre 2026 à 10:57
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.

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Musicians with the National Symphony Orchestra still arrive at the Kennedy Center almost every weekday morning for rehearsals, entering through a parking lot door.

Students at Lincoln University, an HBCU, Sue Missouri for $549 Million, Citing Funding Disparities

7 octobre 2026 à 09:41
The case argues that Missouri persistently underfunded Lincoln University, treating it different than the University of Missouri.

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The Lincoln University campus in Jefferson City, Mo.

Investigators Search Site of Warehouse Fire in Los Angeles

6 octobre 2026 à 20:58
State and local investigators executed a warrant on Tuesday to search the Boyle Heights building, which burned for days in June. A community group also sued the E.P.A. to get environmental data.

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The cold storage facility operated by Lineage Logistics in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in June.

Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records

6 octobre 2026 à 13:57
Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.

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Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.

This L.A. Power Broker Is Suing Over His Uninhabitable $20 Million Mansion

6 octobre 2026 à 11:04
Austin Beutner has filed a lawsuit that highlights a central dispute after the 2025 Los Angeles fires: Who pays when a house survives the flames but not the smoke?

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Austin Beutner is battling his insurance company to get what he believes he is owed for smoke damage.

Chicago Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent Sues Federal Government

5 octobre 2026 à 18:46
The lawsuit is the latest in a widening push from people who claim they were harmed by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and now want justice.

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Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last year.

California Prepares to Ban Quartz Countertop Production

5 octobre 2026 à 09:57
The state would be the first to block an industry that has been connected to a deadly lung disease in workers.

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A California rule would ban any manufactured stone that contains more than 1 percent of crystalline silica.

Supreme Court Tangles Over a Major Climate Change Case

6 octobre 2026 à 03:13
The justices began their new term with a landmark dispute over whether local governments can hold oil companies liable for damages from climate change.

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The Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City, Colo. The case before the justices pits officials from nearby Boulder against Suncor and Exxon Mobil.

Cornell Case Revives Anger About Handling of Campus Sexual Assault Cases

3 octobre 2026 à 05:02
A lawsuit alleging rape at Cornell has led to an outpouring of women sharing stories about sexual violence on college campuses.

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On the campus of Cornell University and beyond, women are talking about their own experiences of sexual assault.

Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas

2 octobre 2026 à 19:06
The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.

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A construction site for a border wall near Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park in August.
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