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Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

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Citing the first amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities.
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The Guardian

Human rights groups decry US plan for Guantánamo camp for Cuban migrants

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Dozens of US and international human rights organizations are decrying the Trump administration’s plans to establish a migrant “camp” for fleeing Cubans at the Guantánamo Bay military base if the island nation’s crisis worsens under pressure from the US, according to a letter to members of Congress on Friday.
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The Guardian

Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal

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A second Republican senator spoke out in defense of Nato on Thursday, joining Mitch McConnell and the Democrats, after Donald Trump said that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing from the alliance after it refused to take part in the joint assault with Israel against Iran.
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The Guardian

RFK Jr overstepped in declaring gender-affirming treatments unsafe, judge rules

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“The notion that ‘I will go forward and issue a declaration and see if we can get away with it’ is not a principle of governance that adheres to the overarching commitment to a democratic republic that requires the rule of law to be regarded and respected and honored as a sacred,” he said.
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The Guardian

US judge blocks Pentagon’s restrictions on press after New York Times lawsuit

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“Those who drafted the first amendment believed that the nation’s security requires a free press and an informed people and that such security is endangered by governmental suppression of political speech,” US district court judge Paul Friedman wrote in his opinion. “That principle has preserved the nation’s security for almost 250 years. It must not be abandoned now.”
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The Guardian
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March on Washington - Aug 28 2026 - Defend the Vote

March on Washington Aug 28 2026 Defend the Vote

 

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