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Veterans Condemn WH's Iran War Memes as Disrespectful

They trivialize sacrifice, distance Americans from civilian suffering, critics say

(Newser) - White House social media posts that have spliced real Iran war footage with scenes from video games and cartoons are landing badly with a group that usually backs the military: veterans. The Washington Post reports that former US Central Command spokesman Joe Buccino, a retired Army colonel who served in...

Rubio Testifies Against Ally Accused as Secret Agent

Secretary of state details 2017 Venezuela talks in Miami trial of former Congressman David Rivera

(Newser) - Two Florida politicians who once shared a house in Tallahassee just shared something else: a federal courtroom. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent hours on Tuesday testifying against his ex-roommate and longtime friend David Rivera, a former congressman now on trial in Miami on charges that he secretly worked for...

Stephen Miller May Be Targeting an '82 SCOTUS Ruling

Trump adviser is reportedly urging Texas to cut public school funding for undocumented children

(Newser) - Stephen Miller is pressing Texas Republicans to test how far they're willing to go on immigration—starting with public school funding for undocumented kids. In a closed-door meeting in DC last week, the Trump White House adviser questioned why Texas still pays to educate children who aren't citizens...

Minnesota Just Sued the Trump Administration

State seeks withheld evidence on shootings tied to immigration crackdown

(Newser) - Minnesota just took an extraordinary step in three controversial police shootings: It sued the Trump administration to get evidence, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . In a federal lawsuit filed in Washington, state Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, and the state's top criminal investigator accuse the...

Report: Crown Prince Urges Trump to Intensify Iran War

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman reportedly calls for broader strikes on Iran, including oil sites

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince is reportedly telling US President Trump that now is not the time to hit pause on the Iran war. People briefed by American officials say Mohammed bin Salman has urged Trump in recent calls to press ahead with the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, framing...

Coalition Sues to Stop Trump's Kennedy Center Overhaul

Lawsuit alleges illegal renovations, environmental and historic protections ignored

(Newser) - Conservationists are asking a judge to hit pause on what they say is a rushed, legally shaky overhaul of the Kennedy Center spearheaded by President Trump, NBC News reports. In a lawsuit filed Monday, eight preservation and environmental groups with more than a million collective members allege Trump and the...

Appointment Apparently Ends Fight Over Prosecutor

Federal judges name acting US attorney for New Jersey, a choice DOJ backs

(Newser) - Judges picked a new top federal prosecutor for New Jersey on Monday, apparently ending a monthslong standoff with the Trump administration. Robert Frazer, a career prosecutor who has worked in the office for more than two decades, was named acting US attorney in a one-sentence order. The Justice Department promptly...

SCOTUS Appears Likely to Limit Mail-in Voting

Conservative justices are skeptical of Mississippi law allowing counting of late-arriving ballots

(Newser) - The Supreme Court seems ready to toss out a Mississippi rule that lets mail ballots arrive after Election Day, a move that could ripple through elections nationwide. During arguments Monday, the court's six conservatives signaled strong doubts about the 2020 law, which permits counting ballots postmarked by Election Day...

French Energy Giant Scraps Two US Wind Farms

White House strikes deal with TotalEnergies to direct $1B into fossil fuels instead

(Newser) - A French energy giant just made a big U-turn on America's seas. TotalEnergies said Monday it will walk away from two offshore wind farms it was developing off North Carolina and New York, reports the Wall Street Journal . The company struck a deal with the Trump administration to relinquish...

Nursing Home Co-Owned by Trump Pick Is Suing Feds

Facility is fighting effort to reclaim Medicare overpayments

(Newser) - Benjamin Landa is awaiting a Senate hearing on his nomination as US ambassador to Hungary, while co-owning a Bronx nursing home that's taking the Trump administration to court. After federal inspectors said Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center improperly collected at least $31.2 million from Medicare, the government...

Hegseth's Religious Rhetoric Alarms Extremist Experts

Defense chief's hard lean into Christianity risks alienating troops, gets new look amid Iran war

(Newser) - Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon. He hosts monthly Christian worship services for employees. His department's promotional videos have displayed Bible verses alongside military footage. In speeches and interviews, he often argues the...

In Cuba, a 'Solidarity Caravan' Has Arrived

Humanitarian aid flows into desperate island nation amid US blockage

(Newser) - Some 650 delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba on Friday as part of a solidarity caravan transporting some 20 tons of humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a severe energy crisis. Members of "Our America Convoy to Cuba" arrived by air from Italy,...

Iran Says Airstrike Hit Nuclear Enrichment Facility

State media: Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was attacked Saturday, with no radiation leakage

(Newser) - Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, Iranian state media reports. Iran's official Mizan news agency said there was no radiation leakage after Saturday's strike on the Natanz nuclear facility, nearly 135 miles southeast of Tehran. The facility, Iran's main uranium...

Judge Finds Pentagon Rules for Reporters Unconstitutional

Decision rejects Trump administration policy on limiting journalists' access

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday invalidated a Defense Department policy on journalists' access to the Pentagon, finding the Trump administration rule unconstitutional. The challenge was brought by the New York Times and reporter Julian E. Barnes, the Washington Post reports. US District Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington, DC, ruled...

Justice Department Sues Harvard Over Antisemitism

Administration wants to claw back 'billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies'

(Newser) - Harvard is once again in the Trump administration's crosshairs , this time over accusations it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students and staff. The administration on Friday filed a civil-rights lawsuit in federal court in Boston, claiming the university ignored antisemitic harassment and discrimination in the wake of Hamas' Oct....

If SCOTUS Nixes This, Midterms Could Get Chaotic

Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on grace periods for mail-in ballots

(Newser) - There will be just one Election Day for this fall's midterm elections—Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states who cast their votes by mail will be given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and counted. Whether...

Russian Oil Tanker May Test US Cuba Blockade

Sanctioned tanker is expected to arrive Monday

(Newser) - A Russian oil tanker is quietly cutting through the Atlantic, and its next move could trigger a fresh US–Russia clash over Cuba. The Anatoly Kolodkin , a Russian state-owned vessel under US sanctions and carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of crude, left Primorsk on March 9 and exited the English...

24 States Challenge EPA's Rollback of Climate Finding

Massachusetts AG calls move a 'blatant' violation of the law

(Newser) - Two dozen states are asking a federal court to put the brakes on the Trump administration's attempt to gut climate regulation at its source. In a lawsuit filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Thursday, 24 Democrat-led states plus a dozen cities and counties...

Judge: RFK Jr. Overreached on Transgender Care

Federal bid to penalize youth gender-care providers is now blocked

(Newser) - A federal judge in Oregon has put the brakes on a key Trump administration move targeting gender transition care for minors. US District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai determined on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exceeded his authority when he issued a December declaration asserting such treatments "do...

Trump Shifts Student Loan Debt From Education to Treasury

Change affects almost 6M borrowers, effective immediately

(Newser) - The Trump administration has moved a major piece of the federal student loan system out of the Education Department and into the Treasury Department, shifting oversight of collections on defaulted loans effective immediately. Under an interagency agreement announced Thursday, the Washington Post reports, Treasury will take over the Default Resolution...

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