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Federal Judge Rules White House Cannot Bar Associated Press Journalists

A federal judge ordered the White House to restore The AP's full access, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the organization for its speech.

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Angry Protesters From New York to Alaska Assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ Rallies

Demonstrations were organized for more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states by more than 150 groups. The rallies appeared peaceful, with no immediate reports of arrests.

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Columbia University students stage a walk-out protest condemning ICE agensts on campus and for release of Mahmoud Khalil in New York

Columbia Must Give 30 Days’ Notice Before Sharing Student Records With Congress

But the judge stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university from complying with the congressional requests, as lawyers for the activists sought.

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Colleges Say Trump Admin Is Using New Tactics To Expel International Students

Some students have been targeted over pro-Palestinian activism or criminal infractions. Others have been left wondering how they ran afoul of the government.

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Georgia Republicans Push Bill To Limit Public Access to Lawmaker and Police Records

Lawmakers are mostly exempt from the state’s Open Records Act, but even fewer records would be available to the public under the bill.

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Judge Rules Action Against NEA Unnecessary After It Backed off Gender Ideology Bans

U.S. District Judge William Smith acknowledged that plaintiffs “demonstrated a likelihood of success that a ban on gender ideology would be a violation of the First Amendment."

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Why No One Is Challenging Trump’s Executive Order That Keeps TikTok Running

Trump's executive orders have spurred more than 130 lawsuits, but none of them challenge his temporary block of the law that banned the popular social video app.

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Detained Tufts Student Taken From Massachusetts Before Judge Ordered Her Kept There, Government Says

The student's lawyers have said that her detention violates her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process.

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