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Signage is seen outside of FDA headquarters in White Oak, Maryland

Trump’s Plan for a Drug Advertising Crackdown Faces Many Hurdles

Banning all pharmaceutical ads from TV would have almost certainly been struck down by federal judges, who have long accepted advertising as a First Amendment-protected form of speech.

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A memorial for Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in Utah, at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix

Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Assassinated at Utah University

The assassination drew bipartisan condemnation, but a national reckoning over ways to prevent political grievances from manifesting as deadly violence seemed elusive.

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A screen grab of the home page of the website backpage.com is pictured after U.S. law enforcement agencies seized the sex marketplace website

Former Backpage CEO Gets Three Years of Probation After Testifying at Trial About Site’s Sex Ads

Prosecutors had argued that Backpage’s operators ignored warnings to stop running prostitution ads, some involving children.

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Rainbow flags fly across the street from the Stonewall Inn in New York

Detroit-Area City Can Ban LGBTQ+ Pride Flags on Public Property, Judge Says

Critics of the new policy said Hamtramck was violating free speech. But the judge said the city’s policy was OK because it bans all private flags not just some.

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Far-right radio host Alex Jones speaks at an event held by the national conservative political movement, 'Turning Point' in Detroit

Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court To Hear Appeal of $1.4 Billion Sandy Hook Judgment

Jones' lawyers say that public figures such as the Sandy Hook families have to prove their defamation claims against journalists such as Jones.

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E. Jean Carroll at Manhattan federal court in New York

Appeals Court Upholds E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 Million Defamation Judgment Against President Trump

That award followed a separate trial, in which Trump was found liable for sexually abusing Carroll and ordered to pay $5 million.

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Federal law enforcement and National Guard in Washington

A Decades-Long Peace Vigil Outside the White House Is Dismantled After Trump’s Order

Taking down the vigil is the latest in a series of actions the Trump administration has ordered as part of its federal takeover of policing in the city.

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U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce holds a hearing related to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses

Northwestern University President Says He Will Resign Following Tenure Marked by White House Tension

The funding freeze and uncertainty over its finances contributed to Northwestern’s decision to lay off around 200 people over the summer.

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