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NPR Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order To Cut Federal Funding to Public Media

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, argues that Trump’s executive order to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR violates the First Amendment.

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Trump Administration Moves To Cut $100 Million in Federal Contracts for Harvard

Trump has railed against Harvard in an intensifying clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, calling it a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Barring Foreign Student Enrollment at Harvard

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs puts the sanction against Harvard on hold, pending the lawsuit.

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In Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Judge Rejects Arguments That AI Chatbots Have Free Speech Rights

The judge’s order will allow the wrongful death lawsuit to proceed, in what legal experts say is among the latest constitutional tests of artificial intelligence.

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Bakery in New Hampshire Wins in Free Speech Case Over a Pastry Shop Painting

The town of Conway infringed on the free speech rights of bakery owner Sean Young, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante ruled May 19.

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Trump Signs a Bill To Make Posting ‘Revenge Porn’ a Federal Crime. He Had the First Lady Sign, Too

Melania Trump called the new law a “national victory” that will help protect children from online exploitation, including through the use of artificial intelligence to make fake images.

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Kansas Group Fights Campaign Donor Law It Sees as a Response to Its Success Defending Abortion

The group filed a federal lawsuit against a new state law aimed at curbing foreign influence in elections, saying it violates free speech rights and would keep the group from waging future campaigns.

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Harvard Loses Another $450 Million in Escalating Battle with Trump Administration

The move comes a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

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