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Federal Judge Orders Release of Secret Boat Strike Memo

A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to keep a secret Department of Justice memo hidden from public view. The legal opinion authorizes the Pentagon to carry out lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a 66-page opinion rejecting the administration's primary arguments for secrecy and ordering the document to be submitted to the court for private review.

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Supreme Court to review Trump administration's indefinite detention of undocumented immigrants

The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging the Trump administration's practice of indefinitely detaining undocumented immigrants who are living in the US and awaiting deportation proceedings. The dispute centers on the administration's reinterpretation of long-standing policy, a move critics say has caused a massive surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers.

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Hegseth puts Musk and Luckey on Pentagon advisory board for future warfare project, raising conflict of interest concerns

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has installed tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey on a Pentagon advisory board for a new project called 'Project Meridian', aimed at shaping the future of warfare. The move has raised conflict of interest concerns, as both men are major donors to the Republican party and lead companies that benefit from federal defense contracts.

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Christa Pike discharged from hospital after botched execution; 911 recordings show emergency delays

Convicted murderer Christa Pike has been discharged from hospital and returned to the Tennessee women's prison where she spent 30 years on death row, her lawyers said Saturday, more than a week after she survived a botched execution attempt. Newly released 911 dispatch recordings obtained by The Associated Press reveal that emergency help was delayed by confusion among prison officials and first responders who struggled to verify whether a request for an ambulance was legitimate.

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Tennessee governor halts executions after botched lethal injection; Trump economic approval hits new low

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has paused all remaining executions in the state for the rest of the year, after death row inmate Christa Pike survived two lethal injections in the state's second botched execution attempt this year. In a separate development, a new poll shows President Donald Trump's approval rating on the economy at a new low, with only 17% of US adults approving of his handling of the cost of living.

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Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary sued for defamation after accusing Utah data center critics of being Chinese agents

Celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary and Fox News have been sued for defamation by four Utah organizations and individuals after O'Leary accused critics of his proposed data center project of being funded by China or the Chinese Communist Party. The suit follows a May 11 Fox Business segment where O'Leary claimed Chinese agents were orchestrating online opposition to his 'Wonder Valley' data center, a massive 40,000-acre development planned for rural Box Elder County, Utah.

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Republican effort to trap Jack Smith backfires in Senate hearing

A Senate hearing intended to expose alleged abuses by former special prosecutor Jack Smith descended into embarrassment for Republicans on Tuesday, after a key line of questioning about a basketball game crumbled under scrutiny. Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri produced text messages he claimed showed Smith attended an NBA game in Atlanta on a date linked to a separate Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump, but Smith flatly denied the accusation, leaving the GOP's carefully prepared props looking amateurish.

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Federal judge ends 23-year oversight of Oakland police department, longest in US history

A federal judge has ended court-ordered federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department after 23 years, marking the longest such arrangement in US history. The oversight was imposed in 2003 as part of settling civil lawsuits filed by victims of a group of officers known as the 'riders', who were exposed for planting evidence, falsifying reports and using excessive force against primarily young Black men.

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume deportations to third countries without notice

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily lifted a lower-court decision that had prevented the Trump administration from deporting immigrants to a third country without first giving them an opportunity to argue that they face persecution there. The six-justice conservative majority issued a brief order allowing the practice to resume while litigation continues, drawing dissents from the court's liberal justices.

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Republican senator blocks bipartisan bill to prevent Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress approval

Senator Mike Lee (Republican of Utah) blocked a bipartisan bill on Monday night that would have prohibited President Donald Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center without explicit congressional approval. The Protecting Presidential Memorials Act, co-authored by Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat of Oregon) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican of Alaska), sought to bar the demolition of any presidential memorial designated by Congress—including the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials—unless lawmakers gave the go-ahead. Lee objected when the Senate was asked to pass the measure by unanimous consent.

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Trump administration finalizes rule weakening fuel efficiency standards

The US Department of Transportation has finalized a plan to significantly weaken fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, replacing Biden-era requirements that would have reached 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031 with a target of 34.9 miles per gallon. The Trump administration touted the move as one of the largest deregulatory actions of his second term, claiming it will lower vehicle costs, while consumer and environmental groups condemned the rollback.

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New York governor appoints special prosecutor in Cornell gang-rape case as unsealed documents detail university investigation

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to oversee the criminal investigation into allegations that a Cornell University student was drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in 2024. The appointment came Thursday evening as unsealed court documents revealed the university conducted an extensive internal disciplinary inquiry involving more than 50 interviews with 32 witnesses after the student reported the assault. The case, which had drawn intense public criticism after no criminal charges were initially filed, is now being presented to a grand jury.

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