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Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4

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A provision passed in the Ohio House's budget that schools say will require them to go back to the voters more frequently to ask for money buff.ly/CxBO1a0

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The House of Representatives voted to approve resolutions striking down a $5 cap on bank overdraft fees.

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Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked.

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Probably a higher percentage than that…

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🔻 78 days into Trump’s second term and bitcoin continues to plummet

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More than 1,800 academics, including art historians and art professors, have committed to boycotting Columbia University in an open letter denouncing the school’s compliance with Trump administration crackdowns on pro-Palestinian dissent.

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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm.

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A BBC News presenter has taken to TikTok to hit back at trolls sending her cruel comments about her appearance.

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“The Legislature’s priorities, helping the rich get richer and leaving the victimized out in the cold, do not, as is so often the case, reflect the values of their constituents,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.

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Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."

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Jaguar Land Rover will pause shipments of its Britain-made cars to the United States for a month, it says, as it considers how to mitigate the cost of President Trump’s 25% tariff.

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"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me." Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know. Read it + share it with a friend:

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Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and fealty to the rule of law amid harsh rhetoric from the Trump administration against judges who have impeded its policies.

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Devastating earthquake in Myanmar: 144 dead and 732 injured, disaster feared

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Their attorneys cannot find them. Immigration rights advocates cannot reach them. They exist now as detached from America and the loved ones they were forcibly, and suddenly, separated from.

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Thousands of people have rallied across the country for weeks to demand Khalil’s release from ICE detention. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social @globalexchange.bsky.social

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The State Department formally notified Congress it is effectively dissolving the US Agency for International Development and moving some of its functions under the department.

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"The newest Trump maneuver, a tariff on cars imported from any foreign country, creates another layer of economic chaos for EVs," writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social. What Trump's tariffs mean for EV manufacturers ⬇️

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Mathematical concepts could be introduced through calculating the effect of introducing solar panels on the school roof.

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they’re running out of things to get from trump

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BOYCOTT COORS...

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There seem to have been 'empty chair' town halls all across Alaska. So many can't even really do a single link. Need a thread. Not quite the effigy they used for Impeachment Mike but life sized portrait of Sen Sullivan is pretty nice. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

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Huh this 'empty chair' was for Impeachment Mike Lawler. doesn't seem to have been as big as some of the rest. But having an effigy of Impeachment Mike up on the stage is a true innovation in the empty chair space. www.youtube.com/shorts/Uru4f...

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New: Judge Boasberg DENIES Trump admin's request to allow further removals under Alien Enemies Act. Plaintiffs have until Wednesday to ask to convert the TRO into a preliminary injunction. Striking language from the court: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Trump's efforts to reshape the federal government and dramatically alter immigration policy have been met with religious resistance almost every step of the way — including in the courts.

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After his election, President Trump told NBC News that “we’re not touching Social Security,” other than to make it more efficient. But Elon Musk, has recently made comments critical of the program that are coming into conflict with Trump’s promise.

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Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

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U.S. isn't the first country to dismantle its foreign aid office. A scholar of humanitarian aid describes what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID:

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In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment. The termination notice went out unchanged anyway. By @andykroll.bsky.social

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"Quoted him extensively."

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A recently fired USAID official noted the cuts will lead to an "increase in tuberculosis globally,” “an additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases a year,” and in a potential worst-case scenario, over “28,000 cases of Ebola.”

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Robert Morris—the televangelist who “spiritually advised” Trump during his 2016 campaign—has been indicted by an Oklahoma grand jury for indecent acts with a 12-year-old girl beginning in the 1980s.

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Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: The National Weather Service said it tracked at least 16 possible tornadoes in central Alabama on Saturday.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he is "not at all" worried about the stock market, which has dipped multiple times amid President Trump's tariff threats. Bessent would not rule out a recession saying there could be an "adjustment."

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"One of the most alarming developments in the second Trump administration is agencies’ apparent defiance of court orders barring them from implementing illegal executive orders...Yet the prospect of holding executive branch officials in contempt threatens a fresh constitutional crisis."

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A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs.

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Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to federal government’s payment system

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President Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum have taken effect, putting some small brewers in a tough spot.

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Jews demonstrating against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestine student activist, said that the arrest is a violation of Khalil’s First Amendment rights and has broader implications for free speech.

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NEW: 21 Democratic attorneys general sue Trump after the Education Department fired around half of its workforce. The attorneys general argue the cuts will “incapacitate” the department while causing “immense” damage to the education system.

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Drive Change, a Brooklyn nonprofit, provides culinary training to teens and young adults looking for a way out of the criminal legal system.

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⚡️Europe-bound Chinese rail shipments through Russia plummet due to transit restrictions. Russian restrictions and the seizure of dual-use goods have caused Europe-bound rail shipments from China via Russia to plunge, The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on March 11.

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