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Trump administration to release billions in frozen education funds  Axios Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools  apnews.com Trump administration moves to release billions in federal education cash  Politico Trump administration releasing $6 billion in education funding it withheld  ABC News Education Department says it’s releasing more than $5 billion in frozen grants  NPR Source link

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, issuing the third court ruling blocking the birthright order nationwide since a key Supreme Court decision in June. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, joining another district court as well as an appellate panel …

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump has thrust the military into a central role in deterring illegal crossings into the U.S. at its southern border. The strategy is playing out in Arizona’s border community of Nogales, where an Army scout used an optical scope this week to find a man atop the border wall and sounded the alarm. As …

Trump rails against windmills, praises Sean Connerypublished at 21:25 British Summer Time 21:25 BST Image source, Reuters A lot more was said, and not said, when Trump addressed reporters at the airport. Asked about his record on clamping down on illegal immigration, Trump said his advice to Europe is “you better get your act together – or you’re not going …

PHOENIX (AP) — Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed people in her life had been possessed by evil spirits. Vallow Daybell, already serving life sentences in Idaho in the killings of her …

Supreme Court confidence increases as concerns over power grow  Axios How views of the Supreme Court have changed since 2022 abortion ruling, according to AP-NORC polling  apnews.com Kelly Beth Valence – Coal Center  Mon Valley Independent Fox News Poll: Approval of SCOTUS at 5-year high, rebounding from record low in 2024  Fox News 1 in 3 Americans lack confidence in Supreme Court, primarily Democrats: …

EU diplomats briefed on the matter told POLITICO they are expecting a 15 percent U.S. baseline tariff deal before Trump’s Aug. 1 deadline. “Everyone is quite tense,” said an EU diplomat. ‘They kept coming back’ Trump announced tariffs on 60 trading partners in April, ranging up to 50 percent. The U.S. president said any deal with the EU countries will have …

Two top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials who played a role in the high-profile “Sharpiegate” investigation at the agency were placed on administrative leave this week. Stephen Volz, the assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, and Jeff Dillen, a deputy general counsel at NOAA, were placed on leave Thursday morning, Volz told NBC News. Volz and Dillen …

Children tortured and abused in sex trafficking ring in Alabama, police say  The Washington Post ‘You can’t heal from this’: Shock collar used to sexually torture kids in underground Alabama bunker, sheriff  AL.com Alabama authorities rescue at least 10 kids from sex trafficking ring  NewsNation 7 charged in connection to heinous sexual abuse case in Bibb County  WBRC Everything we know about the Bibb …