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Washington — The head of the White House Office of Management and Budget said Friday that the Trump administration will be pausing more than $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineers projects, including in four Democratic-led cities, continuing its efforts to increase pressure on Democrats as the government shutdown is poised to extend into another week. “The Democrat shutdown has …

White House pauses new round of largely blue-state projects  Politico Army Corps of Engineers pausing $11 billion in projects over shutdown, Trump budget chief says  CNBC Trump shelves infrastructure projects in Democrat-led cities as shutdown slogs on  USA Today Trump administration freezes $11bn for infrastructure in Democratic states  The Guardian Trump administration freezes another $11 billion in infrastructure spending in shutdown fight  Reuters Source link

OpenAI announced Thursday it paused the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video model, Sora. The company says it’s adding this safeguard at the request of Dr. King’s estate after some Sora users generated “disrespectful depictions” of his image. “While there are strong free speech interests in …

Florida court pauses Miami land transfer for Trump library  Axios Judge Temporarily Blocks Transfer of Miami Property for Trump Library  The New York Times Court blocks Miami Dade College from transferring land for Trump library  Miami Herald Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump’s presidential library  WPLG Local 10 Judge Blocks Miami Land Transfer for Trump Presidential Library  Newsweek Source link

UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation by a doctor to determine if he’s fit to participate and move forward in the criminal cases against him after being arrested numerous times in 2025. On Oct. 8, Judge Peter Kubota suspended the criminal proceedings against Penn for the time being until he’s examined …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court’s pause of the execution of Robert Roberson just days before he was set to die is likely to raise new arguments and scrutiny over cases that rely on the medical science and evidence in a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson would have been the first person in the nation executed in a …

About 100 California National Guard troops have arrived in Oregon and more are on the way, Oregon’s governor said Sunday, after a judge blocked. the president’s deployment of the Oregon National Guard to Portland. Gov. Tina Kotek said the president’s move to send troops from California appears to intentionally sidestep the Oregon judge’s ruling. “There is no need for military …

Shutdown pauses Amazon, Apple antitrust cases  Politico Texas District Judge grants FTC motion to stay all pending deadlines during shutdown  MLex Impact of government shutdown on US antitrust merger enforcement and CFIUS reviews  White & Case LLP US shutdown gives Apple a breather in its DoJ antitrust suit  AppleInsider FTC and DOJ will continue to accept HSR filings during impending shutdown  JD Supra Source link

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown. The administration is pausing a planned extension of the Red Line L train to “ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” budget director Russ Vought …

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