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Justice Department terminates some school desegregation cases without asking court to ensure past discrimination has ended, watchdog group says

nglobix@gmail.com3 weeks ago04 mins

The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found. A new analysis released by Red Line for Civil Rights, an oversight project of Democracy Forward run by former DOJ…

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Federal appeals court pauses Minnesota’s AI “nudification” ban

nglobix@gmail.com1 month ago02 mins

Minnesota’s law banning AI “nudification” images has been put on hold after a federal appeals court sided with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted an injunction sought by xAI, pausing enforcement of the law while the company’s appeal moves forward. The court issued a brief, one-sentence…

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Millions of Americans are losing SNAP benefits: “It feels as though people are being punished”

nglobix@gmail.com1 month ago09 mins

Lori Covelli, 53, an unemployed social worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who last year was collecting $760 per month in food stamps, recently lost all her benefits after failing to find a job and running afoul of the program’s work requirements. She had hoped to regain that aid on her 54th birthday, when she would age…

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Judge extends block on Postal Service’s new Trump-backed mail-in ballot requirements

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago04 mins

Washington — A federal judge on Friday extended her block on the U.S. Postal Service’s new requirements for mail voting, as states prepare to begin sending mail ballots to voters for the November midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction barring the agency from enforcing the rules, which were finalized and…

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow Postal Service rules on mail ballots

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago02 mins

The Justice Department on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in an ongoing legal battle over U.S. Postal Service rules for mail ballots just weeks before the November midterm elections and allow the agency to enforce them. In an emergency appeal to the high court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer requested the justices halt…

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Election officials raise alarm over implementing new mail voting rules before midterms: “Virtually impossible”

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago010 mins

Washington — As legal battles over the U.S. Postal Service’s new regulations for mail ballots move forward, state and local election officials are raising concerns about the logistical hurdles they will have to surmount to implement the requirements just weeks before the November elections. Mail ballots will go out to voters in several states in…

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Whistleblower warns Postal Service’s new mail ballot system has “potentially catastrophic problems”

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago06 mins

Washington — A whistleblower is warning of “potentially catastrophic problems” with the U.S. Postal Service’s new system for handling mail ballots. The whistleblower is accusing the agency of flouting court rulings by continuing to work on implementing a Trump executive order to tighten mail voting rules before the November midterm elections. Described by lawyers as…

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24 states sue to block new Postal Service rules for mail voting ahead of midterms

nglobix@gmail.com3 months ago04 mins

Washington — A coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to block a new rule from the U.S. Postal Service that imposes requirements for mail voting ahead of the November midterm elections. The final rule, published by the agency last Friday, came in response to an executive…

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Rape and murder of 3 year old girl sparks outrage in Nepal, with protesters demanding tougher laws

nglobix@gmail.com3 months ago04 mins

The rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Nepal has sparked widespread outrage and protests in the Himalayan country, with activists and politicians demanding tougher laws on rape, including calls for the death penalty to be imposed for the crime. The little girl went missing from her home in Bara, about 80 miles south…

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U.S. set to impose 50% tariffs on Canada after failed talks

nglobix@gmail.com3 months ago02 mins

The U.S. was set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies. Canada’s leader countered that it would match the tariffs “dollar for dollar.” In a call with reporters late Friday, U.S. Trade…

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