April 17, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
Democracy Docket reports: An independent federal agency is going forward with President Donald Trump’s sweeping elections executive order despite a barrage of lawsuits challenging it as an assault on states’ constitutional authority to run their own elections. Trump’s order, in part, directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) — an independent bipartisan commission — to require eligible voters to show proof …
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April 17, 2025 Impeachment, Trump Administration
Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: A New England man who is a U.S. citizen said American border agents in Vermont detained him for several hours Sunday night as he and his wife were trying to return home from Canada. Bachir Atallah said he’s still not sure why he was detained. “He just reached for his gun,” Atallah said. “He’s like, ‘Step …
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April 17, 2025 European Union, LGBT News
The Baltic Times reports: The institution of partnership, as now defined in Lithuania’s Civil Code, is unconstitutional because it only provides for a union between a man and a woman, excluding same-sex relationships, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday. “Article 3.229 of the Civil Code, insofar as it allows only a partnership between a man and a woman, runs counter …
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April 17, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Corruption
The Washington Post reports: Elon Musk targeted a flurry of money in late March to support Republican members of Congress who endorsed legislation to impeach judges or restrict their power, new filings revealed, bolstering his own push to punish judges who rule against the Trump administration. The reports, filed by principal campaign committees of the members, reflect only a partial …
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April 17, 2025 Britain, LGBT News
The Daily Mail reports: Police believe an organised criminal gang have posted a series of dating profiles on Grindr featuring handsome men hoping to lure in victims who are then tricked into inviting the burglars into their own home for a ‘date’. In many cases, once their ‘date’ arrives, the unsuspecting victims are shocked to find they are accompanied by …
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April 17, 2025 Business, Technology
The New York Times reports: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape the $1.88 trillion company and alter its power over the internet. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a ruling that …
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April 17, 2025 Police, Technology
404 Media reports: American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected drug and human traffickers, according to internal documents, contracts, and communications 404 Media obtained via public …
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April 17, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
“They’re criminals. They broke our laws. They need to suffer our punishment. Look, I don’t want Donald Trump teaching my daughter’s Sunday school class, but doggone I like him in the White House because he understands the rule of law, I feel like. If it’s a homegrown criminal, I have no problem. Now, we’re studying the laws right now. Pam …
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April 17, 2025 News, Travel
Denver’s ABC affiliate reports: An unusual animal encounter causing a scare in for passengers on a United Airlines flight. A rabbit somehow made it into the right engine of flight UA2325 from Denver to Edmonton on Sunday. The possible wildlife strike happened as the Boeing 737 with 159 people on board was taking off. “There was a loud bang and …
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April 17, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
ABC News reports: The Department of Justice filed notice late Wednesday that it will appeal the order from a federal judge requiring the government to facilitate the return of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, on the same day the it released two documents that were previously used to allegedly tie him to the criminal gang MS-13. The …
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