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The Daily Beast reports: A federal judge dealt a blow to the Trump administration and ordered it to release a Columbia University student who was arrested at his U.S. citizenship appointment. Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, walked free Wednesday morning following two weeks in jail over accusations he harmed America’s foreign policy interests. His arrest April 14 came after Secretary of State …

Fresh Take Florida reports: Florida’s new Halo Law, the controversial statute intended to protect law enforcement from harassment, went into effect at the start of this year. Now the first people arrested and prosecuted under it say they were left in the dark. At least 11 people so far have been arrested on charges of violating the new law, which …

“President Trump’s post today follows a long list of legal threats aimed at discouraging or penalizing independent reporting about the administration. The law is clear and protects a strong free press and favors an informed American public. The New York Times will not be deterred by the administration’s intimidation tactics. We will continue to pursue the facts without fear or …

Law & Crime reports: A Pennsylvania funeral home director allegedly bilked some 6,500 people out of more than $650,000 by promising to cremate their cats and dogs, but instead dumping the animal carcasses in a landfill and giving the pet owners fake ashes. Patrick Vereb, 70, is charged with several felony counts, including theft by deception, receiving stolen property and …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is resuming his attacks on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” as his lawyers begin mediation talks with the network’s parent company over a lawsuit Trump filed last year. “The case we have against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount is a true WINNER,” Trump wrote to Truth Social on Wednesday. “They cheated and defrauded the American People at …

STAT News reports: Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rebuked the Trump administration for cutting federal biomedical research funding, cancelling grants, and laying off federal health department employees, and said the changes must be reversed. “Proposed funding cuts, the firing of essential federal scientists, and policy uncertainties threaten to undermine the foundation for our …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: President Trump says his tariffs may raise enough revenue to replace the income tax, so why is he afraid to let Americans see what they’re paying? Instead of owning its policy, the White House has bullied Amazon to keep quiet about what it will cost. The spat started Tuesday morning when Punchbowl News …

404 Media reports: The U.S. government registered thetrilliondollardinner.gov around the time Donald Trump announced people who invested in the president’s cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, could win a chance to meet him, according to a lawyer who spotted the domain and 404 Media’s corroboration of those findings. The government also registered the domains dinnerforamerica.gov, and thetrillion.gov. The domains signal that there may have …

The Hill reports: Thousands of protestors are expected to gather nationwide on Thursday to push back against the Trump administration’s policies, just days after President Trump marked 100 days back in the White House. Those planning to participate in the rallies have argued that Trump’s actions have harmed America’s working class, citing mass layoffs within the federal workforce and spending …

“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s. I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden ‘Overhang.’ This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he …