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By Nate Raymond and Luc Cohen BOSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration had acted unconstitutionally by adopting a policy of revoking visas, arresting, detaining and deporting foreign students and faculty engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy. In a scathing 161-page ruling, U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston sided with …

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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Zillow allegedly paid Redfin $100 million to stop competing against it in online apartment rental listings, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the online real estate platforms.  The agency said the alleged deal reduces competition in an already concentrated market and is likely to drive …

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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A federal judge in Rhode Island on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting $233 million in counterterrorism grants funds for Democratic-led states, including New York and Illinois. Eleven states sued the Trump administration on Monday over last-minutes changes to counterterrorism grants, saying that Republican President Donald Trump was retaliating …

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By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans who visited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s website Tuesday were greeted with an unusual message blaming Democrats for an impending government shutdown. “The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said Tuesday it is removing five senior officials on suspicion of targeting former president Joe Biden’s political opponents with a now-abolished aviation security watchlist. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she was referring the issue to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and to Congress for further …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday called on major companies to stand up to threats from the Trump administration against broadcasters and others. FCC chair Brendan Carr, a Republican, just prior had defended his recent comments pushing Disney and local broadcasters to stop airing “Jimmy Kimmel …

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