(In first paragraph fixes syntax to read “their” instead of “its”) By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday denied Mahmoud Khalil’s request to be released from detention, after federal prosecutors changed their rationale for holding the Columbia graduate student as part of their crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists. Newark, New Jersey-based U.S. District Judge …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday urged U.S. authorities not to conduct immigration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday, where Mexico’s team is due to play the Dominican Republic. Her comments followed recent raids by immigration authorities in Los Angeles targeting undocumented migrants, under …
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By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Trump administration is pressuring Mexico to investigate and prosecute politicians with suspected links to organized crime, and to extradite them to the United States if there are criminal charges to answer there, according to sources familiar with the matter. The requests – raised at least three times by …
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By Omar Younis, Arafat Barbakh, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Marines deployed to Los Angeles temporarily detained a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump. The incident took place at the Wilshire …
By Puyaan Singh (Reuters) -KalVista Pharmaceuticals’ said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had extended the review of its drug for a type of hereditary swelling disorder due to heavy workload and limited resources. The FDA indicated that it now expects to deliver a decision within four weeks, KalVista said. The original …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ye made a surprise appearance at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial on Friday, expressing support for his fellow rapper as he defends against sex trafficking charges. Dressed all in white, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, arrived at the Manhattan federal courthouse in a Maybach, and entered through a …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A former Miami-based hedge fund manager was arrested on Friday after federal prosecutors revived an insider trading case they had been forced to drop in 2022 after a key witness withdrew from an agreement to testify against him. Federal prosecutors in Boston said Kris Bortnovsky, co-founder of Sakal Capital Management, …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully removed three Democratic members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and ordered the agency to reinstate them. U.S. District Judge Matthew Maddox in Maryland said in his ruling that Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration overstepped its authority when …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. said on Friday she will step down from her role, with her decision coming two weeks after President Donald Trump criticized her as a supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Trump said on May 30 he …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK -President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday proposed to increase the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must blend into the nation’s fuel mix over the next two years, driven by a surge in biomass-based diesel mandates. After months of lobbying on the issue, the biofuels industry welcomed the move, which …
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