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The Washington-based advocate who steered Julian Assange out of a long-running international standoff is now stepping into another high-voltage fight — this time on behalf of Venezuela’s embattled strongman, Nicolás Maduro. Fresh from negotiating the deal that ended Assange’s years of confinement, Barry Pollack appeared in a Manhattan courtroom as Maduro entered a not-guilty plea …

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A federal appeals court has shut the door on an attempt by the Trump administration to sharply trim research funding distributed by the National Institutes of Health, ruling that the move crossed legal and regulatory lines. The decision keeps in place an earlier order that blocked a policy aimed at capping the portion of NIH …

Court Halts Trump-Era Bid to Put a Lid on U.S. Medical Research Grants Read More »

The legal sparring between Elon Musk’s social media platform X and artificial intelligence developer Eliza Labs has come to an abrupt end, with both sides agreeing to permanently shut down the case. A federal court in Texas dismissed the lawsuit after the two companies jointly requested that it be closed “with prejudice,” a move that …

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Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle claims that some of its content on YouTube sidestepped rules designed to protect children’s online privacy, according to a statement released by the U.S. government. The issue centers on videos uploaded by Disney-linked entities that were not clearly marked as “Made for Kids.” That labeling matters: …

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The U.S. government has begun a review of immigration files tied to American citizens of Somali origin, signaling a renewed push to examine whether any cases involved fraud serious enough to warrant stripping citizenship. Federal officials say the audit is grounded in existing law, which allows citizenship to be revoked if it was obtained through …

Citizenship Under Review: Somali Americans Face Fresh Federal Scrutiny Read More »

A federal court has ruled that the Trump administration cannot starve the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of funding, delivering a sharp rebuke to efforts that would effectively shutter the agency by cutting off its cash flow. The decision comes as the consumer watchdog edges toward a financial cliff. Officials warn the bureau’s existing reserves …

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A federal appeals court has opened the door for the Trump administration to enforce a contested provision of its sweeping tax and domestic policy law that strips Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood clinics in much of the country. In a decision issued Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

Appeals Court Clears Path for Medicaid Funding Cutoff Affecting Planned Parenthood in 22 States Read More »

A major financing milestone has been reached for Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra Power Plant, with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) closing a 3.6 billion dirham ($980 million) package to drive the project forward. The bulk of the funding—about 85% of the total cost—has been raised through debt, …

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