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Mayor Eric Adams to meet with Trump at White House to discuss 'NYC priorities'

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Mayor Eric Adams is slated to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday afternoon to “discuss New York City priorities,” his office announced.

The meeting is expected to last just 30 minutes, a source briefed on the matter told the Daily News. Among other issues, the source said Adams plans to talk to Trump about a need ...Read more

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Denver's Auraria campus -- and its pro-Palestinian encampment -- to be subject of federal antisemitism report

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DENVER — Denver’s Auraria campus will be the subject of federal scrutiny after the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted unanimously Thursday to begin a year-long examination of “the presence and/or absence” of antisemitism on the downtown campus.

The local undertaking coincides with a larger federal ...Read more

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Trump memo seeks to protect Great Lakes from invasive carp, backs barrier project

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to sign a memorandum directing his administration to take steps to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes, signaling support for a construction project in Illinois that would install barriers to prevent the carp from infiltrating Lake Michigan.

In a fact sheet provided first...Read more

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Former Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter dies at 85

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WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the shy and frugal small-town New Englander who was touted as a conservative but surprised his Republican backers and nearly everyone else by becoming a staunch liberal on the high court, has died, the court said in a statement Friday. He was 85.

Souter stepped down in 2009 after ...Read more

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Florida House, Senate budget deal 'blown up'

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The tentative budget deal Florida’s legislative leaders made last week has “blown up,” according to a memo from House Speaker Daniel Perez.

Florida’s 2025 session is already in overtime, as Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton have been unable to agree on a budget, the only required duty the Legislature must ...Read more

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San Diego parish joins lawsuit to block immigration enforcement in 'sensitive locations'

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SAN DIEGO — A more than century-old San Diego Jesuit parish has joined other churches and a farmworker organization across the country in a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s willingness to bring its immigration crackdown into so-called “sensitive locations.”

“I feel like the only effective tool with this ...Read more

Brace for the seaweed invasion, Florida. It could be biggest ever

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MIAMI — Bad news, beachgoers: The seaweed monster is back and it’s expected to be bigger than ever.

Scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab, the point people for tracking the floating mats of seaweed called sargassum, are predicting what could be the state’s worst seaweed season. In the latest report issued ...Read more

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First American pope brings social justice mission to torn world

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ROME — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as pontiff Friday after his historic appointment as the first American to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

His elevation puts another U.S. voice on the world stage, but the new pope’s relationship with his home country may not be simple. His past pronouncements as a cardinal and ...Read more

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Whether it's his plan or not, Trump's policies so far closely align with Project 2025

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In his Project 2025 chapter on trade, economist Peter Navarro called on the next U.S. president to bring about a domestic manufacturing "renaissance" by adopting reciprocal tariffs against trading partners and taking a particularly hard line on China.

Promptly after being elected, President Donald Trump appointed Navarro as his senior counselor...Read more

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5 ways the Trump administration is implementing Project 2025

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Whether Project 2025 was President Donald Trump's plan for his second presidency was a big point of contention during the presidential campaign.

His opponents in the race — first President Joe Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris — aggressively tried to tie him to the Heritage Foundation's unpopular conservative playbook, which was ...Read more

Confidence among Hispanics in US economy dips, FAU national poll finds

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Consumer confidence among U.S. Hispanics is down.

The Hispanic Consumer Sentiment Index from Florida Atlantic University dipped to 85.7 in the first quarter of 2025, down from the 89.6 in the last quarter of 2024.

FAU’s Business and Economic Polling Initiative reports declines in three of the five measures used to calculate the index.

“...Read more

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Putin targets 'victory' in Ukraine as Trump pushes for truce

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President Vladimir Putin said Russia would achieve its strategic objectives in Ukraine as he insisted the country was united behind his war.

“That strength of spirit has always brought us only victory,” Putin said Friday at the May 9 military parade on Moscow’s Red Square marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World...Read more

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Trump says 80% China tariff 'seems right,' ahead of talks

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U.S. President Donald Trump floated an 80% tariff on China ahead of negotiations due to begin Saturday as he urged Beijing to do more to open their markets to U.S. goods.

“80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B,” Trump said in a social-media post Friday morning, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

“CHINA SHOULD OPEN ...Read more

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Migrant children languish in custody for months because of new federal rules, lawsuit says

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LOS ANGELES — Two advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration to halt the use of new rules they say have kept migrant children in federal custody and separated from their families for months as the children's mental health deteriorates.

The National Center for Youth Law and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for ...Read more

'Now is not the time': Trump cuts to LA overdose prevention efforts alarm experts

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LOS ANGELES — Nearly a decade into California's fentanyl crisis, public health experts are finding cause for both optimism and worry.

Fatal opioid overdoses in the state have finally receded from record highs, with around 6,700 deaths recorded in the first half of 2024 — a roughly 16% drop from 2023's peak.

But doctors, researchers and ...Read more

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To stave off layoffs, LA council members seek to cut police officer hiring

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LOS ANGELES — Faced with a projected $1-billion shortfall, a key committee of the Los Angeles City Council moved forward Thursday with a plan to reduce the number of police officers and cancel Mayor Karen Bass' plan for creating a homelessness unit within the fire department.

The council's five-member budget committee voiced initial support ...Read more

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First American pope brings social justice mission to torn world

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ROME — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first mass as pontiff Friday after his historic appointment as the first American to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

His elevation puts another U.S. voice on the world stage, but the new pope’s relationship with his home country may not be simple. His past pronouncements as a cardinal and ...Read more

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Some Pennsylvania school districts are facing budget cuts despite winning a court case over state funding

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Two years ago, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled that Pennsylvania had unconstitutionally deprived poor school districts like Delaware County's William Penn of the resources needed to educate students.

Increased state funding followed. But instead of bolstering its programs headed into next year, William Penn is weighing cuts — confronting a $...Read more

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As Sweden regulates nicotine products, US pulls back

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STOCKHOLM — In its infancy, the Swedish market for nicotine pouches was akin to a sort of Wild West. There were limited industry-led standards and no age restrictions for the products until 2022.

The United States has been more cautious, authorizing fewer products and implementing more safeguards earlier on.

But now, the U.S. is entering its...Read more

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Trump fires Librarian of Congress and Baltimorean Carla Hayden

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President Donald Trump fired Baltimore native and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, according to statements from House Democrats.

The longtime Baltimorean, who served as the CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library from 1993 until President Barack Obama nominated her to head the Library of Congress in 2016, was the first woman, and ...Read more