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(NEW YORK) -- Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration to "immediately restore" its frozen federal funding after months-long negotiations over alleged civil rights violations, the school announced on Friday.The multimillion-dollar agreement will be paid out over three years. Cornell agreed to invest $30 million into U.S. agriculture research and another $30 million will go directly to the federal government "as a condition for ending pending claims that […]

Colorado mom Astrid Storey, a thyroid cancer patient with an autoimmune disorder, was recently notified that her monthly premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will jump by nearly $500 in 2026. A naturalized U.S. citizen from Panama, she said she's now contemplating what was once unthinkable: giving up her American dream and moving to a country with universal health care.Nathan Boye of Orlando, Florida, has diabetes and said he's […]

(WASHINGTON) Officials decided to gradually increase air travel reductions to 10% after the safety team determined it would be the safest approach, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters at Reagan National Airport.Major airlines say they are planning to cancel hundreds of flights on Friday -- out of thousands of daily flights -- as the Federal Aviation Administration is set to begin limiting flight capacity at 40 major U.S. airports amid […]

(NEW YORK) The Mega Millions jackpot is now the eighth largest in the history of the game with an estimated $843 million up for grabs in Friday night’s drawing, officials said.Friday’s drawing at 11 p.m. will be the 38th since the jackpot was last won in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak without a jackpot winner since the game began in 2002, according to a statement […]

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an emergency stay of a judge's ruling Thursday ordering the administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by today.Lawyers for the Department of Justice argue that the district court ruling makes a "mockery of the separation of powers.""This unprecedented injunction makes a mockery of the separation of powers. Courts hold neither the […]

(CHICAGO) -- The Border Patrol official tasked with leading the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown in Chicago admitted to lying about a rock-throwing incident used to justify deploying tear gas against protesters, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said Thursday before issuing a preliminary injunction limiting the use of force during immigration arrests and protests.The Oct. 23 incident involving Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino, has been a key part of the […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A jury found Sean Charles Dunn, the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent in Washington, D.C., not guilty after three days of testimony and dozens of exhibits.Dunn, a former Department of Justice staffer, had been hit with a misdemeanor assault charge after a grand jury failed to indict him on a felony assault charge for allegedly throwing a sandwich at the […]

(CHICAGO) -- Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum testified Wednesday that he had no role in the decision to release his government-issued vehicle after it was involved in a collision that led to him shooting a woman on Chicago’s southwest side last month.“I was told to pick it up, [so] I picked it up,” Exum said, adding that he believed the vehicle had no remaining evidentiary value after it was […]

(VIRGINIA) -- A Virginia jury found that an assistant principal acted with gross negligence when a then-6-year-old student shot his first grade teacher in a lawsuit filed over the 2023 shooting.The jury awarded the teacher, Abby Zwerner, $10 million in damages, with award interest beginning on June 1, 2024.The verdict comes after the jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the high-profile civil case.Zwerner was shot in January 2023 in her […]