The book “Intersection Allies” features a kid who uses a wheelchair while playing basketball, one who wears a hijab in ballet class; and Kate, who prefers a superhero cape to “skirts and frills.” US schools banned 10,000 books last school year alone It’s Banned Books Week in the U.S. and it comes as we’re learning … Read more
US Supreme Court temporarily halts deportations of Venezuelan migrants The U.S. Supreme Court paused President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody. WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court not to block the deportation of Venezuelans accused of being members of the crime gang Tren de Aragua. President Donald … Read more
Trump signs executive order banning trans women from sports teams President Trump signed an executive order barring transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams. A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the State Department to issue passports to six transgender and nonbinary individuals while litigation continues challenging President Donald Trump’s policy recognizing … Read more
Deportations and revoked visas: What is Trump’s immigration endgame? Legal migrants are left in limbo as millions see their status disappear from the Trump administration. NEW YORK — The Rev. Juan Carlos Ruiz led a grave procession around around a Brooklyn block on Good Friday. The 60 people ‒ with a mariachi group ‒ walked … Read more
April 19 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time on Saturday until the end of Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian air defense units were repelling an attack by Russian drones on Saturday, saying that showed true Moscow’s attitude to Easter and the … Read more
Parisa Hafezi | Reuters DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States started a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran’s atomic aims, under the shadow of President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash military action if diplomacy fails. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will negotiate indirectly … Read more
Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke, Jack queen | Reuters April 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court early on Saturday paused President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their lawyers said they were at imminent risk of removal without the judicial review previously mandated by the justices. “The Government is directed not to … Read more
Marco Rubio says US may walk away from Ukraine-Russia peace deal Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the press the U.S. may walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace talks if a deal is not reached within days. WASHINGTON – With talks stalling, President Donald Trump is weighing whether to abandon his efforts to achieve a peace … Read more
Ten months after his arrest for detonating a 4,800-pound fertilizer bomb on the doorstep of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, here’s what Timothy McVeigh told USA TODAY Remembering Oklahoma City bombing: What happened on April 19, 1995 Archival footage from Oklahoma City Bombing April 19, 1995 shows sequence of events and … Read more
Harvard pushed back hard this week on the White House’s efforts to influence its campus. Its defiance seemed to give permission to other colleges to do the same. Harvard protests Trump’s threats to international students Harvard students and staff push back against Trump administration threats. Aljazeera WASHINGTON – For Harvard University, the cavalry has arrived. … Read more