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Letitia James pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
The New York attorney general is accused of lying on mortgage papers to secure favorable loan terms in a case pushed by President Donald Trump. Ms. James left the courthouse Friday smiling to cheers from supporters, who chanted, “We stand with Tish!” Ms. James says the case is about “a justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge.” She faces bank fraud and false-statements charges in connection with a 2020 home purchase in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Trump said he is ending trade talks with Canada.
The president blamed an ad that features former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1987 warning about the dangers of tariffs. His announcement on social media complicates Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to lower Mr. Trump’s levies on Canadian goods, including 50% on steel and 25% on auto parts. Mr. Trump called the TV ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, “fake” and “egregious.”
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Harvard released latest demographic data.
The new class of freshmen has fewer Black and Hispanic students for the second year since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions. Black students make up less than 12% of the new class, down from 18% before the ruling, according to demographic data released yesterday. Hispanic enrollment fell to 11% from 16%, while Asian American students rose to 41%. Admissions practices and diversity initiatives have faced heightened scrutiny under the Trump administration.
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Banned books must return to military base libraries.
The Department of Defense must “immediately” return some 600 books to the shelves of elementary and high school libraries on U.S. military bases, a federal judge ruled this week. Their removal followed a Trump administration executive order prohibiting material that promotes “discriminatory equity ideology.” A motion filed by U.S. military parents with the American Civil Liberties Union in April said the decision violated the First Amendment and made students “fear being silenced by teachers.”
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