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BREAKING: Trump's deportation moves against pro-Palestinian students and activists were unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to revoke the legal status of pro-Palestinian students and activists, saying top leaders violated their right to free speech.

Actions taken by the departments of State and Homeland Security "to strike fear" into other students with similar, pro-Palestinian views, U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young in Boston found, and they had the effect of "pro-actively (and effectively) curbing lawful pro-Palestinian speech."

Young sided with groups representing university faculty, finding that the administration sought to "target noncitizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech."

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Before heading to Quantico, Virginia, to address a group of top-level military generals, President Donald Trump said he would "fire them on the spot" if he didn't like them. www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/30/tr…

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President Donald Trump and Democrats emerged from a private White House meeting on Sept. 29 without an agreement to keep the federal government open, setting up the prospects of a wide-scale shutdown in major services beginning in about 30 hours.

After sitting down at the White House with the four top congressional leaders, the president and the lawmakers failed to strike a deal. If funding expires at midnight on Sept. 30 – which seems inevitable at this point given the lack of negotiations and absent any unexpected breakthroughs – a shutdown will start at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1.

"It was a frank and direct discussion," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters after the meeting with the president. But he added that "significant and meaningful differences remain."

Led by Trump, Republicans have blasted Democrats' asks as unreasonable.

"I think we're headed to a shutdown, because the Democrats won't do the right thing," Vice President JD Vance told reporters following the meeting.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Grand Blanc on Monday and urged people to exercise restraint as authorities continue to investigate an attack against a Mormon church that killed four.

“Speculation is unhelpful and it can be downright dangerous," she said, asking that people "lower the temperature of rhetoric.”

Whitmer ordered to flags be flown at half staff and said she spoke with President Donald Trump after the attack.

"I know that this community is reeling right now, but I want you to know that the state of Michigan has your back," she said. "Your grief is our grief."

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BREAKING: Trump repeated a threat to impose 100% tariffs on movies made abroad, with a goal of returning movie production to the U.S. www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/29/tr…

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Bad Bunny is headed to the Super Bowl.

The Puerto Rican singer has been tapped as the headliner for the Super Bowl LX halftime show in 2026. The news was announced during the "Sunday Night Football" game between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.

Before Sunday night's big reveal, it had been rumored that Taylor Swift might strengthen her NFL ties by headlining the 2026 Super Bowl. Responding to speculation, however, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told the "Today" show that he couldn't "tell you anything about" it but that "it's a maybe."

The Super Bowl halftime show was most recently headlined by Kendrick Lamar in February. The rapper delivered an electrifying performance that featured Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam and tennis legend Serena Williams. Lamar's set included his massively popular song "Not Like Us," a diss track directed at Drake. www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/09…

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Selena Gomez married Benny Blanco!

Gomez shared a carousel of photos of the wedding reception Saturday afternoon with the caption "🤍 9.27.25 🤍"

"my wife in real life," Blanco commented on the post. www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2…

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Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the oldest ever to lead the Mormon church, died late Sept. 27 at his Salt Lake City home at the age of 101. www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/28/ru…

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In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method of dealing with a troublesome asteroid. Just nuke it.

But in this case, it's not Earth that is the celestial body under threat. And the plan definitely would not require sending Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck on a harrowing journey to the space rock itself.

Instead, a team of researchers that includes #NASA scientists have put forth the bold idea of launching nuclear bombs at an asteroid with a slight chance of hitting the moon in 2032.

Such a plan also comes with the added risk of inadvertently pushing the asteroid onto a collision course with Earth, the researchers claim.

But firing an arsenal of nuclear weapons at the asteroid doesn't require as much subtlety or nuance.

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The heir to the #Britishthrone opened up about his challenging experience with Emmy-winning actor #EugeneLevy for season three of the ‪@Apple‬TV+ travel series "The Reluctant Traveler."

With his wife and father both being diagnosed with cancer, last year was particularly difficult for #PrinceWilliam.

In March 2024, his wife, Princess #KateMiddleton, shared revealed she would undergo chemotherapy treatment after post-abdominal surgery tests discovered an unspecified form of cancer.

Weeks earlier, his father, #KingCharlesIII, announced he was also receiving treatment for an unspecified form of cancer after receiving a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate.

📸: Jonathan Brady, Reuters

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