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California aims to build on its reputation as a global climate leader at this year's COP conference in Belém, Brazil. LA Times
San Luis Obispo County's Dist. Atty. Dan Dow retweeted a pair of inflammatory tweets about New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Backlash followed. LA Times
Between 30 million and 50 million men in the US have erectile dysfunction, including a staggering 70% of men over 70. New York Post
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New York City's lone Republican member of Congress is criticizing an effort within her own party to defund the Big Apple over Zohran Mamdani's victory in the mayoral race on Tuesday. New York Post
The world-renowned Upper East Side museum is set to get nearly 20,000 “state-of-the-art sustainable” LED light fixtures across its 324 galleries. New York Post
Brian Kelly's LSU tenure may have begun with "great expectations," but even the coach admits he fell pretty short. New York Post
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass. New York Times
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The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education. New York Times
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The alternative, Ambassador Michael Waltz bluntly told diplomats, was to watch the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas give way to a return to war. New York Times
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The election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor has stoked speculation that President Trump might move to send forces into the city. New York Times
President Donald Trump announced that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, the bilateral peace agreements first brokered by the U.S. during Trump's first term as president, with more to follow. OANN
VOA VIEW: It would be good.
New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik has announced that she is entering the race to become New York’s next governor, challenging incumbent Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul. OANN
The Trump administration has turned to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to request an emergency stay in response to a judge ordering the federal government to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by today. OANN
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The Department of Education has finalized plans to cap federal student aid for graduate degrees and restrict who qualifies for public-service loan forgiveness. Washington Times
The final edition of Farmers' Almanac projected that the mid-Atlantic region will see "decent snow" this winter. Washington Times
Maryland leaders on Thursday sued the Trump administration for reneging on plans to relocate the FBI's new headquarters in Prince George's County. Washington Times
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A minimum-security state prison in the remote southwest corner of Nebraska reconfigured to serve as a federal immigration detention center began accepting detainees earlier this week, Gov. Jim Pillen said Thursday. Washington Times
The government shutdown is now on Day 38 as the Senate prepares to vote again, but bipartisan progress has appeared to stall. CBS
Flight cuts at 40 of the busiest airports in the U.S. go into effect Friday. The Trump administration says the move is meant to reduce air traffic controller fatigue amid the ongoing government shutdown. It is causing frustration among travelers, with some proactively choosing to hit the road instead. CBS
U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to provide the full food stamp benefits by Friday. CBS
VOA VIEW: The judge does not have the authority.
Honda said a manufacturing defect can lead to the aluminum alloy wheels detaching from some vehicles. CBS
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Two buildings on Joint Base Andrews were evacuated Thursday after someone opened a suspicious package in one of them. CBS
Senators took up a war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at blocking President Trump from conducting strikes against Venezuela. CBS
Jobs Friday won't be happening again this week as the record-long government shutdown has resulted in a lack of official data. CNBC
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Borrowers are getting notices of student loan forgiveness. CNBC
The two countries agreed to roll back a range of punitive measures, including steep tariffs, export controls for critical minerals and advanced technology. CNBC
A federal appeals court ruled an Ohio school district violated students' constitutional rights by banning gendered language that could be considered offensive. FOX News
Illinois state senator demands action after illegal immigrant allegedly kills county board member and wife in DUI crash, questioning Democratic immigration policies. FOX News
Fall River police arrest 5 people after massive street takeover involving 50-100 riders on motorcycles, ATVs and dirt bikes disrupting traffic across the city. FOX News
The Supreme Court is expected to decide Friday whether to take up an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk seeking to overturn same-sex marriage. UPI
Chinese President Xi Jinping personally presided over the commissioning of his country's most advanced aircraft carrier, featuring a state-of-art launch system. UPI
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring federal authorities from using force against protesters, journalists and others in the city of Chicago. UPI
VOA VIEW: The judge was power hungry.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor no longer is a prince, but a House Democrat seeks his testimony regarding the former Jeffrey Epstein case that ended in 2019. UPI
The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Donald Trump to restrict U.S. passports based on gender identity. UPI
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A federal appeals court became the latest court to determine the Trump administration's effort to end birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional. They are wrong.
In a 100-page ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Boston district court's injunction that blocked the government from enforcing an executive order signed by President Trump to significantly narrow birthright citizenship, the concept that people born in the U.S. are automatically citizens, regardless of their parents' immigration status. The appeals court ruled in favor of plaintiff states and against the Trump administration.
Other cases challenging the president's effort to restrict birthright citizenship have been making their way through the courts, and they haven't been decided in the president's favor. "Our nation's history of efforts to restrict birthright citizenship — from Dred Scott in the decade before the Civil War to the attempted justification for the enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act in Wong Kim Ark — has not been a proud one," the court's chief justice wrote. "Indeed, those efforts each have been rejected, once by the people through constitutional amendment in 1868 and once by the court relying on the same amendment three decades later, and at a time when tensions over immigration were also high."
"The 'lessons of history' thus give us every reason to be wary of now blessing this most recent effort to break with our established tradition of recognizing birthright citizenship and to make citizenship depend on the actions of one's parents rather than — in all but the rarest of circumstances — the simple fact of being born in the United States," the appeals court concluded.
