Google's YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle 2021 lawsuit by Donald Trump over account suspension
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Google's YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle 2021 lawsuit by Donald Trump over account suspension - midwest.social
Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by
President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6,
2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to documents filed in federal court
in California, $22 million of the settlement will be contributed to the Trust
for the National Mall to help pay for the construction of the White House State
Ballroom. The rest will go to other plaintiffs, including the American
Conservative Union.
A man has been killed after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol Facility in Texas, authorities say.
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Wisconson Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
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Wisconson Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban - midwest.social
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s
176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a
newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive
outside the womb.
Andrew Cuomo concedes New York Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani
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Andrew Cuomo concedes New York Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani - midwest.social
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to
Zohran Mamdani as the 33-year old member of the state Assembly had a significant
lead in the race Tuesday night. Cuomo’s concession came as the race’s outcome
will be decided by a ranked choice count after neither Democrat got a clear
majority in the vote. Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist member of the
state Assembly, started to pull ahead with more than an estimated 80% of ballots
counted.
4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark New Jersey, DHS says
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4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark New Jersey, DHS says - midwest.social
Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in
Newark, New Jersey, amid reports of disorder breaking out there, according to
the Department of Homeland Security. More “law enforcement partners” have been
brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an
emailed statement attributed to a senior DHS official whom the department did
not identify. The statement also didn’t specify which law enforcement agencies
are involved. The identifies of the people who escaped are unknown.
Judge blocks Trump's election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Judge blocks Trump's election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach - midwest.social
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul
elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general
who challenged the effort as unconstitutional. Trump’s March 25 executive order
sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for
everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed ballots
received by Election Day and condition federal election grant funding on states
adhering to the new ballot deadline. The group of attorneys general said the
directive “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election
law by fiat.” The White House has defended the order as “standing up for free,
fair and honest elections” and called proof of citizenship a “commonsense”
requirement. Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts
said in Friday’s order that the states had a likelihood of success as to their
legal challenges.
California governor asks court to block Trump administration from using troops in immigration raids
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California governor asks court to block Trump administration from using troops in immigration raids - midwest.social
California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed an emergency request in federal court Tuesday
to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to
assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles. Newsom’s move comes after
President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard
members and 700 Marines to Los Angles following four days of protests driven by
anger over the president’s stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee - midwest.social
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a
scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks. The
17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of
flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February
meeting.
