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Today — 4 September 2025Main stream

Seattle Police Conclude 13 Years of Federal Oversight

4 September 2025 at 07:42
A federal judge ended the monitoring imposed after allegations of excessive force and racial bias. The city pointed to progress in improving officer accountability and training.

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Seattle Police Department officers blocked a street as crews dismantled a protest area in the city in 2020.

G.O.P. Thwarts Epstein Disclosure Bill as Accusers Plead for Files

4 September 2025 at 06:46
Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers went to the Capitol to ask Congress to get behind their calls for more disclosures, but momentum for a bill demanding it appeared to stall.

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Women who said they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein recounted their experiences at a news conference with lawmakers outside the Capitol on Wednesday.

Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding

4 September 2025 at 06:01
The ruling was a victory for the university in its battle with President Trump, but the judge’s decision may not be the final word.

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The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Judge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against Trump

4 September 2025 at 04:27
Harvard had sued the Trump administration in an effort to restore billions in research funds that the government canceled this spring.

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The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Epstein Victims Demand Release of More Files as Trump Labels Campaign a ‘Hoax’

By: Minho Kim
4 September 2025 at 03:04
The accusers’ demands come as some Congress members push to compel the release of the full investigative file on Jeffrey Epstein.

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Victims of the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein gathered near the Capitol Wednesday to demand the release of documents related to his case.

Google Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases

4 September 2025 at 02:33
A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.

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The Google search case is one of five pending antitrust suits by the Justice Department or the F.T.C. against big tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Meta and Google, twice.

The Message for Big Tech in the Google Ruling: Play Nice, but Play On

4 September 2025 at 01:49
A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

The Google search case is one of five pending antitrust suits by the Justice Department or the F.T.C. against big tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Meta and Google, twice.
Yesterday — 3 September 2025Main stream

Did Google Just Get Spared? Investors Think So.

The nuclear option for addressing the tech giant’s search dominance — a break-up — is off the table. That’s lifting Big Tech stocks.

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Google shareholders have cheered a judge’s ruling that sees no need to break up the search giant — for now.

A Timeline of Legal Battles Over Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act

3 September 2025 at 17:41
Challenges to the administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Here’s where they stand.

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President Trump in the Oval Office this week. He has said he respects the Supreme Court, but his administration’s immigration policies have raised questions about whether judicial orders are being followed.

Google Must Share Search Data With Rivals, Judge Rules in Antitrust Case

3 September 2025 at 07:59
Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Besides requiring Google to share search results, a federal judge put restrictions on payments that the company uses to ensure its search engine gets prime placement on smartphones in web browsers.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown Shows Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns

1 September 2025 at 21:36
If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.

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National Guard troops around the National Mall in Washington. President Trump declared a crime emergency in the capital in August.

Robert Mueller Has Parkinson’s Disease, Family Says

The former special counsel, who led the Russia investigation during President Trump’s first term, has had difficulty speaking in recent months. A congressional committee dropped a request for Mr. Mueller to testify this week.

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Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in 2019.
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