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Society / StudentNation / September 26, 2025 As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be ignored. Ad Policy An aerial view of houses that have had partial pipe replacements of their lead pipes in Memphis, Tennessee, in April 2024.(Kevin Wurm / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more Student Nation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation…

Washington — President Trump is heading to New York to attend the first day of the 45th Ryder Cup, the prestigious golf tournament pitting the best players in the U.S. against the best in Europe. The Ryder Cup got underway Friday morning at Bethpage Black on Long Island, one of the most challenging courses on the pro golf circuit. The competition takes place every two years, alternating between a course in the U.S. and one in Europe.Mr. Trump was scheduled to arrive at Bethpage in Farmingdale, New York, shortly after 11 a.m., with tight security in place as thousands of fans…

In the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2021, Benjamin Elliott, then 17 years old, walked into his twin sister Meghan’s bedroom. It was something he had done hundreds of times. But on this morning, he had a knife in his hand and stabbed her in the neck while she was asleep. He would later say he was sleepwalking. When he realized what he had done, he immediately called 911.”I just killed my sister,” Benjamin told the emergency operator. “Oh my God … I thought it was a dream.”Benjamin’s parents Kathy and Michael Elliott faced a heartbreaking and unimaginable reality:…

People arrive at an ICE recruitment job fair at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah on Sept. 15. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption George Frey/AFP via Getty Images PROVO, Utah — On a sunny Monday morning, dozens of people trickled into the Utah Valley Convention Center in this town enveloped by mountains south of Salt Lake City. Some wore suits, others high heels, and nearly all carried small binders with resumes, certificates and diplomas. They were veterans, current law enforcement officials, college graduates and fired federal workers. They came from California, Texas, Georgia, Arkansas…

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by the Justice Department on Thursday. He has been charged with one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, related to Senate testimony he gave almost five years ago. In a video posted to Instagram following the indictment announcement, Comey asserted his innocence.Comey, who was fired by President Trump in 2017, begins his video by saying he and his family “have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way.””We will not live on our knees,…

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Sharon Osbourne, left, Liev Schreiber and Mayim Bialik are among the 1,200-plus Hollywood figures who have signed an open letter pushing back against a previous, widely-signed industry boycott of Israeli film groups. Matt Winkelmeyer; Jeff Spicer; Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matt Winkelmeyer; Jeff Spicer; Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images Hollywood is divided over the war in Gaza and is expressing it through dueling open letters. More than 5,000 actors and filmmakers, including Pedro Pascal, Javier Bardem and Selena Gomez, signed an open letter on Sept. 9 pledging to boycott Israeli film groups. Now, more than 1,200 other Hollywood figures,…

President Trump’s Justice Department charged former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday with lying to Congress, an unprecedented step against a longtime Trump foe that revisits controversies over the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe from nearly a decade ago.A grand jury in Northern Virginia voted to indict Comey on two counts: making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. In an unusual move, the grand jury voted against indicting him on an additional charge of making a false statement.The criminal charges revolve around a Senate hearing in September 2020, when lawmakers grilled Comey — who was fired by Mr.…

Dr. Mehmet Oz told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on “The Takeout” Thursday the Trump administration is not advising pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol under any circumstances — as President Trump’s announcement this week about an alleged link between the painkiller and fever reducer and autism draws pushback from medical experts.Oz — a former surgeon and television personality who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency that is under the Department of Health and Human Services — said that if a pregnant woman develops a high fever, a doctor will likely encourage her to…

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey leaves the Rayburn House Office Building after testifying to two House committees on Dec. 7, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Justice Department has leveled charges against former FBI Director James Comey, after President Trump demanded prosecutors speed up their pace in an investigation targeting one of his most prominent critics. Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee nearly five years ago. The move comes…