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NEW YORK — President Trump scored another win Tuesday against a Republican rival, dislodging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill. Massie has been a particularly difficult thorn in Trump’s side. He pushed for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, opposed the war with Iran and voted against Trump’s signature tax legislation last year. He lost to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein following the most expensive U.S. House primary in history. While Trump has racked up several wins this primary season, this one perhaps sends an even more forceful…

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s recent caps on federal student loans, arguing the limits will make it harder for students pursuing certain healthcare degrees to attain the necessary training and education. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, plaintiffs representing 24 states and the District of Columbia argued the Trump administration’s rules would disproportionately impact critical healthcare sectors. “This rule will shut talented people out of critical professions and leave communities with fewer healthcare providers they desperately need,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a written statement. “We cannot afford fewer nurses, fewer providers, or…

NEW YORK — Federal agents can no longer make arrests without exceptional circumstances in and around three Manhattan buildings where immigration proceedings occur, a judge ruled. The decision by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Monday brings an abrupt halt to a practice begun under the Trump administration that enabled agents to take into custody individuals who follow requirements to appear before immigration judges. The arrests have resulted in dramatic scenes in courthouse hallways as those being detained were sometimes pulled away from emotional family members. Castel said in a written decision that while there was “a strong governmental…

PROVO, Utah — Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk urged a Utah judge on Tuesday to seal some evidence and bar reporters and the public from parts of a key upcoming hearing after the judge declined to ban news cameras from the courtroom. Tyler Robinson’s defense has argued that broadcasts of the proceedings create media frenzies that often misrepresent him and could bias potential jurors. They hope to restrict access to parts of his preliminary hearing, scheduled for July 6-10, during which prosecutors must show they have enough evidence to warrant a trial. That hearing will mark…

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Bryan Bedford, told Congress on Tuesday that he believes his agency had a “bad design” that resulted in the fatal aircraft collision near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board found multiple errors and shortcomings that led to the midair crash of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jetliner in January 2025, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft. “The NTSB final report confirms that our airspace system was providing warning signals prior to the accident,” Mr. Bedford told the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation,…

OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska. The orders were signed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the CDC said in a statement. Quarantine orders, which can be enforced with fines and prison time, are a rare legal step that can be taken if someone objects to a public health request. All 18 passengers at the Nebraska hospital had been asked to stay at the…

LOS ANGELES — The three people killed by two teen shooters at a San Diego mosque were beloved pillars of the community, and died while saving roughly 140 children who were in the building at the time of the attack, authorities said Tuesday. All three men were shot while trying to delay and distract the two gunmen who barged into the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said. The Imam of the Islamic Center of San Diego, Taha Hassane, identified the three victims as Amin Abdullah, 51, Nader Awad, 57, and Mansour Kaziha,…

A 56-year-old woman died from her injuries after falling about 10 feet into an open manhole in Manhattan late Monday night. Donike Gocaj parked her car at around 11:20 p.m. and proceeded to fall down the open, roughly 10-foot manhole, New York City Police Department sources told the New York Daily News. Carlton Wood, who was walking to work and saw Ms. Gocaj’s fall, told the New York Post that “the minute she stepped out of that SUV, she closed the door behind her and only took a couple steps forward and just dropped into the hole. You know, it…

As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted speakers with stadium-wide boos when the topic turned to AI. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced repeated jeers over the weekend during his keynote address to about 10,000 University of Arizona graduates on the rise of AI. “It will touch every profession, every classroom, every hospital, every laboratory, every person and every relationship you have,” Schmidt said, as booing began to build in the audience. “I know what many of you are feeling about…

Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash that killed 15 people, and why Boeing didn’t address an underlying flaw sooner. The engine separated from the MD-11’s wing as it accelerated down the runway Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport in November. The crash killed three pilots on the plane and 12 people on the ground. More were injured. “Please know: Your loved ones are the reason we’re here. We want to find out what happened,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety…