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The lawsuit notes that the Trump administration allegedly included “illegal and impossible-to-meet grant terms” for certain programs, departing from past practice and serving “only as obstacles in obtaining and using the funding as previously promised.”
“This is the latest example of the Trump Administration’s weaponization of the federal government to go after people it does not agree with, all the while betraying and eroding the very institutions that uphold our democracy,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. “We’ll see the President in court.”
“Per orders issued by the United States District Courts for the Districts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, [the Trump Administration] intends to deplete SNAP contingency funds completely and provide reduced SNAP benefits for November 2025,” Trump administration attorneys wrote.
NPR notes that, less than two months into his second term as president, Trump began attacking National Public Radio and its televised counterpart, PBS, as “radical left MONSTERS.” In May, he followed up by issuing an executive order cutting federal funding to both NPR and PBS.
The 76-page lawsuit names defendants including U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, alongside other government officials and agencies.
The lawsuit notes that the school’s student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, received a charter in 1969 to protect its “independence and freedom.” On its website, the paper says that “[f]inal content decisions and responsibility rest with duly appointed student editors and managed.”
“When you hear the word, he told students he brought a gun with him to school, there is that possibility,” Zwerner said.
Universal and Udio said that they had reached a “compensatory legal settlement” as well as new licensing agreements for recorded music and publish that will “provide further revenue opportunities” for artists and songwriters alike.
“Millions of Americans are about to go hungry because the federal government has chosen to withhold food assistance it is legally obligated to provide,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
In a statement, Kenvue said that the state’s allegations “lack legal merit and scientific support,” pledging to defend itself in court. Additionally, Kenvue said that acetaminophen remains “the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women as needed throughout their entire pregnancy.”