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Miami Judge Dismisses Cox Case, Rejects Federal BanPolitics — 4dA Miami federal judge dismissed the case against Jamaican national Chelsea Cox, ruling that Congress lacked authority to set voter qualifications and that the federal law barring noncitizens from voting was unconstitutional as applied to her. The decision is limited to Cox’s case, does not invalidate the law nationwide or permit noncitizens to vote in Florida, where state law prohibits it.

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Denzel Aberdeen Sues NCAA for Injunction to Play Fifth Season — Sep 12, 2026Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen has filed for a temporary injunction to return for a fifth season under the NCAA’s 5-in-5 rule, arguing the policy should apply to him despite the Class of 2022 being excluded. The push comes amid multiple legal challenges to the rule, including a Colorado court ruling awarding eligibility that was stayed by the 10th Circuit, leaving his status in flux as lawsuits expand to state courts.

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Maya Lindstrom Aberdeen has a fair point pushing for that fifth year since his class got left out of the policy for no clear reason.

India Sets MDR for High-Value UPI PaymentsFinance — Sep 14, 2026India’s government notified amendments to the Payment and Settlement Act prohibiting banks and system providers from charging customers for UPI transactions and RuPay debit card payments up to ₹2,000, expanding a no-fee digital payments regime. The move comes in the context of earlier changes to allow possible merchant MDR charges, though current guidance specifies the zero-charge rule applies to individual users up to ₹2,000.

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DOJ Accuses UCLA Law of Racial Discrimination in Admissions — Oct 1, 2026The Justice Department says UCLA School of Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its 2023–2025 admissions by using race, allegedly through application essays and recruitment practices, in violation of federal law and the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling. UCLA disputes the finding, saying it admits students through a comprehensive, merit-based process and complies with applicable law.

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Elena Vasquez If UCLA used essays and recruiting to favor certain races after the Supreme Court ruling, that violates federal law and deserves investigation.

Judge Blocks Loyalty Questions Across 70,000 Federal Jobs — Sep 12, 2026A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from requiring federal job applicants to answer loyalty questions about President Donald Trump, ruling the practice likely violated free-speech rights and the merit-based, nonpartisan civil service. The injunction affects more than 70,000 postings, with unions arguing the questions politicized hiring, while the administration contends the questions were voluntary and not about loyalty.

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Tom Gallagher Blocking these questions for 70,000 jobs prevents one more way to politicize the civil service.

Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

Feds Accuse Berkeley Law of Racial Admissions Bias — Sep 9, 2026Federal investigators from the Justice Department and Education Department concluded that UC Berkeley Law systematically discriminated against white and Asian applicants, using race-based prompts and other tactics to advance diversity goals even after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling. The findings, aligned with the Trump administration’s push to roll back race-conscious admissions, cite a significant disparity in admission odds—berating Black applicants with much higher odds of admission compared with similarly qualified white applicants—and call for enforcement action and a voluntary resolution.

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Tom Gallagher The Supreme Court ruling was clear, so these race-based prompts and tactics need to end to restore fair admissions.

NY Democrats Applying Heat to Boot Trump from Ballot Following Colorado RulingReporting — Dec 22, 2023New York Democrats are hoping that the Colorado Supreme Court ruling knocking former President Donald Trump off the presidential primary ballot there will pave the way for their efforts to do so as well. Democratic…

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European Union Official Already Targeting Elon Musk With Threat: ‘It’s Not Your Rules Which Will Apply Here’Reporting — Apr 27, 2022Elon Musk now owns Twitter after the social media platform accepted his $44 billion bid on April 25. But the European Union has already warned Musk that they will not allow him to play by his own rules in Europe. After…

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DANIELLE ZANZALARI: IRS Policy Shift Could Slow American Mergers — Jan 24, 2026Most Americans don’t spend much time thinking about Internal Revenue Service policy, nor should they have to. They’re supposed to trust that the agency will apply the rules the same way every time so businesses can plan…

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Twitter Slaps MTG Tweet About Transgender Biden Official With ‘Hateful Conduct’ LabelOpinion — Jul 19, 2022Twitter is a weird place. You probably already knew that, but it’s just such an odd company that applies its rules and punishments for users so unevenly that if it were a battlefield, the best mine-sweeper would have…

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Obama-Appointed Judge Delivers Second Amendment Win — Jul 2, 2025A District Court judge ruled on Tuesday that California should allow non-residents to apply for concealed carry weapons (CCWs) licenses. Cathy Ann Bencivengo, a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of…

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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin ScorseseYourlist — VS BattleThe video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.

Men Trying to Compete in Women’s Sports Suffer Crushing Defeat on World StageReporting — Mar 24, 2023Sorry, guys. The World Athletics Council announced Thursday that female track and field events will exclude male-to-female transgender competitors. The rule, which applies to all men who reached puberty as a male, takes…

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VP Harris Gets Out of Gas-Guzzling SUV and Onto Private Jet to Fly to Event on ‘Climate Crisis’Opinion — Oct 21, 2021Rules made by the elites do not apply to the elites. Vice President Kamala Harris put this new cultural principle on display this week as she got out of an SUV and boarded a private jet to go discuss how to save the…

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‘Assault On American Sovereignty’: Red State Officials Urge Trump To Probe EU’s Corporate Climate Mandates — Feb 26, 2025Twenty-six financial officials from 21 states wrote to President Donald Trump on Tuesday urging him and his administration to review European Union (EU) climate rules applying to U.S. companies operating in Europe as…

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Austria enforces school headscarf ban for under-14s as legal fight looms — Sep 7, 2026Austria has implemented a nationwide ban on headscarves for schoolgirls under 14, applying to public and private schools and enforcing compliance through dialogues with students and guardians, with penalties up to €800 for repeated violations. The policy has sparked legal challenges from the Islamic Religious Community in Austria and wide opposition, including protests and concerns about religious freedom, as the Constitutional Court’s past ruling on a similar measure informs potential challenges as schools reopen.

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Priya Raman Fines up to €800 for a headscarf seems excessive. There are better ways to handle disagreements with parents than penalties.

The grammar gatekeeper testQuizie — QuizTwelve spelling and grammar traps that catch almost everyone. Pass, and the AI knights you. Fail, and it's gentle about it. Mostly.

FTC Probes YouTube Over Account Suspensions, VisibilityTech — Aug 27, 2026The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is nearing a potential lawsuit against YouTube over its account suspensions and content moderation, with investigators examining whether the platform misled users about what they could post and whether its rules were applied consistently. The probe, active since last year and led by the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, has not charged YouTube with wrongdoing and could end without enforcement action, while the review continues to consider post-2021 events involving President Trump and other political content.

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Apple sued for £2bn in UK over alleged double standard on app tracking — Sep 3, 2026UK lawyers are leading a £2 billion class-action against Apple, accusing the company of abusing its market power by applying stricter App Tracking Transparency rules to third-party developers than to its own advertising services. Led by Ann Pope, the ATT Collective Action Limited argues the ATT changes harmed UK developers’ ad value and increased user acquisition costs, while Apple portrays ATT as a privacy safeguard for users.

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Dana Whitfield £2bn is a huge number but developers did see acquisition costs jump right after the change, that part's hard to deny.

GTA 6 Japan Physical Codes Expire 170 Days — Jul 24, 2026Rockstar confirms that GTA 6’s physical “code-in-a-box” in Japan will expire 170 days after the launch date, making unused codes potentially useless by May 8, 2027, due to regional regulations. The rule applies to PlayStation codes in Japan (Xbox codes are not region-locked) and comes as the game plans a digital-first approach with no disc release in the foreseeable future.

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WNBA Trans Eligibility Debate Prompts Policy Review — Aug 7, 2026Enes Kanter Freedom officially declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft to test the league’s self-identification eligibility rules amid the ongoing transgender inclusion debate, insisting the current guidelines should be applied equally to everyone. The move has sparked a mix of support and criticism in a broader culture-war conversation that intensified after Sophie Cunningham’s stance on protecting female athletes and the WNBA’s policy questions surrounding transgender athletes.

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NASCAR plans 50-minute Cup practice at New Hampshire — Jul 23, 2026NASCAR is moving to a single 50-minute, no-break practice session for Cup Series non-superspeedway races in 2026, starting at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, with an extra set of tires provided to cover the longer window; impound rules remain in effect. While this new format applies to most events, superspeedways and the Homestead-Miami finale keep their existing formats, and select weekends such as Indianapolis, Iowa, and Richmond will still use two grouped 25-minute practice sessions.

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Trump administration proposes $103,265 H-1B visa fee — Aug 24, 2026The Trump administration’s DHS is advancing a formal rule to impose a $103,265 fee on new H-1B petitions, expanding a six-figure charge that courts have already challenged and that would apply to petitions from outside the United States. The proposal, now in a 30-day public comment period with potential finalization by year-end, faces ongoing legal battles and underscores a broader push to tighten the H-1B program, while renewals and cap-exempt petitions would be unaffected.

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DOJ Restores Gun Rights Process Under Pardon Office — Aug 17, 2026The Justice Department, led by Attorney General Todd Blanche, finalized a regulation reviving a federal pathway for eligible individuals who lost gun rights to apply for restoration, requiring applicants to prove the circumstances of their prohibition as well as their record, reputation, and conduct, with strong presumptions against high-risk cases. The rule aims to protect public safety while restoring Second Amendment rights for law-abiding Americans, and it could attract hundreds of thousands of applications in the first year, though violent felons, sex offenders, illegal aliens, and other ongoing dangers remain presumptively ineligible.

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US Finalizes Shower Head Rule After Trump Complaints About Hair RinsingReporting — Dec 16, 2020The U.S. Energy Department on Tuesday finalized two rules easing energy standards on consumer fixtures and appliances, including one on shower heads after President Donald Trump complained some showers don’t adequately…

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New York Court Vacates 75-Country Visa Freeze — Aug 22, 2026A federal judge, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas, ruled that the Trump administration’s January policy suspending immigrant visas to 75 countries exceeded the Secretary of State’s statutory authority and violated federal immigration law, vacating the directive. The ruling, supported by immigrant rights groups and affecting applicants across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, rejects the administration’s public-charge rationale and emphasizes that consular officers cannot be bypassed by nationality-based bans; President Donald Trump’s policy is thus struck down.

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