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The ruling came in response to a suit filed by groups representing the faculty at these schools challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to force UCLA into a deal that would substantially revise instruction and policy.

The court finds that this plan was deficient on multiple grounds, from violating legal procedures for cutting funding to an illegal attempt at suppressing the First Amendment rights of faculty.

The result is a reprieve for the entire University of California system, as well as a clear pathway for any universities to fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on research and education. »

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In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of federal judges in El Paso sided with opponents who argued that Texas’ unusual summer redrawing of congressional districts would harm Black and Hispanic residents.

Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” the ruling states.

They sought an order blocking Texas from using the map while their case proceeded, which the judges granted. »

A woman is in critical condition after she was set on fire riding a Chicago Transit Authority train, police said.

The verbal altercation turned physical when the man poured a liquid on the woman and ignited it, causing her to catch on fire, police said.

When the train stopped, the attacker fled and the woman got off the train and fell to the ground, police said. »