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san.com | Alan Judd |Cole Lauterbach |Drew Pittock
A new investigation links high-ranking Trump administration officials –– including FBI Director Kash Patel –– to Holocaust deniers and other antisemitic extremists. The report by NPR comes as the administration cuts grants to Harvard and other elite universities for allegedly failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic threats and violence. The White House declined to comment. Some of the officials cited by NPR denied knowingly being involved with antisemitic extremists.
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san.com | Alan Judd |Cole Lauterbach |Drew Pittock |Evan Hummel
Twenty Democratic states, led by California, are suing the Trump administration as they seek to halt President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold funding for transportation, counterterrorism and disaster relief if they don’t work with federal immigration enforcement. The states filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday, May 13, in a Rhode Island federal court.
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san.com | Alex Delia |Ally Heath |Craig Nigrelli |Emma Stoltzfus
Fresh off President Donald Trump’s tariff deal with China, Tesla will resume shipping parts from China to the U.S. for use on Tesla vehicles. Those parts will be used in the production of the Cybercab, as well as Semi trucks. When will Tesla resume shipping from China? Reuters is reporting the resumption will take place at the end of May 2025. Tesla had suspended such shipments after President Trump imposed 145% tariffs on Chinese imports.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
A federal grand jury has indicted Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. Prosecutors alleged that on April 18, Dugan helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a man facing deportation, avoid arrest by directing him and his attorney to exit through a non-public jury door at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
A series of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, May 14, killed at least 60 people, including 22 children, according to sources citing Gaza’s Health Ministry and local hospitals. The strikes hit homes in areas including Jabaliya in northern Gaza and Khan Younis in the south. Health officials said rescue teams struggled to reach victims buried beneath rubble.
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san.com | Brent Jabbour |Chris Field |Craig Nigrelli |Diane Duenez
Geophysicists say Earth’s weakening magnetic field, coupled with conditions in space, could impact everyday life. The changes have the potential to cause power outages, GPS disruptions and extreme weather events here on Earth. However, much remains unknown about the fluctuations that have been happening for millennia. NASA scientists are monitoring the ongoing weakening of our planet’s magnetic field.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |Shea K Taylor
Day two of President Donald Trump’s Middle East visit features a surprise sit-down with a former enemy, during which he extends an olive branch for a new beginning in Syria. Also, the high-profile Menendez brothers case, closely watched nationwide, now sees the men convicted of killing their parents decades ago potentially gaining freedom after the judge’s recent decision. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
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san.com | Drew Pittock |Lauren Keenan
A federal judge ruled Tuesday, May 13, that the Trump administration can use the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua (TDA). U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines ruled that the government can use the AEA to deport Venezuelans living in the U.S. illegally, who are age 14 or older, confirmed gang members, and not legal immigrants of the United States.
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san.com | Drew Pittock |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik
President Donald Trump is about to accept a jumbo jet from a country with a history of funding terrorism. The Boeing 747 being gifted by Qatar will be used as Air Force One, then transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation, in a deal that does not encapsulate the complicated relationship between the two nations. When Trump first took office in 2017, he called on Middle Eastern countries, particularly those on the Arabian Peninsula, to stop supporting terrorism.
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san.com | Drew Pittock |Kalé Carey |Zachary Hill
Off the coast of Oregon, thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists are watching an active volcano that may erupt for the first time in a decade. The site, known as , is being monitored by researchers at the University of Washington through an extensive underwater observatory network called the Cabled Array. Housed within UW’s College of the Environment, the Cabled Array is one of the largest underwater observatories in the world.