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Family visitation resumes at New Jersey ICE detention center after days of protests

By Cristian Santana and Adam Reiss NEWARK, N.J. — Family visitation at a New Jersey immigration detention center is set to resume after being suspended amid days of protests, arrests and clashes outside the facility, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Sunday. In a statement posted on social media, Sherrill said the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to restore visitation at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in Newark that has become the focus of demonstrations over allegations of poor conditions and the mistreatment of detainees. “Starting today, limited visitation will resume at noon, and regular visitation hours will be restored beginning tomorrow,” Sherrill said. “Families should

Teen ‘takeovers’ push cities to take action as experts see echoes of the Covid pandemic

By Doha Madani and Corky Siemaszko The mayhem over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago erupted without warning. On Sunday, hundreds of teenagers descended on a housing project on the West Side. Five Chicago officers trying to disperse the crowd sustained minor injuries when they were hit by a car. On Monday, hundreds more teenagers showed up at a beach on the South Side, and clashes erupted when police tried to get them to leave, resulting in 53 arrests and nine weapons’ being confiscated, WGN-TV reported. Both were examples of a phenomenon that has been sweeping the country for months, which frustrated law enforcement officials call

Illinois Legislature passes historic AI bill that would require third-party safety audits

By Jared Perlo The Illinois House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Wednesday that would set a new standard for regulating America’s leading AI companies if Gov. JB Pritzker signs it. The bill, SB 315, mirrors existing provisions in legislation in California and New York requiring frontier AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic to create, publish and annually update plans to address severe or catastrophic risks from their AI models. It would also mandate annual independent third-party audits of such AI companies on safety issues, which would be a first for any AI legislation in the U.S. “Artificial intelligence technology is

Teachers union president calls for limits on AI and screen time in schools

By Tyler Kingkade The head of one of the country’s largest teachers unions called for limits on technology in schools in a speech Wednesday, including blocking most students from using computers in class until they reach third grade, prohibiting student-facing AI in elementary schools and banning “social companion” chatbots until age 16. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, declared that students “are drowning in tech.” She proposed an independent research consortium to study the effects of AI and screens on student learning. “Students need their teachers — real human beings, not robots and not chatbots,” she said in a speech

Congressional Black Caucus pushes companies to oppose GOP redistricting push

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday called on major corporations across the U.S., including those that previously expressed support for voting rights and racial justice, to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts. In a letter sent to more than 250 companies, members of the Black Caucus urge them to condemn the redistricting efforts, which the lawmakers describe as “coordinated efforts to silence Black voices at the ballot box.” Some of the companies had co-signed their own message to Congress five years ago urging lawmakers to pass the John Lewis

Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters

By Ryan J. Reilly and Kyla Guilfoil The Justice Department has removed press releases detailing the charges against hundreds of individuals who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot from its website, the department confirmed Friday. “Nothing ‘quiet’ about it,” the DOJ Rapid Response X account said in a post replying to allegations that the Justice Department had deleted press releases related to Jan. 6. “We are proud to reverse the DOJ’s weaponization under the Biden administration,” the post continued. “We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes. This includes stripping DOJ’s website of partisan

Trump says he won’t ‘rush into’ a deal with Iran as hopes of imminent agreement cool

By Alexandra Marquez, Keir Simmons, Julie Tsirkin, Kyla Guilfoil and Freddie Clayton President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will not “rush into a deal” to end the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, after senior Republican lawmakers warned it could be a “disastrous mistake.” “Time is on our side,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social, a step back from earlier public statements from Trump and officials from both nations that had indicated a deal was close to being announced. He added: “There can be no mistakes! Our relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one.” Later Sunday, a senior administration official

Republicans expected to abandon $1B security proposal for White House and Trump’s ballroom

By Mary Clare Jalonick Senate Republican leaders are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom on Thursday after members of their own party questioned the timing and the lack of detail in the Secret Service request. Pressured by the White House, Republicans have tried to add the money to a roughly $70 billion bill to restore funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. But the security proposal met with backlash from some GOP lawmakers who are questioning the cost and how the taxpayer dollars would be

White House shooting is latest incident in a string of political violence

By Kyla Guilfoil The shooting at the White House on Saturday evening is just the latest act of political violence carried out in President Donald Trump’s orbit in recent weeks. It comes less than a month after a man opened fire outside the ballroom where Trump, members of his Cabinet and numerous government officials were attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, an attack that highlighted a string of attempted security breaches and raised concerns around the safety of the president. On Saturday, U.S. Secret Service agents fatally shot a 21-year-old man after he opened fire on officers at a White House security checkpoint, resulting in the

Trump’s $1.8B fund isn’t officially open yet. That hasn’t stopped applications.

By Ryan J. Reilly, Katherine Doyle and Frank Thorp V WASHINGTON — Applications are already rolling into the Justice Department from hopefuls aiming for some of the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, even though the process can’t officially begin until commissioners are chosen to decide how the money is doled out. The fund was announced this week, part of an unprecedented settlement between President Donald Trump, two of his sons and the Trump Organization and the government he oversees over the leak of his tax returns. He agreed to drop legal claims in exchange for creating the fund. It’s not clear yet how people are expected to

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