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Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team on Monday released new footage of the minutes leading up to his March arrest that they say contradicts the government’s argument that he was a flight risk, which officials had said justified his detainment without an arrest warrant.  The Columbia activist who helped …

WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a major cryptocurrency regulation bill Monday on a bipartisan vote two weeks after every Senate Democrat united to block it.  The procedural vote on the GENIUS Act — which would establish the first regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — South Beach has long been known for its Art Deco pastels and neon nightlife. But it’s also home to something else: a bustling coral reef just hundreds of feet offshore. Soon, that natural reef is expected to be along the path of a roughly seven-mile public …

“Love Island” contestant Cashel Barnett is accused of assaulting his ex in front of their child and was being held without bail in a Utah jail Monday. The district attorney in Salt Lake County filed charges against the 34-year-old on May 12 that include felony aggravated assault, felony domestic violence …

A federal judge in Texas ordered the Trump administration on Monday to facilitate contact between a Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador and his lawyers, giving the federal government until Wednesday afternoon to do so.  It’s the first such order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s use …

China on Monday accused the United States of undermining the two countries’ preliminary trade agreement after the U.S. issued an industry warning against using Chinese chips that singled out Huawei. Beijing has “demanded” that the Trump administration “correct its mistakes,” a spokesperson for China’s Commerce ministry told a reporter, calling the U.S. Commerce Department’s guidance “discriminatory” and “market distorting.” …

Investors largely shrugged off a downgrade of the U.S.’s credit rating in Monday trading, as stocks ended the day mostly flat. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added more than 130 points for an increase of 0.32%. The broader S&P closed up 0.09% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.02%. Late Friday, …

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A New Jersey man charged with starting the massive Jones Road wildfire last month says he shouldn’t be held responsible for the blaze because others who were with him should have snuffed it out.  Joseph Kling, 19, was charged with aggravated arson and arson on April 23 in connection to …

WASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Monday tossed out the takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace by the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency, declaring that actions by “illegitimately-installed leaders” were “unlawful” and had to be declared “null and void.” U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled …