News for April 3, 2025

Ed Martin’s bid to become the permanent U.S. attorney in Washington is facing strong pushback from former prosecutors and Senate Democrats, who say his conduct and loyalty to Donald Trump make him unfit for the job.

The Education Department, under President Donald Trump, is threatening to cut federal money to school districts and states that do not certify they have no unlawful DEI practices.

The Trump administration plans to freeze $510 million in federal grants to Brown University as it reviews the school’s response to antisemitism and diversity policies.

Beloved Bath in Maplewood, New Jersey, is giving people with autism steady jobs while making bath products and candles.

A San Diego jury awarded former police officer Ashley Cummins $10 million after finding her former employer liable for harassment and discrimination.

US tourist Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov was arrested after allegedly entering restricted North Sentinel Island and trying to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe.

Tufts University is urging a federal judge to free student Rümeysa Öztürk after immigration officials arrested her on a Massachusetts street and moved her to detention in Louisiana.

The Trump administration has cut more than $125 million in NIH funding for LGBTQ health research, disrupting studies and putting many researchers’ jobs at risk.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported from Maryland to an El Salvador prison, sparking outrage and a legal fight over whether the U.S. must bring him back.

Rosalyn Sandri, a transgender teacher in Red Oak, says she felt forced to resign after a viral TikTok video sparked backlash and pressure from a Texas lawmaker.

A Boston federal judge weighed where Rumeysa Ozturk’s detention case should be heard as the Tufts Ph.D. student fights her ICE transfer to Louisiana and seeks release.

President Donald Trump and the Trump-Vance administration are rolling back diversity and federal support programs in ways critics say are undoing long-standing accommodations and services for disabled people.

Attorney General Letitia James said an Upstate New York officer will not face criminal charges after fatally shooting 13-year-old Nyah Mway, ruling prosecutors could not prove the shooting was unjustified.

Tufts University is backing student Rumeysa Ozturk and asking for her immediate release after her detention by the Department of Homeland Security.

Prosecutors in D.C. dropped the assault charge against James McIntyre, the man Rep. Nancy Mace accused of grabbing her arm at the Capitol.