News for April 4, 2025

Minnesota lawmakers are weighing a bill backed by Sen. Julia Coleman to ban lead and arsenic in tampons and require more label disclosure for menstrual products.

A Kansas City DACA recipient was deported to Mexico after returning from a short trip, even though he had valid travel papers, and his lawyer is now suing U.S. immigration authorities.

The Trump administration accidentally sent some Ukrainian refugees a notice saying their U.S. legal status was ending, then said the email was sent in error and that no action would be taken.

The Supreme Court let the Trump administration keep blocking millions in federal education grants for now while the legal fight continues.

The Trump administration is setting up a new Title IX investigation team to speed up enforcement actions against transgender girls and women in school sports and sex-segregated facilities.

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at 94, years after the Vatican defrocked him over sexual abuse findings that shook the Catholic Church.

Barack Obama said he is deeply concerned about Donald Trump’s actions against universities, law firms, and the press, and warned that Americans should not accept them.

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s bid to move Rumeysa Ozturk’s detention challenge to Louisiana and said the case should be heard in Vermont.

A federal judge ordered Rumeysa Öztürk’s detention case moved from Massachusetts to Vermont and kept in place a ban on her deportation for now.

A Venezuelan man was temporarily released by ICE so he could reunite with his sick brother and move forward with a planned kidney donation.

Robert E. Cole died in a suspected homicide at Mule Creek State Prison, and prison officials are investigating his death.

A North Carolina appeals court ruled that more than 65,000 challenged votes in Jefferson Griffin’s race against Allison Riggs must be verified, a decision that could change the outcome.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader is accused in New York court filings of backing out of a settlement over claims that he sexually harassed and assaulted his former assistant, Jane Doe.

President Donald Trump said he will delay enforcement of the TikTok ban again while talks continue over a possible deal involving ByteDance and China.

Idaho prison officials, led by warden Tim Richardson, obtained lethal injection drugs in secret roadside meetings as the state tried to keep its execution supply hidden.

Federal prosecutors in New York added two more sex trafficking-related charges against Sean Combs, raising the total against him to five.

Austin Metcalf’s mother broke her silence after the 17-year-old was fatally stabbed at a Frisco track meet, saying the family is focusing on his funeral and the investigation.

Ja Morant was fined $75,000 by the NBA after repeating finger gun gestures during a game, despite being warned by the league earlier.

Francius Marganda was sentenced to 18 years in jail in Brooklyn for running a $24.5 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 200 people.

A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump administration health funding cuts, and Minnesota officials said the ruling helps, but the fight is not over.