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Charles Q. Brown Jr., former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticized the use of the military for political missions in an op-ed, pointing to the Trump administration's deployment of troops to clamp down on crime in major cities, and expressed concerns over the administration's firings of Pentagon officials.

The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump can remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, but blocked him from removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, and upheld state laws that count mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day.

The Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a warrant to access location data from cell phones, a decision that will require police to obtain a warrant when requesting location information from a geolocation database.

The State of the Nation's Housing 2026 report from Harvard's Joint Center on Housing Studies reveals that Black America faces a housing crisis that is not just limited to affordability, but also includes homelessness, climate change, and discrimination, all of which require coordinated action across various sectors.

Freedom 250, a nonprofit created by Donald Trump, has taken over the 250th anniversary celebrations, drawing criticism for its partisan nature and lack of transparency, while Next250 has organized its own counterprogram to promote unity and inclusivity.

An American Airlines flight headed to Bermuda aborted its takeoff in Miami after a business jet entered the same runway, getting as close as a third of a mile apart at one point.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status for Syrian and Haitian nationals, leaving them in legal limbo and potentially deporting them, while also allowing the administration to resume a policy of turning away migrants from the southern border.

Marquez Powell was released from prison after a judge overturned his sentence of life plus five years on murder charges, after prosecutors determined there was not enough evidence to stand by the conviction.

The US Supreme Court has ruled to end the legal status of potentially millions of foreign nationals from conflict-hit countries like Haiti and Syria, leaving them without work authorizations and the ability to remain in the US.

US District Judge Indira Talwani blocked major parts of a Trump executive order aimed at cracking down on mail voting, ruling that the President had exceeded his authority in issuing it.