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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provides legal services for unaccompanied migrant children under 18 through a network of legal aid groups that subcontract with the center. Eleven subcontractor groups sued, saying that 26,000 children were at risk of losing their attorneys; Acacia is not a plaintiff.Those groups argued that the government has…

Wausau-area voters rejected a Wausau School District operational funding referendum on Tuesday.Votes were counted in several contested races including the Wausau School District referendum, Wisconsin Supreme Court, state superintendent of public instruction and a statewide referendum on an amendment to Wisconsin’s constitution.Here are the results of those races.Wausau School District referendum“Shall the Wausau School District, Marathon County, Wisconsin, be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $8,000,000 per year for five years, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year and ending with the 2029-2030 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of operational expenses and capital…

The American military is unprepared to deter its adversaries, John Caine has said The US military would be unprepared for a protracted war with China due to shortcomings in the defense industrial base, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said.In his written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday – part of the confirmation process – retired Lieutenant General John Caine stressed that rivalry with China remains one of the most pressing issues facing the US.”The threat posed by China to American interests in the Indo-Pacific is real and growing. The US…

Adam Schiff Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (CA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced he is placing a hold on President Trump’s nominee for US Attorney in DC, Ed Martin. Ed Martin is currently the Acting US Attorney for DC and Trump recently announced he nominated him for a permanent position as one of the country’s top cops. Schiff said he is holding up Ed Martin’s nomination because he has “abused the power of the US Attorney’s office in DC” and used his office as a “cudgel to chill dissent…” In a statement released on Tuesday, Adam Schiff vowed…

A Tochka-U launch.Ukrainian defense ministry capture When the Soviet army left Ukraine in 1991, it left behind as many as 500 Tochka conventional ballistic missiles. Thirty-one years later, on the eve of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Ukrainian army’s Tochka-U inventory was down to 90 active missiles. The decline made sense. The two-ton, 70-mile-range rocket with its 1,000-pound warhead and inertial guidance has a single-stage, solid-fuel engine. Solid rocket fuels don’t last forever. Incredibly, the Ukrainian army’s 19th Missile Brigade, which also operates U.S.-made High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers, continues to lob the crude but powerful Tochka-Us at Russian…

During an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, Assumption University President Greg Weiner said that he believes that the protests on college campuses that took place last spring were clearly offensive. Weiner said, “[A]cademics, we all tend to do it, use a lot of jargon that is simply very hard to understand. I think it’s led to a divide between the academy and the American public. If you look at some of the protests that were happening on campuses last spring, I can imagine two reasonable responses if you’re someone not connected with the academy and watching them: One is…

The share of women among start-up founders in Germany stands at only 19% and has seen a slight decline over the past year, according to a study.That means when a start-up is founded, the entrepreneur is a man in more than four out of five cases, a survey conducted by the Start-up Association among 1,800 start-up entrepreneurs and 1,000 students showed.The analysis, conducted on behalf of the Bertelsmann Foundation, identifies several causes for the low proportion of women, starting from early life phases. Women are said to be hindered by a lack of role models and stereotypes and many find…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans said they are pushing ahead on President Donald Trump’sbig bill of tax breaks and spending cuts this week, even though they’re punting some of the most difficult decisions — including the costs and how to pay for the multitrillion-dollar package — until later.The Senate GOP’s budget framework would be the companion to the House Republicans’ $4.5 trillion tax cuts package that also calls for slashing some $2 trillion from health care and other programs. If the Senate can move the blueprint forward, it edges Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill closer to a compromise setting the…

Dane County Judge Susan Crawford thanks supporters after winning the race Tuesday for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)Dane County Judge Susan Crawford was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday, solidifying liberal control of the body until 2028 and marking a sharp rebuke by the state’s voters of the policies of President Donald Trump and the financial might of his most prominent adviser, Elon Musk.Crawford rode massive turnout in Dane and Milwaukee counties and outperformed Kamala Harris’ effort last year in a number of other parts of the state to defeat her opponent, Waukesha County Judge…

People with jobs linked to the Russian state must register or face criminal prosecution The UK government has announced that anyone working for the Russian state in Britain must register under a “foreign influence” monitoring system expected to take effect by the summer, or risk going to jail for five years.Unveiling the policy in parliament on Tuesday, Security Secretary Dan Jarvis said that individuals “carrying out an activity under an agreement” with certain Russian state institutions will be required to register under the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS).The measure, which has already been extended to include individuals working on behalf…