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AP: Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

History shows such a policy risks disasters from bad intel: “in a 2001 incident, the C.I.A. told the Peruvian government that a plane was smuggling drugs, and its air force shot it down, only to find out that it had instead killed American missionaries.”
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Karishma Manzur launches progressive campaign for US Senate in N.H., taking on Chris Pappas for Democratic nomination - The Boston Globe Manzur did not criticize Pappas by name, but framed her candidacy as an effort to “break the grip of big money” on politics.

Karishma Manzur, a progressive nonprofit leader and medical scientist from Exeter, N.H., launched a campaign for US Senate on Wednesday, making her the first to challenge Chris Pappas for the 2026 Democratic nomination. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/m...

What we know so far about N.H. Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill’s official email outreach and how Republicans have responded. One state rep accused her of taxpayer-funded “political lawfare.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/m...

Enrollment in N.H. ‘education freedom account’ program nearly doubles in one year, with universal eligibility - The Boston Globe The number of students approved for “education freedom accounts” in New Hampshire has nearly doubled since last fall, and even though the program hit its nominal 10,000-pupil enrollment cap, more appl...

If another 642 students are approved this fall for voucher-like "education freedom accounts" in New Hampshire (on top of the 10,000 already approved), then enrollment in the EFA program would exactly double what it was a year ago. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m...

Judge halts enforcement of Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders in education - The Boston Globe he ruling bars the administration from proceeding with its plans for a so-called “End DEI Portal” and a certification requirement.

A federal judge in New Hampshire just issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from following through on threats to defund schools that defy its anti-DEI directives. The judge's order is 82 pages. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/m...

Judge questions ‘Kafkaesque’ argument in dispute over status of Dartmouth student from China - The Boston Globe Xiaotian Liu’s case illustrates a much broader situation affecting thousands of international students across the country.

A government lawyer presented such a dizzying argument about the status of an international student at Dartmouth College that a federal judge suggested it sounded like something out of a Franz Kafka novel. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/m...

The DOJ has been fairly clear about its intentions of enabling the president to exert more authority over these administrative law judges (who are employees of the executive branch, not the judicial branch). www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...

Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will Congressional members warn that bottlenecked courts will be hurt as Trump administration fire immigration judges, demand that Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi explain

The L.A. Times reported this morning that four immigration judges from California were among those let go: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Union leader slams Trump administration for firing three more immigration judges in New England - The Boston Globe At least eight more immigration judges were abruptly fired without cause, including three at the Chelmsford Immigration Court, which handles cases from northern New England and parts of Massachusetts.

Three more immigration judges at the Chelmsford Immigration Court (which handles cases from northern New England & parts of Mass.) were fired abruptly by the Trump administration.
The head of their union warned about the risks of undermining due process. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...

Yes … but the only things I’m allergic to are penicillin and bullshit.

Immigration agents tackled man inside N.H. courthouse, preventing him from attending his arraignment - The Boston Globe The two agents, who told a local police officer they came to apprehend people on behalf of ATF and ICE, haven’t been publicly identified. It’s unclear where the man they detained was taken.

Almost everything that's publicly known about this federal apprehension came from state/local authorities. The N.H. Judicial Branch released video & Hudson PD released an incident report from an officer who happened to be at the courthouse. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/m... @globenh.bsky.social

Agents who detained man at Nashua courthouse were working with ICE, News 9 learns News 9 Investigates obtains video of agents tackling man in courthouse

h/t @wmur9.bsky.social for a report earlier this week calling attention to this incident: www.wmur.com/article/agen...

Immigration agents tackled man inside N.H. courthouse, preventing him from attending his arraignment - The Boston Globe The two agents, who told a local police officer they came to apprehend people on behalf of ATF and ICE, haven’t been publicly identified. It’s unclear where the man they detained was taken.

The two federal agents, who told a local police officer they came to apprehend people on behalf of ATF and ICE, haven't been publicly identified. It's unclear where the man they detained was taken. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/m... @globenh.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com

He made it to the courthouse in time for his arraignment on state-level misdemeanor charges, went through security, and rode the elevator to the third floor. But he never made it into the courtroom. 🧵

By the way: Remember those two EOs that I mentioned Trump signed in January? They are specifically cited in the "General Assurances" document that school leaders are now supposed to sign by June 1. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Several N.H. public school districts are bucking the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives - The Boston Globe They are joining a lawsuit to push back against funding threats and orders that critics contend are vague and unconstitutional

In the meantime, the parties are preparing to be back in federal court in Concord, N.H., next week to argue over whether the judge should impose a preliminary injunction before the April 24 deadline.
So, uh, watch this space.
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Several N.H. public school districts are bucking the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives - The Boston Globe They are joining a lawsuit to push back against funding threats and orders that critics contend are vague and unconstitutional

After some back-and-forth, parties reached a short-term agreement. What happens next? An ACLU attorney told me schools have two weeks to decide whether to sign/amend/rescind their certifications. Notices to that effect must be distributed to the states today. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/10/m...

A tight deadline prompted the ACLU and NEA to file an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, as @globenh.bsky.social reported yesterday.
[They filed our news report as an exhibit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... ]

About 100 schools across N.H. signed certifications in recent days, as directed, according to the state. The certifications include anti-DEI language and threaten False Claims Act liability.
You can see them listed on the state's website. www.education.nh.gov/who-we-are/c...

In face of Trump’s order to ban DEI in public schools, divides form in New England - The Boston Globe Massachusetts joined Vermont and a growing group of Democrat-led states in supporting school DEI programs, while officials in Republican-led New Hampshire said they will comply with President Trump's ...

On April 3, the US Education Dept. directed states to certify compliance. Some states balked, but the NH Education Dept. promptly fell in line (and won federal praise as a "model" for other states).
The revised federal deadline is now April 24. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/m...

Teachers union sues Trump administration in N.H. over anti-DEI directives - The Boston Globe The National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union teamed up to file a federal lawsuit in New Hampshire, alleging that a “Dear Colleague” letter the department distributed last ...

In March, the ACLU and National Education Association sued the Trump administration, alleging the "Dear Colleague" letter imposes vague restrictions that violate the First Amendment. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/m...

In February, the US Department of Education sent a "Dear Colleague" letter warning that institutions risk losing federal funding if they defy the Trump administration's anti-DEI interpretation of federal law. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In January, Trump signed executive orders that purport to end "radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing" and defend women from "gender ideology extremism."

Four public school districts in N.H. will soon join a pending lawsuit challenging the rollout of President Trump's anti-DEI directives. Let's recap. 🧵

Judge to grant order protecting Dartmouth doctoral student from China from deportation - The Boston Globe Xiaotian Liu’s student status was terminated by the federal government without notice or explanation. It’s unclear whether his status was terminated intentionally or inadvertently.

Good details from the courtroom in this story by @reporterporter.bsky.social: a DOJ attorney couldn’t confirm whether Xiaotian Liu’s F-1 status was terminated by ICE intentionally or inadvertently.

Transgender teens in N.H. move to sue Trump over orders seeking to exclude them from girls’ sports - The Boston Globe Their litigation appears to be the first direct challenge to an order that threatens to ‘rescind all funds’ from programs that fail to enforce sex-based separation.

The plaintiffs allege in an amended complaint filed this morning that President Trump has overstepped his legal authority in an effort to “purge transgender people from society.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/m... @bostonglobe.com

i just think if you're going to found a website called "the federalist" you should have to have at least a tiny understanding of what the federalist papers (like, say, 78) have to say about things

Trump’s birthright citizenship order blocked temporarily by third federal judge, this time in New Hampshire - The Boston Globe Joseph N. Laplante, chief judge for the federal district court in New Hampshire, said he was not persuaded by arguments an attorney for the US Department of Justice presented in defense of Trump’s ord...

The judge said he was not persuaded by arguments an attorney for the US Department of Justice presented in defense of Trump’s order.

“I’m not offended by them either, as a lawyer or a jurist,” he added.

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