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Washington — Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral candidate at Tufts University, was released from immigration custody Friday, hours after a judge ordered her to be freed on bail.U.S. District Judge William Sessions, who is presiding over the case, said at the conclusion of Friday’s bail hearing that Ozturk raised “very substantial” and “very significant” claims that her First Amendment and due process rights were violated when she was taken into custody following the Trump administration’s revocation of her student visa in March.”Her continued detention cannot stand,” he said.Ozturk was released by the government later Friday afternoon, one of her attorneys, Sonya…

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Several prominent U.S. Catholic bishops and cardinals recalled the spiritual process of electing Pope Leo XIV this week, with Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York hailing the new pontiff as a “citizen of the world” who will seek to build bridges with President Donald Trump and other global leaders.The six clergymen gave some insights into how they see the Pope Leo XIV papacy and said the quick conclave showed unity among the cardinals. They were speaking at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Pontifical North American College in Rome on Friday.”It should not startle us that we would look to Pope Leo as…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If Abdul Carter’s jersey number selections were a batting average, he would be in the Hall of Fame. At least he can now build a Hall of Fame resume on a number that could go down in New York Giants lore.After getting shut down to wearing both Lawrence Taylor’s No. 56 and Phil Simms’ No. 11, Carter, the third overall pick of the draft, has settled on No. 51. Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter, right, poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected 3rd overall by the New York Giants during…

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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alphabet — The tech behemoth fell 7%. Eddy Cue, senior vice president of services at Apple, said on Wednesday that Apple was “actively looking at” reshaping its Safari web browser to focus on AI-powered search functions, according to a Bloomberg report . Cue made the comments during his testimony in the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet. Cue added that he believes AI search engines such as OpenAI will eventually replace their standard counterparts like Google. Uber Technologies — Shares slipped nearly 3% after the ride-sharing company reported mixed first-quarter results…

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The stepped-up diplomacy came as the conflict intensified between the nuclear-armed neighbours, with Pakistan launching counterattacks after India struck three of its air bases, according to officials. The United States has close relations with India and immediately voiced solidarity after gunmen killed 26 tourists, mostly Hindu men, last month on the Indian-run side of divided Kashmir. New Delhi blamed Islamabad for the attack and launched strikes against Pakistan as a response – although Islamabad has denied any involvement. Rubio and the State Department have since called for de-escalation, mindful of the risks of the conflict spiralling into a devastating war.…

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The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland made their first-ever joint visit to Kyiv on Saturday, in an effort to underscore their support for Ukraine and reinforce calls for Russia to agree to a 30-day cease-fire.During a trip intended to showcase European unity, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, the new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the British and Polish prime ministers, Keir Starmer and Donald Tusk, arrived in Kyiv early Saturday to hold talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.The visit to Ukraine is the first for Mr. Merz as German chancellor, and is the first time leaders of four…

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The call from a supervisor came to the steel shop floor in Sheffield, England, on Thursday afternoon: The tariffs were off. “Everything had changed for us,” said Richard Bott, as he stood near stacks of steel slabs still radiating waves of heat from the mill.In a trade deal with Britain announced with much fanfare on Thursday, President Trump agreed to lift the 25 percent tariffs on steel that had posed a dire threat to Britain’s struggling industry and to Mr. Bott’s employer, Marcegaglia Stainless Sheffield.The cavernous plant is one of the last remaining large steel-making facilities in a city that…

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President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Friday to increase the deportation force of the United States by 20,000 officers, a move that would lead to an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement if realized.In a provision tucked into a presidential proclamation focused on pushing undocumented immigrants to leave the country voluntarily, Mr. Trump called on the Department of Homeland Security to soon begin “deputizing and contracting with state and local law enforcement officers, former federal officers, officers and personnel within other federal agencies, and other individuals.”It was unclear how such an effort would be funded, one of several…

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