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Can Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes go to Capitol after Jan. 6 clemency? DOJ fights judge
The Justice Department told a judge he can't block Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from visiting the Capitol after Donald Trump's Jan. 6 clemency.
Politico
Oklahoma religious charter school will get its day before the Supreme Court
The case will be decided by eight justices as Justice Amy Coney Barrett plans to recuse herself.
NBC News
Senate to vote on whether to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary.
USA TODAY
Supreme Court to decide if public charter schools can be religious
Conservatives hope the case would continue a streak of rulings in recent years permitting taxpayer funds to be used for religious purposes.
Politico
Fear of immigration raids in schools put Democrats on defense
A mixed response underscores the political challenges some of the largest Democratic enclaves are facing as they confront Trump’s toughened immigration actions.
Associated Press
Minnesota high court sides with Democrats in struggle with Republicans over control of state House
The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans that the chief justice said had left the state House of Representatives “completely dysfunctional.” The justices agreed with House Democratic leaders who argued that a quorum in the House was 68 members under the state constitution, not the 67 that Republicans claimed. The House GOP holds a 67-66 majority pending a special election to fill an empty seat that’s expected around March 11.
Reuters
US top diplomat Rubio urges Vietnam to address trade imbalance
New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a call on Friday with Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in which he urged Vietnam to address trade imbalances and also discussed shared concerns about China. In the call, the first between the two top diplomats under the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the two hailed the 30th anniversary of U.S.-Vietnam relations and progress made under a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership the countries agreed in 2023, a State Department statement said. While praising the two countries' economic cooperation, Rubio "encouraged Vietnam to address trade imbalances," it said.
NBC News
Immigration raid in Newark, New Jersey, spurs anger from local officials
Mayor Ras Baraka said he was "appalled" and "angry" and blasted ICE for also detaining U.S. citizens, including a veteran. ICE said citizens may be questioned during an investigation.
CNN
New Jersey mayor says his city was ‘unlawfully terrorized’ by federal agents during immigrant enforcement action at business
A New Jersey mayor says his city has been “unlawfully terrorized” after federal agents detained multiple people Thursday during what Immigration and Customs Enforcement called “a targeted enforcement operation.”
AFP
US anti-abortion rally celebrates Trump's return
Tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists, joined by masked neo-Nazis, converged in Washington on Friday to hear President Donald Trump address a rally.Makovey, a 27-year-old construction worker, told AFP that he supported Trump's recent decision to pardon 23 anti-abortion activists jailed for blockading abortion clinics.
AFP
Two US migrant deportation flights arrive in Guatemala
Two US military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala on Friday, authorities said, without specifying whether they were part of the deportation operation launched by President Donald Trump.The second, with an unspecified number of migrants on board, arrived Friday morning.
CNN
Exclusive: January 6 rioter freed after Trump’s pardon — but authorities say he should still be in jail
High-profile January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt showed up in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to celebrate with his wife and supporters who’d been hoping for his release from federal detention for months.
Associated Press
What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma
Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the region bordering Rwanda. The offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has stretched local hospitals to the limit, with hundreds of wounded coming in every day as civilians get caught in the crossfire. Explosions from Goma's outskirts have been reverberating across the city of 2 million people this week.
CNN
Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies for their ongoing studies, according to four sources inside the agency with knowledge of the purchasing hold.
Reuters
Supreme Court to weigh bid to create first US religious charter school
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case testing the separation of church and state. A lower court blocked the establishment of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, ruling that its funding arrangement violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment limits on government endorsement of religion. The Supreme Court took up an appeal by a state school board and the organizers of the proposed school of that ruling.
Associated Press
Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers in the past week, army says
Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week, the army said Friday, in an operation targeting a decades-long insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast and attacks by various armed groups in the northwest. The West African country has been ramping up efforts to secure the country as some 35,000 civilians have been killed and more than 2 million displaced in the northeastern region, according to the U.N. Kidnappings have become a common occurrence in Nigeria’s northwest, where dozens of armed groups exploit the region’s limited security presence to carry out attacks on villages and along major roads.
Associated Press
Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The justices said they would review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board's approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open a charter school. The conservative-dominated high court has issued several decisions in recent years signaling a willingness to allow public funds to flow to religious entities.
AFP
Rubio clashes with China FM on Taiwan
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump's top diplomat denouncing Beijing's "coercive" moves."The secretary also stressed the United States' commitment to our allies in the region and serious concern over China's coercive actions against Taiwan and in the South China Sea," she said.
Reuters
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to pause cases as it reconsiders policy
President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to put on hold planned arguments in a bid by fuel producers to challenge California's standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law. The new Republican administration also made similar requests in three other cases involving the actions of federal agencies, giving an early indication that it will take a fresh look at a number of legal issues before the court and potentially change positions from Trump's Democratic predecessor Joe Biden. The expected changes in the government's position may be a closer ideological fit for the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority, which includes three justices appointed by Trump.
USA TODAY
Teresa Youngblut arrested in connection to fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont
A Washington state woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont on Monday.

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