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Federal judge Mary McElroy has blocked the Trump administration’s
attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy’s ruling on Monday solidified a win for the coalition of 12 attorneys general
that sued the administration earlier this year after being alerted that their states would receive drastically reduced federal grants due to their “sanctuary…

Federal judge blocks Trump administration's homeland security funding cut to Democratic states
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to cut Homeland Security funding from states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy ruled Monday in favor of 12 attorneys general who sued after their states faced reduced federal grants due to their “sanctuary” status. The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA had cut over $233 million from several states. McElroy found the funding cuts arbitrary and ordered their rest…

Federighi und Apples KI-Ambitionen: Pragmatismus statt Innovation?
Apples KI-Entwicklung: Ein langer Weg steht bevor. Softwarechef Federighi setzt auf pragmatisches Vorgehen und vermeidet große Ausgaben, so ein Bericht.

Ohio's WBGU-TV becomes the fourth public TV station or network to end its PBS affiliation, citing 2025's rescission of federal funding (Julian Wyllie/Current)
https://current.org/2026/01/wbgu-to-end-pbs-affiliation-due-to-federal-funding-cuts/

WBGU to end PBS affiliation due to federal funding cuts
The Ohio station will be the fourth public media organization to sever ties with PBS.

Makes me almost glad to have outlived all of my elderly family… https://federate.social/@mattblaze/115600998838282974

A look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-deal-apples-…

With Google Deal, Apple’s Craig Federighi Plots a Cautious Course in AI
Last fall, Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, delivered a warm message to a meeting of the company’s combined software and AI groups. Federighi said he was excited about deeper collaboration between his software team and Apple’s AI group. But then came Federighi’s criticism. He added that ...

Minneapolis Live Updates:
Videos Contradict the Federal Account of the Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.
Federal authorities said the slain man, #Alex #Pretti, had approached agents with a gun.
But videos show…

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.

Federato, which provides AI-powered insurance lifecycle software, raised a $100M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, taking its total funding to $180M (InsurTech Analyst)
https://insurtechanalyst.com/2025/11/18/federato-launches-ai-n…

Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday,
with other observers watching and videotaping their actions,
in an area called Eat Street,
a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses.
Footage appears to show the moment man is shot dead by federal agent in Minneapolis – video
It’s the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.

A federal judge in Minnesota denied a motion by the Trump administration
to detain two of the three protesters arrested this week
for leading a demonstration inside a St. Paul church,
where the pastor allegedly works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
U.S. District Judge Laura M. Provinzino wrote in her order that
Justice Department lawyers
failed to “demonstrate that a detention hearing is warranted,
or that detention is otherwise appropriate…

Federal judge rejects DOJ motion to detain arrested Minnesota protesters
A federal judge in Minnesota denied a motion by the Trump administration to detain two of the three protesters arrested this week for leading a demonstration inside a St.

Conservatives who once railed against federal agents now applaud them
Trump is deploying some of the government’s policing agencies as an armed presidential force
— sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
the Border Patrol,
the National Guard, and others
into areas he considers in need of pacification,
from Los Angeles
to Portland, Oregon,
to Minneapolis.
Many on the right are applauding the crackdown.

The turnabout highlight…

Conservatives who once railed against federal agents now applaud them
Since Ruby Ridge and Waco, some right-wing populists had excoriated federal law enforcement. Now those agents are being deployed by their allies.