A Manhattan federal judge has issued an order preventing the Trump administration from halting over $1.1 billion in pandemic-era education funding that was yet to be used by U.S. public schools.
Judge Edgardo Ramos granted a preliminary injunction against Education Secretary Linda McMahon, temporarily blocking the government from pulling back the unspent funds from the American Rescue Plan Act while litigation is ongoing.
The legal challenge, initiated on April 10, was filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James along with attorneys general from 14 other states, the District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. All those involved in the suit are affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to Pakistan due to Pakistani airspace closure.

One of the Iranians arrested in the UK over the weekend for an alleged plot to carry out an imminent major terror attack on a Jewish target has close ties to the Iranian regime, The Telegraph revealed on Tuesday. According to the report, the suspect’s family owns prominent businesses in Iran and maintains close ties with government officials. An Iranian source in the UK described him as “very well connected.” The police said that the investigation is “in its initial stages” and that the focus of the probe is the possibility of the Iranian regime’s direct involvement in the plot to carry out a terror attack on British soil. According to reports in British media outlets on Monday, the suspects were arrested only hours before they planned to carry out a major attack on a Jewish site.

Trump on India-Pakistan conflict: “It’s a shame. We just heard about it as we were walking in the doors of the oval… I hope it ends very quickly”

WATCH: India has shot down a Pakistani JF-17 fighter jet over Kashmir.

Rite Aid customers can expect their local store to close or change ownership in the next few months, as the struggling drugstore chain goes through another bankruptcy filing. The company plans to sell customer prescription files, inventory and other assets as it closes distribution centers and unloads store locations. Stores will remain open for now, but the company isn’t buying new inventory so bare shelves are likely become more common. “I think what we’ll progressively see is the stores will become more and more spartan,” said retail analyst Neil Saunders. The company runs 1,245 stores in 15 states, according to its website. It has a heavy presence in New York, Pennsylvania and California, which alone has 347 locations. Here’s what customers can expect next.

A fugitive wanted for one of New York’s most chilling unsolved murders – the killing of an Iranian-Jewish man – has been captured and returned to the city after more than eight years on the run. Michel Patrick Desalles, now 54, has been extradited from the island nation of Mauritius and charged with the brutal 2017 murder of his boss, Omid Gholian, inside a Tribeca jewelry store. Prosecutors say Desalles viciously beat Gholian hy”d, 43, inside the back room of World of Gold N Diamond at Church and Duane Streets, before tightening two zip ties around his neck, leaving him to die in a pool of blood. Hours after the savage assault, Desalles boarded a flight at JFK Airport and vanished halfway around the world. Gholian’s disappearance initially puzzled his loved ones.

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The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record $140.5 billion in March as consumers and businesses alike tried to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s latest and most sweeping tariffs. The deficit — which measures the gap between the value of goods and services the U.S. sells abroad against what it buys — has roughly doubled over the last year. In March 2024, Commerce Department records show, that gap was just under $68.6 billion. According to federal data released on Tuesday, U.S. exports for goods and services totaled about $278.5 billion in March, while imports climbed to nearly $419 billion. That’s up $0.5 billion and $17.8 billion, respectively, from February trade. Imports are flooding into the U.S. trade wars deepen abroad.