News Wrap: Legal Rulings on Immigration, Student Visas, and Fossil Fuels

Immigration and Legal Rulings

• ⚖️ A judge ordered Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, held since March, to be freed from immigration detention, ruling he is not a flight risk or danger to the community.
• 🚫 The Trump administration's efforts to block Harvard University from hosting international students were halted by a federal judge, granting the school a temporary victory.
• 🇺🇸 In California, a federal judge set a Monday deadline for state officials to argue their challenge to the Trump administration's use of the National Guard during protests and immigration raids.

Supreme Court Decisions

• ⛽ The Supreme Court sided with the fossil fuel industry, allowing producers to challenge California's stricter emissions standards.
• 💨 The court also rejected the FDA's bid to limit court challenges for vaping companies, allowing R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company to pursue a case in a more industry-friendly circuit.

International and Domestic Developments

• 🇵🇸 At least 37 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, some while attempting to get food at an aid distribution site, amid Israeli airstrikes.
• 🇬🇧 The U.K. Parliament approved a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill patients over 18 with less than six months to live.
• 🇲🇽 Hurricane Erick caused damage in southern Mexico, toppling trees, downing powerlines, and flooding streets, resulting in at least one death.
• 🌋 Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again, shooting lava fountains up to a thousand feet, but posing no threat to populated areas.

Voice of America Layoffs

• 📉 The Trump administration sent layoff notices to hundreds more employees at the Voice of America, impacting 639 employees and bringing the total job losses since March to approximately 1,400.