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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Wisconsin Watch. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. A behind-the-scenes legal effort to force Congress to call a convention to amend the Constitution could end up helping President Donald Trump in his push to expand presidential power. While the convention effort is focused on the national debt, legal experts say it could open the door to other changes, such as limiting who can be a U.S. citizen, allowing the president to overrule Congress’ spending decisions or even making…

Watch: US begins Yemen strikesYemen’s Houthi rebels say there have been fresh US strikes against them, with the number of dead rising to 53, including five children. Targets in the Al Jaouf and Hudaydah areas were hit early on Monday, according to the rebel group, while the US Central Command said its forces had continued operations.The US launched what it called a “decisive and powerful” wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday as part of efforts to stop Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Washington says some key Houthi figures are among the dead, but the…

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling.U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday temporarily blocking the deportations, but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did…

Home Daily News On-campus recruiting for summer associates… Careers On-campus recruiting for summer associates falls in popularity as law firms ‘jockey for positions’ By Debra Cassens Weiss March 13, 2025, 12:44 pm CDT On-campus interviewing by law firms has “firmly tumbled from its place of prominence” in the recruiting of summer associates, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement. Image from Shutterstock. On-campus interviewing by law firms has “firmly tumbled from its place of prominence” in the recruiting of summer associates, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement.…

Because dinner tastes better with a backdrop like this…Let’s be honest, half the fun of dining out in Dubai is the view – a killer setting just makes everything taste better. Some of the best restaurants in Dubai with a view are worth visiting for the view alone – but when the food matches the setting, that’s when you know you’ve found something special. Because you’re also here for that ‘wow’ moment every time you look up from your plate. Here are 13 of the best restaurants in Dubai with a view in 2025.Click through the gallery 3 of 12…

ProPublica announced on Wednesday that Cassandra Garibay and Ashley Clarke have joined the crowdsourcing and engagement reporting team. “I was so heartened by the incredible applicant pool for our engagement reporter position,” said Ariana Tobin, ProPublica’s crowdsourcing and engagement team editor. “Our field has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and we are so excited to have hired two journalists working at the cutting edge of it. Ashley and Cassandra have both done exceptional, thoughtful, creative work reporting on and with communities facing some of the most pressing issues of our time. I can’t wait for people to…

Brandon DrenonBBC News, Washington DCReutersMore than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members have been deported from America to a supermax prison in El Salvador, even as a US judge blocked the removals.El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele wrote on social media that 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had arrived in the Central American country, along with 23 members of the international MS-13 gang, on Sunday morning.Neither the US government nor El Salvador has identified the detainees, nor provided details of their alleged criminality or gang membership.A federal judge’s order prevented the Trump administration from invoking a centuries-old wartime…

Serbian officials denied Sunday that the country’s security forces used a military-grade sonic weapon to disperse and scare protesters at a huge anti-government rally in the capital.Opposition officials and Serbian rights groups claimed that the widely banned acoustic weapon that emits a targeted beam to temporarily incapacitate people was used during the protest Saturday. They say they will file charges with the European Court of Human Rights and domestic courts against those who ordered the attack.Serbia has not denied that it has the acoustic device in its arsenal.At least 100,000 people descended on Belgrade on Saturday for a mass rally…

Home Daily News Law prof suspended over exam question, class… First Amendment Law prof suspended over exam question, class discussion can sue for First Amendment retaliation, 7th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 13, 2025, 2:14 pm CDT A federal appeals court has revived a First Amendment retaliation claim by a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law who used an “expurgated racial slur” on an exam question, leading to an investigation, required diversity training, a suspension and denial of a pay raise. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago ruled Wednesday in a…

The very best of Dubai, as chosen by you…Registration has closed, the votes are in, and your ballot box picks for the best dining and entertainment venues in Dubai, have been weighed, measured and counted. This is a list for the people, by the people – a manifesto of your favourite menus and venues, fighting it out for a shot to take home the crown in each category of the What’s On Dubai Awards 2025.Did your favourite make the cut?The winners will be announced at a glittering award ceremony, to be held at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre on Wednesday, April…