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A federal judge has refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter. But he urged the government to reconsider its two-week-old ban. He said that case law “is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.” U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden told attorneys for the Trump administration and the AP that the issue required more exploration before ruling. The AP filed a lawsuit Friday saying that its First Amendment rights were being violated. President Donald Trump said it was punishment for the agency’s decision not to entirely follow his executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”

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A federal judge on Monday blocked immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations in houses of worship for Quakers and a handful of other religious groups. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chang found that the Trump administration policy could violate their religious freedom, and should be blocked while a lawsuit challenging it plays out. The preliminary injunction from the Maryland-based judge only applies to the plaintiffs, which also include a Georgia-based network of Baptist churches and a Sikh temple in California. They sued after the Trump administration threw out Department of Homeland Security policies limiting where migrant arrests could happen.

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President Donald Trump is backing Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments or risk getting fired. The edict has spawned new litigation and added to turmoil within the government workforce. Trump says his Republican administration is “trying to find out if people are working." Opponents filed an updated lawsuit in federal court in California on Monday, arguing Musk's actions are illegal and describing the threat of mass firings as “one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country.” The White House has criticized the litigation, calling it frivolous. Some federal agencies have directed employees not to comply by Musk's end-of-day Monday deadline.

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Members of the IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team are unhurt and back home after their bus caught fire on Interstate 275. The school posted a message on X that all team and staff members were safely evacuated from the bus, which experienced a mechanical issue on the Jaguars' trip home following a loss at Northern Kentucky. The team completed the trip home after being picked up by a second bus.

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Lawrence J. Dolan, owner of Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team since 2000, has died at age 94. The Cleveland Guardians said in a statement Monday that Dolan died Sunday night of natural causes. Dolan, a Cleveland native, bought the team from Richard Jacobs in 2000 for $320 million. The Dolan family is the longest-tenured ownership group in Cleveland franchise history. The franchise was known as the Cleveland Indians before changing its name to the Guardians after the 2021 season. Over the past 24 seasons, Cleveland has won seven American League Central Division titles, made nine postseason appearances and advanced to the 2016 World Series before losing to the Chicago Cubs.

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An assistant coach for the Denver Broncos is facing a felony assault charge after being accused of punching a police officer in the face at Denver International Airport. Outside linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault on a police officer and booked into the Denver jail on Sunday, according to jail records. A judge set a $5,000 bond on Monday.

A Mississippi city is dropping its lawsuit against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local officials removed by a judge. The city of Clarksdale on Monday sought to end its lawsuit that prompted the order that had drawn widespread outrage from First Amendment advocates. The city filed a motion in court moments after its board of commissioners voted to drop the suit. The judge last week ordered the editorial, which criticized the board and mayor, removed after officials filed the libel lawsuit. The city's motion asks the judge to dismiss her order. The case has drawn national attention from free speech advocates.