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U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Los Angeles on March 23, 2001. RENE MACURA/AP PHOTO
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Los Angeles on March 23, 2001. RENE MACURA/AP PHOTO

As Trump pushes legal boundaries, judges hold the line

WILMINGTON, Delaware, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s furious pace of orders slashing foreign aid, sending troops to the border and pardoning violent criminals has met little resistance in Congress.

M23 rebels stand guard near civilians during a meeting organised by the M23 at the Stade de l’Unite, after the town of Goma was taken by the M23 rebels, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 6, 2025.

Dozens of runaway Congo soldiers face trial on violence charges

(Reuters) – Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against civilians, including murder and looting, the military prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.

The interior of farmer Brit Thompson’s vintage Airstream camper, being used as an Airbnb rental to capitalize on an explosion of city dwellers and suburbanites flocking to rural areas for vacations, is seen on Thompson’s Pink River Ranch in Blanchardville, Wisconsin, U.S., May 2024. Honest Mom Photography/Handout via REUTERS

US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn

BLANCHARDVILLE, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to capitalize on an explosion of urbanites looking to spend time in the countryside.

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