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Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants
Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants

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Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants

WASHINGTON (AP) — A district court judge in New York issued a preliminary injunction Friday night stopping the mass cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to members of the Authors Guild on the grounds that their First Amendment rights were violated. Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York stayed the mass cancellations of grants previously awarded to guild members and ordered that any funds associated with the grants not be reobligated until a trial on the merits of the case is held. In reaching her decision, the judge said the 'defendants terminated the grants based on the recipients' perceived viewpoint, in an effort to drive such views out of the marketplace of ideas. This is most evident by the citation in the Termination Notices to executive orders purporting to combat 'Radical Indoctrination' and 'Radical … DEI Programs,' and to further 'Biological Truth.'' One of the grants was to a professor writing a book on the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s and 1980s. On a spreadsheet entitled 'Copy of NEH Active Grants,' the government flagged the work as being connected to diversity, equality and inclusion efforts, McMahon wrote. The judge said several other history projects on the spreadsheet were also canceled in part because of their connection to DEI-related subjects. 'Far be it from this Court to deny the right of the Administration to focus NEH priorities on American history and exceptionalism as the year of our semiquincentennial approaches,' McMahon said. 'Such refocusing is ordinarily a matter of agency discretion. But agency discretion does not include discretion to violate the First Amendment. Nor does not give the Government the right to edit history.' McMahon said some of the grantees lost grants simply because they had received them during the Biden administration. The Guild filed a class action lawsuit in May against the NEH and the Department of Government Efficiency for terminating grants that had already been appropriated by Congress. The humanities groups' lawsuit said DOGE brought the core work of the humanities councils 'to a screeching halt' this spring when it terminated its grant program. The filing is the most recent lawsuit filed by humanities groups and historical, research and library associations to try to stop funding cuts and the dissolution of federal agencies and organizations. McMahon noted her injunction is narrowly tailored 'to maintain the status quo until we can decide whether Plaintiffs are entitled to ultimate relief. It does nothing more.' The judge denied a temporary injunction request from the American Council of Learned Societies, as well as several of their claims in the lawsuit. Their case included the American Historical Association and the Modern Language Association.

‘Fantastic Four: First Steps' Defying Expectations At Weekend Box Office
‘Fantastic Four: First Steps' Defying Expectations At Weekend Box Office

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time28 minutes ago

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‘Fantastic Four: First Steps' Defying Expectations At Weekend Box Office

Ebon Moss-Bachrach in "The Fantastic Four: First Steps." The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, is beating pre-release projections on its way to a $125 million opening at the domestic box office. The fourth film iteration of Marvel's First Family of Superheroes stars Pascal, Kirby, Quinn and Moss-Bachrach as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing, respectively. Rather than going the origin film route, director Matt Shakman picks up the story four years after a cosmic event during a space mission altered each of the scientists' DNA and gave them unique superpowers. The Fantastic Four: First Steps — which marks the characters' debut in Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe— earned an estimated $56 million on Friday and is projected by Deadline to earn $125 million in the film's opening Friday to Sunday frame. The film opened Friday in 4,125 North American theaters after playing in Thursday previews. If Deadline's $125 million opening weekend projection holds, it will match the same amount of money James Gunn's Superman earned from July 11-13. Released by Warner Bros.' DC Studios division, Superman opened on 4,135 screens in its opening weekend. To date, Superman has earned $264.6 million domestically and $172.7 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $437.2 million against a $225 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, according to The Numbers. David Corenswet in "Superman." 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Box Office Was Projected To Open Much Lighter Going into the weekend, three major Hollywood trade publications all projected The Fantastic Four: First Steps to open with anywhere between $100 million to $110 million domestically, an amount far below Superman's $125 million opening. As such, Disney and Marvel Studios will no doubt be celebrating the overperformance of the film after the lackluster showings of the studios' first two MCU releases of 2025: Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thunderbolts* (aka The New Avengers). With the huge opening for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Superman will no doubt be kicked off the top of the domestic box office perch, but how far it will fall is yet to be seen. In the film's second weekend, from July 18-20, Superman held onto the No. 1 spot domestically with a take of $58.4 million. Since there are no other wide releases this weekend and Superman handily defeated last weekend's newcomers I Know What You Did Last Summer, Smurfs and Eddington, in all likelihood the latest Man of Steel film will finish at No. 2 at the domestic box office this weekend. Note: This box office report will be updated throughout the weekend as new numbers are released. The final numbers for this weekend's box office will be released on Monday.

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