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Supreme Court allows Trump admin. to deport 8 migrants to South Sudan
Police stand guard outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 27, 2025. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the Trump administration can deported eight migrants to South Sudan. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo July 4 (UPI) -- The conservative-leaning Supreme Court has allowed the United States to deport eight migrants being held at a military base in Djibouti to war-torn South Sudan, handing the Trump administration a victory in its crackdown on immigration. The justices issued their ruling Thursday, which was the second time they have weighed in on the case. On June 23, the Supreme Court stayed an April 18 preliminary injunction that prevented the federal government from removing any noncitizen to a third country other than their own without permitting them the opportunity to argue they would be subjected to tortured or receive degrading treatment. Later that same day, a district court ruled in favor of lawyers representing eight migrants already deported to Djibouti, ordering that the Trump administration must maintain custody of them. The Trump administration then filed a request with the U.S. high court for clarification that its June ruling also applied to the men being held in the East African country. In its two-page, unsigned ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court said, "Our June 23 order stayed the April preliminary injunction in full." Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, wrote in a strongly worded dissent that the Supreme Court's refusal to justify its decisions in this case "is indefensible." "What the government wants to do, concretely, is send the eight noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan, where they will be turned over to the local authorities without regard for the likelihood that they will face torture or death," Sotomayor wrote. "Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial." The eight migrants are natives of Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar and Vietnam. Only one is from South Sudan. All have been convicted in the United States of serious crimes, including murder. The government flew them to Djibouti in May with the intentions of sending them to South Sudan, despite the State Department having issued the highest level of warning -- Level 4: Do Not Travel -- against Americans going to South Sudan due to threats posed by crime, kidnapping and armed conflict. The flight prompted a mad dash by their lawyers to ensure the Trump administration maintains custody of their clients. On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security celebrated the Supreme Court ruling. "These sickos will be in South Sudan by Independence Day," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. Independence Day is Friday. "A win for the rule of law, safety and security of the American people." The Trump administration sent the migrants to Djibouti amid its crackdown on immigration, which includes mass deportations and efforts to prevent migrants from entering the country via the southern border.
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Behind the Scenes, Sam Altman Is Absolutely Furious
The tug of war for artificial intelligence developers between Meta and OpenAI is devolving into a knock-down, drag-out fight. In an effort to revive his crumbling AI program, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently declared open season on OpenAI's staffers. The billionaire tech mogul is said to be hand-selecting AI researchers and developers to build out a "superintelligence" AI lab, offering up to $100 million in sign-on bonuses if they leave OpenAI for a seat at Meta's table. So far, OpenAI has lost at least eight researchers to Meta, as offers to top staff continue to grow. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — never one to sit back and take it from his fellow billionaires — responded to the threat by giving his employees a mandatory week off as the company's executives scramble to plug the holes on their leaky ship. Meanwhile, Altman is fuming. In a fierce reply to Zuckerberg's poaching spree directed toward OpenAI's research department, Altman lashed out at his rival tech tycoon and made his lengthy case for why OpenAI employees should stand their ground. "We have gone from some nerds in the corner to the most interesting people in the tech industry (at least)," Altman said in a Slack post viewed by Wired. "AI Twitter is toxic; Meta is acting in a way that feels somewhat distasteful; I assume things will get even crazier in the future. After I got fired and came back I said that was not the craziest thing that would happen in OpenAl history; certainly neither is this." Altman's comments refer to a brief ousting by OpenAI's board of directors in 2023, before being reinstated just a few days later. "Meta has gotten a few great people for sure, but on the whole, it is hard to overstate how much they didn't get their top people and had to go quite far down their list; they have been trying to recruit people for a super long time, and I've lost track of how many people from here they've tried to get to be their Chief Scientist," Altman continued. "I am proud of how mission-oriented our industry is as a whole; of course there will always be some mercenaries," the CEO said, adding that "missionaries will beat mercenaries." To keep workers on the hook, Altman hinted that OpenAI is "assessing compensation for the entire research organization," according to Wired. "I believe there is much, much more upside to OpenAl stock than Meta stock." Both companies swirl around an almost messianic faith in "artificial general intelligence," or AGI, the supposed point at which AI's cognitive abilities match up to or exceed a human's. So far, that remains a pipe dream — Microsoft's CEO recently expressed doubts that OpenAI can achieve AGI — but the promise still looms large in the fight to build the dominant AI monopoly. "We actually care about building AGI in a good way," Altman evangelized. "Other companies care more about this as an instrumental goal to some other mission. But this is our top thing, and always will be." More on Altman: ChatGPT Encouraged Man as He Swore to Kill Sam Altman Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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Steelers reward GM Omar Khan with contract extension after star-studded offseason
Signing Aaron Rodgers has so far yielded two very different results for his last two teams' general managers. After a busy offseason, Steelers GM Omar Khan received a new three-year contract extension Thursday. Advertisement Time will tell how Khan's moves turn out, but now-former Jets GM Joe Douglas was fired midway through last season with the same quarterback Pittsburgh currently has at the helm. Steelers general manager Omar Khan received a new contract Thursday. Imagn Images Joe Douglas was fired as Jets GM midway through last season. Bill Kostroun/New York Post While Rodgers' performance will determine much of the Steelers' outlook, Khan's other moves were some big-time swings, too. Earlier this week, Pittsburgh acquired seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jalen Ramsey, tight end Jonnu Smith and a seventh-round pick for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and a fifth-round pick. The Steelers also parted ways with wide receiver George Pickens in a May trade with the Cowboys, and, in a separate deal, acquired DK Metcalf from the Seahawks at the same position. Aaron Rodgers is on a one-year. $13.65 million contract for this season with Pittsburgh. Getty Images 'Omar and his team have done a great job over the past three years in constructing our roster through the NFL Draft, strategic trades, and free agency,' Steelers president Art Rooney II said in a release. 'We look forward to continuing that trend that will lead to even more success on the field.' Advertisement Khan was hired as general manager in 2022 but is in his 25th season with the franchise, as he previously served as the team's vice president of football and business operations. 'I would like to thank Art Rooney II for his support,' Khan said. 'I believe we are building a championship roster and look forward to the 2025 season and beyond as our goals continue to be to bring another Super Bowl to the City of Pittsburgh and our great fans.' DK Metcalf is expected to be Aaron Rodgers' top receiving option this season. AP Head coach Mike Tomlin has been with the Steelers since the 2007 season. AP Khan and the Steelers are coming off a 10-7 season in which they were bounced in the first round of the playoffs. The Steelers last won a playoff game during the 2016-17 season despite five more appearances since that campaign. Advertisement The franchise will hope the 41-year-old Rodgers can pave the way for a successful year, as the roster around him is mostly strong. Rodgers went 5-12 as the starter in his lone full season with the Jets in 2024-25.
