The Trump administration’s policy of arresting and trying to deport international students for protesting in support of the Palestinians is blatant and illegal suppression of free speech, a judge said Tuesday.

Bihar’s final electoral roll for the upcoming assembly elections is 7.4 crore, reflecting a 6% drop from the pre-revision count. This figure follows the Special Intensive Revision, which involved deleting 3.7 lakh ineligible names and adding 21.5 lakh new voters. The process, initially marked by 65 lakh deletions, had previously sparked significant opposition protests.

The US federal government is on the brink of a shutdown after Democrats and Republicans blocked each other’s funding plans in the Senate. This partisan deadlock, driven by healthcare spending disputes, guarantees a shutdown from Wednesday, potentially furloughing hundreds of thousands of federal workers amid escalating political tensions.