Trump announces US-Iran talks after calling off strike wave Yen strengthens after joint Japan-US currency intervention Ceuta death toll rises to 72 as most migrants return to Morocco Israeli strikes continue in Gaza as disarmament roadmap stalls Chinese chip advances trigger week of global market swings Drone strikes kill nine in Russia as Ukraine says it hit Saratov refinery Iran says Hormuz route talks with Oman near completion as US blockade holds Rights group blames Sudan's army for drone strike on Darfur court OPEC+ completes rollback of 2023 oil output cuts Rosatom reports drone strike meters from Zaporizhzhia reactor building Two water-bomber pilots killed as wildfire destroys homes near Athens AstraZeneca held talks on $400bn Bristol Myers merger Brent falls below $82 as US holds off on Iran strikes Suicide bomber kills 14 at Pakistani police station Hungary shuts sole nuclear plant as Danube hits record low EU labelling duty for AI-generated content takes effect Bomb kills three at central Moscow restaurant China drills at Scarborough Shoal and warns Manila of a 'head-on blow'Hackers hit US water systems in at least seven states US-backed Venezuela transition talks set to open Wildfires around Spokane force 60,000 to evacuate AI funding boom shows signs of strain Beijing draws 'red lines' before trade talks with EU and US Israel ties Lebanon deal to Hezbollah disarmament after Kafra blast Gunmen kill 12 in Nigerian village and seize churchgoers US restores part of its vaccine and health aid Lula launches bid for fourth term against Bolsonaro's son China flash flood death toll rises to 25 Israeli forces push into Syria's Quneitra province EU naval force boards sanctioned Russian shadow-fleet tanker AI policy groups demand federal probe into OpenAI breach Modi speeds up informal Indo-Pacific bloc to counter China Ortega scraps elections to cement family rule in Nicaragua US weighs transfer of Patriot production technology to Ukraine Taiwan warns China's hybrid warfare tests whole region US troop movements in Iraqi Kurdistan raise drawdown questions Kremlin pushes more Russian men into fighting in Ukraine UK farmers warn drought could cause food shortages Türkiye updates military readiness for Cyprus after UN chief's visit China's private factory gauge shows weaker growth US Senate leaders reach funding deal to avert shutdown Paul Weiss's capitulation reshaped US legal resistance to Trump Third suspect arrested as more graves surface in Zubin Potok US health secretary tells families to vaccinate against measles Pakistan applies for $10bn US forex facility Storm leaves two dead and 180,000 without power in Chile Monte dei Paschi explores Banco BPM takeover as Rome plans exit Lebanon weighs consequences of Salameh arrest Iran-linked Foxtrot network recruits teenagers in Europe Bus collision kills eight in central Tanzania Trump announces US-Iran talks after calling off strike wave Yen strengthens after joint Japan-US currency intervention Ceuta death toll rises to 72 as most migrants return to Morocco Israeli strikes continue in Gaza as disarmament roadmap stalls Chinese chip advances trigger week of global market swings Drone strikes kill nine in Russia as Ukraine says it hit Saratov refinery Iran says Hormuz route talks with Oman near completion as US blockade holds Rights group blames Sudan's army for drone strike on Darfur court OPEC+ completes rollback of 2023 oil output cuts Rosatom reports drone strike meters from Zaporizhzhia reactor building Two water-bomber pilots killed as wildfire destroys homes near Athens AstraZeneca held talks on $400bn Bristol Myers merger Brent falls below $82 as US holds off on Iran strikes Suicide bomber kills 14 at Pakistani police station Hungary shuts sole nuclear plant as Danube hits record low EU labelling duty for AI-generated content takes effect Bomb kills three at central Moscow restaurant China drills at Scarborough Shoal and warns Manila of a 'head-on blow'Hackers hit US water systems in at least seven states US-backed Venezuela transition talks set to open Wildfires around Spokane force 60,000 to evacuate AI funding boom shows signs of strain Beijing draws 'red lines' before trade talks with EU and US Israel ties Lebanon deal to Hezbollah disarmament after Kafra blast Gunmen kill 12 in Nigerian village and seize churchgoers US restores part of its vaccine and health aid Lula launches bid for fourth term against Bolsonaro's son China flash flood death toll rises to 25 Israeli forces push into Syria's Quneitra province EU naval force boards sanctioned Russian shadow-fleet tanker AI policy groups demand federal probe into OpenAI breach Modi speeds up informal Indo-Pacific bloc to counter China Ortega scraps elections to cement family rule in Nicaragua US weighs transfer of Patriot production technology to Ukraine Taiwan warns China's hybrid warfare tests whole region US troop movements in Iraqi Kurdistan raise drawdown questions Kremlin pushes more Russian men into fighting in Ukraine UK farmers warn drought could cause food shortages Türkiye updates military readiness for Cyprus after UN chief's visit China's private factory gauge shows weaker growth US Senate leaders reach funding deal to avert shutdown Paul Weiss's capitulation reshaped US legal resistance to Trump Third suspect arrested as more graves surface in Zubin Potok US health secretary tells families to vaccinate against measles Pakistan applies for $10bn US forex facility Storm leaves two dead and 180,000 without power in Chile Monte dei Paschi explores Banco BPM takeover as Rome plans exit Lebanon weighs consequences of Salameh arrest Iran-linked Foxtrot network recruits teenagers in Europe Bus collision kills eight in central Tanzania

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Trump vs law firms

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A New York Times investigation published on Sunday traces how Paul Weiss, once the leader of legal resistance to Donald Trump, gave in to White House pressure, and how that surrender set off a broad retreat across the US legal industry.

The conflict pits Donald Trump's White House against large US law firms, which came under pressure over the clients and causes they take on. Paul Weiss, one of the biggest New York firms, had led the profession's legal resistance to the president before reaching an accommodation with the administration.

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Paul Weiss's capitulation reshaped US legal resistance to Trump

A New York Times investigation published on Sunday described how the law firm Paul Weiss, which had led the legal resistance to President Donald Trump, surrendered to White House pressure and set off a sudden retreat across the legal industry. Separately, Trump criticised US Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Saturday for dismissing a vandalism case linked to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, while Senator John Kennedy said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that she "was right to pull back" the charge.