The Supreme Court is entering the final weeks of its term with several high-profile cases involving President Donald Trump's second-term agenda still awaiting decisions.

Karmelo Anthony has been charged with first degree murder after fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas.

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Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson debuted 50 of 1000 planned tiny homes for homeless residents on Sunday ahead of the World Cup. 

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New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he won't allow the Trump administration to send federal immigration officers to World Cup soccer events.

Mamdani expressed his displeasure at comments from border czar Tom Homan warning that the administration is planning a surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to New York City.

'As the world comes to our city, we will stand proudly with our immigrant neighbors and reject these attacks for what they are: an attempt to divide us.'

Mamdani responded by citing the contributions immigrants have made to World Cup events that are coming to New York City.

"Soccer would not exist without immigrants. Immigrants play and coach the game, work in the stadiums, fill the stands, and make celebrations like the World Cup possible. Six of the players on the US Men's National Team are immigrants," the mayor wrote.

"We will not allow ICE or anyone else to sow fear in our communities — especially at this moment," he added. "As the world comes to our city, we will stand proudly with our immigrant neighbors and reject these attacks for what they are: an attempt to divide us."

Homan made the surge threat after accusing Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul of obstructing regular deportation operations in the state.

"You’re going to see more ICE than you’ve ever seen in New York City, and it’s coming," Homan said Monday in an interview on Fox. "I just reviewed an operational plan. I’m not going to tell you exactly when it’s going to happen, but it’s coming."

Mamdani has also criticized President Donald Trump for travel restrictions that have stymied some travelers trying to make it to the World Cup events in the U.S.

"This is anathema to what this tournament is supposed to be about if we cannot even allow the players and the teams and the journalists covering those teams to come into this city or this country, then it begs a larger question about our commitment to the spirit of this tournament," said Mamdani to the press during a FIFA promotional event.

He went on to advocate for the abolition of ICE.

"ICE raids are cruel, they are inhumane," said Mamdani. "They do nothing to serve in the interests of public safety. ... ICE as an entity is one that should be abolished."

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The Department of Homeland Security issued a fiery response to Mamdani in a post on social media.

"Apparently [Mayor Mamdani] doesn’t think that arresting rapists, murderers, pedophiles, and assailants serves 'the interest of public safety.' While sanctuary politicians like Mamdani keep fighting for criminal illegal aliens, the heroic men and women of [ICE] will keep risking their lives to keep New Yorkers SAFE," the DHS account stated.

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A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a meet was convicted of murder Tuesday in a trial that drew national attention far beyond the Dallas suburb where the students attended different high schools.

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UPDATE, 6:42 p.m. ET: After Karmelo Anthony was found guilty Tuesday afternoon of murdering Austin Metcalf, the trial quickly shifted to the sentencing phase.

The same Collin County jury that found Anthony guilty returned to the courtroom Tuesday to hear arguments from the prosecution and defense regarding Anthony's sentence, KTVT-TV reported, which would range from five years to 99 years behind bars.

However, the station also noted that the jury will be considering "sudden passion," which can lessen the sentence "if the decision to kill was made during an agitated state."

KTVT, citing the Texas Penal Code, said that at the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may introduce sudden passion — and that if sudden passion is proven, "the offense is a felony of the second degree," and the sentence then can range from two to 20 years in prison.

As the sentencing phase kicked off, the prosecution and defense waived opening statements, the prosecution rested, and the defense called Kayla Hayes — Anthony's mother — to the witness stand, the station said.

"He's my oldest; he's my firstborn," Hayes said, according to the station. "He will always be my baby. I love him very much."

KTVT said the defense asked Hayes, "Does your son regret what he did?" and she replied, "Yes, he's very sorry for what he did." With that, the punishment phase of the trial ended after just one witness, the station said.

However, Prosecutor Bill Wirskye blasted the defense's introduction of sudden passion, saying it doesn't apply, KTVT reported.

Wirskye said sudden passion is "directly caused by and arising out of provocation by the individual killed," which he said did not happen in this case, the station said. Wirskye also argued that "adequate cause" — in other words, a cause that typically would produce anger, rage, or resentment — also doesn't apply, KTVT reported.

"This murder, this murderer — sudden passion does not apply. ... Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent," he said, according to the station.

"Life sentences have already been handed down in this case," Wirskye also noted, referring to the impact on the Metcalf family, KTVT reported. "Only a lengthy, lengthy prison sentence is appropriate here. ... Your duty is clear. I beg you to do your duty this afternoon. ... What you do here sends a message."

The jury was then excused to deliberate Anthony's sentence, the station said.

KTVT added that the jury was given instructions regarding the issue of sudden passion, and if the jury unanimously finds Anthony caused Metcalf's death "under the immediate influence" of sudden passion, Anthony may be sentenced for no more than 20 years and no less than two years behind bars.

However, if the jury unanimously finds that sudden passion was not a factor, Anthony may be sentenced to life in prison — or no more than 99 years or no less than 5 years behind bars, the station said.

KTVT added that Anthony's sentence also may be reduced by parole — but he's not eligible for parole until his time served equals half of the sentence imposed or 30 years, whichever is less. Also, the sentencing verdict must be unanimous, the station said.

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Jurors took just short of three hours Tuesday to return a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony.

Jurors began deliberations at 10:54 a.m., KTVT-TV reported, and officials announced at 1:45 p.m. that a verdict had been reached.

'You don't get to kill someone just because they are bigger than you.'

The station reported that Anthony visibly broke down in the courtroom when the guilty verdict was read, and he is now in custody. KTVT added that Anthony's parents left the courtroom after the verdict was read.

Prior to the start of deliberations, jurors were instructed that they could consider a lesser charge of manslaughter, the station said.

Anthony was 17 when authorities charged him with murdering high school star athlete and fellow 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in a stabbing at a Frisco, Texas, track meet in April 2025.

The murder charge is a first-degree felony, the station said. Anthony faces a sentence of five to 99 years or life in prison. KTVT said the same jury is determining what sentence Anthony will face.

According to Texas law, murder means a defendant "intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual," KTVT said — but manslaughter means the defendant "recklessly causes the death of an individual."

A conviction for manslaughter — a second-degree felony — would have meant a sentence of two to 20 years in prison, the station said.

Criminologist Alex del Carmen told KTVT in a separate story that he believed Anthony's case meets the threshold of manslaughter: "He didn't get up with the intent to kill someone, but he knew the risks taking that knife to campus and pulling it out. Self-defense or not, rational choices needed to be made."

Anthony's defense objected to jury instructions saying the jurors could find Anthony's self-defense argument not viable if they believe the defendant provoked the attack, the station said.

However, the prosecutor argued that a rational jury could find Anthony provoked the altercation, KTVT said, and therefore the instruction should remain. The judge agreed with the prosecutor, overruling the defense's objection, the station said.

RELATED: Karmelo Anthony murder trial: Jurors begin deliberations — and can consider lesser charge of manslaughter

The prosecutor waived the right to begin closing arguments Tuesday morning, so lead defense attorney Mike Howard was the first to address the jury, KTVT said.

Howard focused on his client's self-defense argument, saying, "Austin Metcalf had no legal right to use force to eject Karmelo Anthony from that tent," the station reported.

Howard added that "he had no legal right to put his hands on Karmelo" and that "Karmelo is in a public place," KTVT noted.

Howard also asked the members of the jury to put themselves in Anthony's shoes, noting that it was raining, the station said: "You want to get out of the rain. ... Sure enough, one of the people at Memorial says, 'Yeah, come on over.'"

KTVT said the defense attorney added that "Hunter Metcalf, or Austin, say, 'Who are you? You need to leave.' ... These guys are much bigger than you. Do you turn your back and walk away and take a chance with these teenage boys with their raging hormones?"

"Austin and Hunter had the right to tell Melo to leave, but they did not have the right to use deadly force to make him leave," Howard told the jury, according to the station. "Melo had an absolute right to [defend] himself against that."

Howard also asked the jury, "How do you know in a split second of chaos when it's too late? ... Because if you wait too late to defend yourself, self-defense is meaningless," KTVT reported.

Anthony did not take the stand in his defense.

Following the defense's closing argument, prosecutor Bill Wirskye began speaking to the jury and rebutting Anthony's self-defense claim, the station said.

"This is one of those rare cases where every important fact can be boiled down to one sentence: You do not get to meet a shove with a stab, especially if you provoke the shove," Wirskye said, according to KTVT.

"Why didn't [Anthony] just not walk away?" Wirskye asked jurors, according to the station. "You see [he] had a choice to walk away and abandon the encounter."

The prosecutor added that "you can meet deadly force with deadly force in Texas, but you can't meet force — a shove — with deadly force — a stab. Size differential, it doesn't work in this case; you don't get to kill someone just because they are bigger than you," KTVT reported.

Wirskye also told the jury that "self-defense has to be a reasonable belief — a reasonable belief means a belief that would [be] held by an ordinary and prudent person in the same situation as the defendant," the station said.

"It has to be immediately necessary. Where was the immediate necessity to plunge a knife into an unarmed young man?" Wirskye asked the jury, according to KTVT. "It's not self-defense, folks — it's murder. Murder, plain and simple."

Notably, all prospective black jurors were dismissed during jury selection last week — and one reportedly said he'd have a "hard time putting a brother in jail." Anthony is black; Metcalf was white. They attended different high schools and didn't know each other.

Racial tensions have surrounded the case from the start. Shortly after Metcalf's death, Anthony supporters went viral on social media, with one declaring that "Austin Metcalf got exactly what he deserved — point blank, period."

Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information regarding the sentencing phase of Anthony's murder trial.

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In his ongoing support of requiring identification to vote, President Donald Trump championed a joint resolution passed by the Ohio Senate, urging the state House of Representatives to pass the measure.

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Mayhem broke out Monday night on Manhattan’s 42nd Street as thousands of rowdy New York Knicks fans flooded the area outside an NBA Finals Game 3 watch party in Bryant Park.

After a highly anticipated watch party outside Madison Square Garden was canceled due to heightened security for President Donald Trump’s attendance at the game, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a 5,000-person watch party in Bryant Park, which required attendees to register in advance.

'Last night was another shameful display from individuals who are more interested in brawling with each other, ripping up street signs, and hurling objects at cops than supporting their team.'

While the crowd inside the park was collected, thousands of fans who did not make it into the park began to wreak havoc on infrastructure, police officers, and other civilians.

Police said about 7,000 people were at Bryant Park and the surrounding area as the chaos erupted.

Multiple videos show people climbing scaffolding, walking on top of police vehicles, tearing down trees, engaging in fistfights, swarming a taxi cab, and aggressively shaking a bus stop signpost — detaching the sign in the process.

That bus sign was later used as a weapon in a brawl between multiple fans before police intervened.

Members of the crowd threw beer bottles at officers, which prompted the use of pepper spray. Multiple fans also attempted to climb a passing NYPD barricades truck while chanting, “Suck my d**k.”

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Additional police officers were deployed in riot gear to disperse the crowd.

The NYPD said 21 people were taken into custody, eight of whom were charged, while the other 13 were released with criminal court summonses for disorderly conduct.

Two people were charged with assault on a police officer, while one man was charged with attempted assault on an officer, the NYPD added.

Five police officers were reportedly injured as well.

New York City Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry on Tuesday denounced the conduct: "Last night was another shameful display from individuals who are more interested in brawling with each other, ripping up street signs, and hurling objects at cops than supporting their team. We know New Yorkers are passionate about these NBA Finals, but police officers shouldn't have to endure a barrage of mayhem after every single game."

Hendry added that "our elected leaders need to send a stronger message and make it crystal clear that this behavior won't be tolerated."

The Knicks lost Game 3 to the Spurs 115-111 but still lead the series 2 games to 1. Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announcing that watch parties outside the venue are expected to resume.

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A jury in Collin County, Texas, has found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.

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