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Midday News: Activist Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Administration, LGBTQ Support Line Staff Face Layoffs, and Fun & Dumb Improv Festival Brings Laughs to Brooklyn Through Sunday

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Columbia graduate and campus activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing the Trump administration for $20 million, alleging he was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and smeared as an anti-Semite. Meanwhile, a dozen crisis workers in New York and New Jersey who staff the 988 Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ support line are expected to lose their jobs this month. Plus, WNYC’s David Furst speaks with Phillip Markle, artistic director of the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, about this weekend’s Fun & Dumb Improv Festival.
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