Early Addition: Mahmoud Khalil is suing the Trump administration for $20 million
July 11, 2025, 9:46 a.m.
Because the pro-Palestinian activist says he was falsely imprisoned for months, here are your early links: Amazon warehouse is very hot, bubble house for sale, Moo Deng turned 1 and more.

Good Friday morning in New York City, where the broker fee ban doesn't appear to have caused a rent spike.
Here's what else is happening:
- Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil, recently freed after months of ICE detention, is suing the Trump administration for $20 million.
- Workers at a major Amazon facility on Staten Island rallied this week to protest brutally hot conditions inside the warehouse.
- West Side Kids, an Upper West Side toy store, is closing after 44 years in business because too many customers now buy everything on Amazon.
- The East 71st Street bubble house is for sale.
- Larry David and Barack Obama are co-producing a sketch comedy show about American history.
- Look at this big ol' black bear who was roaming around the streets of Fairfield, New Jersey, this week.
- Moo Deng turned 1.
- And finally, here she comes:
Seals are funny..🦭😅 pic.twitter.com/ztIBmId3XE
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 11, 2025