An attempt to criminally charge six Democratic lawmakers over a short video message to U.S. service members has collapsed before it could gain traction. A federal grand jury declined to issue indictments sought by prosecutors in Washington, according to a source familiar with the matter. The charges would have stemmed from a late-year video in …
Grand Jury Slams the Brakes on Effort to Charge Democratic Lawmakers Read More »
The hearing room on Capitol Hill felt less like oversight and more like a reckoning. For the first time since two U.S. citizens were fatally shot during federal immigration operations in Minneapolis, senior officials from the country’s top immigration agencies sat before lawmakers and faced blistering questions about the administration’s hardline crackdown. Democrats zeroed in …
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The courtroom in Los Angeles is about to become a stage for one of Silicon Valley’s most uncomfortable conversations: whether the architecture of Instagram was built to connect — or to keep young users hooked. Adam Mosseri, the public face of the Meta-owned platform, is set to testify over claims that Instagram’s design choices have …
In the Dock: Instagram’s Design Faces a Reckoning Over Teen Wellbeing Read More »
The Justice Department has begun gathering what it calls the most “egregious” examples of federal judges standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s policy priorities — a move that signals a sharper turn in the administration’s standoff with the courts. According to officials, federal prosecutors across the country have been asked to flag rulings …
DOJ Invites Congress to Weigh in on Judges Blocking Trump Agenda Read More »
Pam Bondi walks into a House hearing this week with more than briefing papers in hand — she carries a controversy that refuses to fade. The U.S. attorney general is set to face pointed questions from the House Judiciary Committee over the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers …
A regulatory pillar that has quietly underpinned U.S. climate policy for more than a decade is about to be pulled away — and the aftershocks may be felt less in Washington than in courtrooms across the country. The Trump administration is preparing to revoke a 2009 scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. That …
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A new proposal from Washington could dramatically narrow how dismissed federal employees fight their way back into government service. Under the plan, workers who lose their jobs would no longer take their cases to an independent body that traditionally settles disputes between agencies and employees. Instead, appeals would be handled by the federal government’s own …
Appeals Cut Short: White House Plan Reroutes Fired Federal Workers’ Challenges Read More »
A U.S. appeals court has handed the Trump administration a key legal win, allowing it—at least for now—to move ahead with ending deportation protections for tens of thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court order that had blocked the rollback of …
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A U.S. immigration judge has shut down the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student whose student visa was pulled after she co-wrote a campus editorial critical of the university’s response to the war in Gaza. According to court filings, the judge found that the Department of Homeland Security failed …
Judge Halts Deportation Bid Against Tufts Scholar After Visa Revoked Over Gaza Op-Ed Read More »
A federal judge in New York has hit pause—again—on the battle over billions meant for a critical rail link beneath the Hudson River, temporarily suspending her own order that would have forced the Trump administration to release long-frozen funding. The ruling puts the spotlight back on the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel Project, a centerpiece …
Hudson Tunnel Funds in Limbo as Judge Pauses Order Against White House Freeze Read More »
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