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A powerful voice inside Goldman Sachs has gone quiet. Kathryn Ruemmler, the Wall Street giant’s chief legal officer and one of its most senior executives, has resigned after newly disclosed U.S. Justice Department records revealed her past interactions with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents detail years of communication between Ruemmler and Epstein, stretching …

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In a move billed as the most sweeping rollback of environmental oversight in decades, U.S. President Donald Trump has dismantled the legal pillar that allowed Washington to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. At the heart of the shift is the repeal of the 2009 “endangerment finding,” a scientific determination that greenhouse gases …

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A federal court has rebuked immigration authorities over detention practices in Minnesota, ruling that recent enforcement operations effectively shut thousands of detainees out from their lawyers. In a sharply worded order, U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel found that tactics used during “Operation Metro Surge” — including rapid out-of-state transfers and severe limits on phone access …

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A courtroom in Boston has become the unlikely bridge between Massachusetts and Honduras. A federal judge has directed the administration of former President Donald Trump to take steps to return a Honduran college student who was deported even after a court order barred her removal. The student, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, had been studying at …

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A fresh legal clash is unfolding between the Trump administration and Harvard University, as federal officials move to compel the institution to hand over records tied to its admissions policies. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, centers on whether the university has complied with a government investigation examining the role of race in …

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When it comes to the courtroom, Donald Trump appears to be arguing two positions at once: too occupied with the presidency to defend himself in civil court, yet fully available to file lawsuits against others. Shortly after returning to office in November 2024, Trump’s legal team urged a Delaware state judge to pause a lawsuit …

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Don Lemon stood before a federal judge in St. Paul and delivered two words that now frame the next chapter of his public life: not guilty. The former CNN anchor is facing criminal charges tied to his livestream coverage of a protest that interrupted a church service in Minnesota during the height of President Donald …

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In a move that redraws the lines of America’s climate rulebook, the administration of Donald Trump has dismantled the legal backbone that allowed Washington to police greenhouse gas emissions from cars. The Environmental Protection Agency has formally repealed the 2009 “endangerment finding” for vehicles — the scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health. That …

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A federal court has stepped into the fallout of a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota, ruling that detainees were effectively shut out from their lawyers during a recent enforcement surge. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel found that actions taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during what authorities called “Operation Metro Surge” severely undermined detainees’ …

Locked Lines: Federal Judge Says ICE Cut Off Legal Access During Minnesota Sweep Read More »

A federal courtroom in Boston has delivered a pointed rebuke to the Trump administration, ordering officials to help bring back a Honduran college student who was deported despite a standing court order shielding her from removal. The ruling centers on Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a freshman at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was detained …

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