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A new legal challenge has landed in federal court after the U.S. State Department halted the processing of immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, a move that took effect in late January and has already begun to ripple through families and workplaces. Civil rights groups behind the case say the pause tears through long-standing …

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A federal court has again stepped in to stop the Trump administration from tightening the rules on how members of Congress can inspect immigration detention facilities—this time rejecting an attempt to repackage the same restrictions under a different funding label. In Washington, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the Department of Homeland Security cannot …

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Ed Martin, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has been quietly removed from his role overseeing a controversial Justice Department initiative examining alleged political misuse of federal prosecutions, according to a person familiar with the internal shift. Martin is no longer in charge of the department’s so-called Weaponization Working Group, a project launched to …

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Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before Congress in an investigation tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, a move that could halt an escalating push to hold the former president and former secretary of state in contempt. Their decision comes just days after the House Oversight Committee signaled it was prepared to …

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Construction crews can head back offshore. A US federal judge has cleared Denmark’s Ørsted to restart work on its Sunrise Wind project off the New York coast, undoing a freeze imposed late last year when the Trump administration abruptly paused several offshore wind developments. The decision, delivered in Washington by District Judge Royce Lambert, reopens …

Sunrise Wind Gets a Green Light as Court Reverses Federal Halt Read More »

A federal court in Washington has stepped in to stop the removal of temporary legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States, a move that would have opened the door to mass deportations to a country gripped by escalating violence. The ruling blocks the Department of Homeland Security from ending Haiti’s …

US Court Freezes Bid to Strip Legal Shield From 350,000 Haitians Read More »

A budget standoff in Washington is pushing the U.S. federal court system toward a financial squeeze, with paid operations at risk if lawmakers fail to break the deadlock before the end of the week. Senior judicial officials have warned that without fresh funding, the courts could only keep normal, paid work running for a few …

Courts on the Clock as Washington Funding Fight Intensifies Read More »

Construction crews are heading back offshore Massachusetts after a US federal judge lifted a government-ordered pause on the Vineyard Wind project, dealing another blow to Washington’s attempt to freeze new offshore wind developments. The decision, issued in Boston, allows work to resume on the Vineyard Wind site, one of several projects halted late last year …

Judge Clears Vineyard Wind to Power Back Up as Federal Halt Falters Read More »

Google has agreed to hand over $135 million to resolve a sweeping lawsuit brought by smartphone users who accused the company of quietly siphoning off their cellular data through its Android operating system. The proposed class-action settlement, filed in a federal court in San Jose, California, still awaits judicial approval. It applies to people who …

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A legal showdown is unfolding over the future of the U.S. disaster-response workforce, with unions stepping in to try to halt what they describe as a quiet but far-reaching downsizing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Labor groups representing federal employees have asked a judge to block plans that could eliminate more than 10,000 FEMA …

FEMA Jobs on the Line as Unions Ask Court to Hit Pause on Sweeping Cuts Read More »