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 …

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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 …

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A clash between press freedom advocates and the U.S. Justice Department has erupted after a federal official requested a warrant to search the home of a Washington Post reporter during a leak investigation. A media rights group has asked Virginia’s attorney-licensing authority to discipline Gordon D. Kromberg, a Justice Department official who sought judicial approval …

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For nearly two decades, Brad Karp stood at the center of Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison — not just as its chairman, but as its gravitational force. He helped turn a storied New York litigation shop into a globe-spanning legal heavyweight, equally fluent in courtroom battles and blockbuster corporate deals. Then, almost overnight, the …

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A courtroom in Los Angeles has become the opening arena for a case that could redraw the boundaries of responsibility in the social media age. At its heart is a blunt allegation: that some of the world’s biggest platforms were built not just to engage young users, but to keep them coming back at any …

Inside the Trial Accusing Big Tech of Hooking Young Minds Read More »

A New Mexico grand jury has moved a serious criminal case forward against actor and director Timothy Busfield, charging him with multiple counts related to alleged child sexual abuse. Busfield, widely recognized for his role as a White House reporter on The West Wing, was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a …

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Luigi Mangione is scheduled to go before a New York state jury on June 8 over the killing of a prominent health insurance executive, even as a separate federal case continues to loom later in the year. A judge at Manhattan’s top trial court locked in the early-summer date on Friday. As Mangione was escorted …

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The Trump administration has moved quickly to restock the immigration courts, swearing in 33 new judges as it reshapes a system already under heavy strain. Of the new appointees, 27 will serve on a temporary basis, part of a broader push the administration frames as restoring order and speed to deportation proceedings. The hires follow …

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