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SCOTUS Allows Trump Policy Requiring Passports To Match Biological Sex

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to require that the sex designation on U.S. passports align with a traveler’s biological sex, a blow to transgender and nonbinary Americans who had argued the policy is unconstitutional. The unsigned order marked another victory for President Donald Trump on the court’s emergency docket and another setback for LGBTQ rights at…
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Supreme Court OKs Trump Admin Deportations to South Sudan

The Supreme Court has cleared the path for the Trump administration to deport a group of immigrants held at a U.S. military base in Djibouti to South Sudan. In a brief opinion issued on Friday, the justices affirmed that their prior order, which stayed a federal judge’s ruling in Massachusetts that had restricted the government’s ability to deport immigrants to…
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Van Jones Calls Out Zohran Mamdani After Rage-Filled Victory Speech

Left-wing commentator Van Jones was among those raising alarm at Democratic socialist mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s fiery victory speech, noting what he called an instant “character switch” as soon as the election was called. A roaring Mamdani wasted no time in claiming a mandate for his progressive agenda and taunting President Trump as he rallied supporters Tuesday night, the New York…
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Boston Judge Accused Of Shielding Illegal Migrant Gets Brutal News

A Boston, Massachusetts, judge accused of trying to help an illegal immigrant avoid arrest by ICE apparently had no idea about the escape plan, and only inadvertently assisted in its execution, a state investigation has concluded. Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph did let the illegal immigrant leave her courtroom and go back to the courthouse’s lock-up area, where the migrant’s lawyer and…
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Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick To Join Liberal-Majority US Appeals Court

The U.S. Senate has approved President Donald Trump’s first and only nominee to the Boston-based federal appeals court. Until recently, most of the justices on this court were chosen by Democrats and often rejected his policy proposals. The Republican-led Senate voted 52-46 along party lines to make Joshua Dunlap, a conservative lawyer from Maine who often worked on conservative legal cases, a…
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Appeals Court Allows Trump To Revive Effort to Overturn ‘Hush Money’ Conviction

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with his effort to overturn his criminal conviction in the hush money case in New York City. Trump is seeking to transfer the case from New York state court to federal court, arguing that a federal judge should dismiss the jury’s 34-count guilty verdict based on the…
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Trump Clashes with Graham in Closed-Door Meeting Over ‘Nuking’ Filibuster

President Donald Trump confronted Senate Republicans in a tense closed-door meeting on Wednesday, warning that the party risks becoming a “dead party” if it refuses to eliminate the Senate filibuster, according to multiple reports. The meeting, described by attendees as “eerily silent” and “uncomfortable,” came one day after a disappointing special election for Republicans and amid mounting pressure over the…
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Senate Confirms Trump’s Newest Conservative Judge Pick to 9th Circuit

The U.S. Senate has confirmed a former clerk for conservative Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and the late Antonin Scalia to be a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52 to 45 in favor of Eric Tung, a partner at Jones Day. This made him the first judge President Donald Trump selected for the San…
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Former Presidential Candidate Arrested By ICE To Remain In Detention

A prominent Haitian businessman and former presidential candidate accused of working with armed gangs in Haiti will have to remain in US immigration custody for the time being. Pierre Reginald Boulos recently appeared in immigration court and will have to return next month because a judge at the Krome North Service Processing Center determined he could not be freed, the…
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Judge Rips Prosecutors In Comey Case, Handing Former FBI Director A Win

A federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey sharply rebuked prosecutors during a heated hearing Wednesday, ordering them to turn over evidence “immediately” to Comey’s defense team, as the former bureau chief faces charges of lying to Congress about leaking investigative information to the press. U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick spent nearly an hour…
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