Recent Updates
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Government shutdown nears, congressional leaders to meet at White House
U.S. Court News 09/30/2025Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their e...
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New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty on corruption charges tied to alleged affair
Latest News 09/12/2025New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges stemming from an alleged romantic relationship with her bodyguard.The Democrat appeared in federal court for the first time since a grand jury...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly take up tariffs case and reverse ruling
Latest News 09/04/2025The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal law.The government called on the court to rever...
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US deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes
Legal Analysis 08/27/2025Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle’s King County International Airport to witness deportation flights and spread word of where they are going and how many people are aboard. Until recently, they could keep track of the ...
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Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections
Latest News 08/23/2025The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of protests by Democrats and a widening national battle over redistricting...
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Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates
Latest News 08/20/2025A federal website that informs the public about what information agencies are collecting and allows for public comment went down last weekend, and it has only been partially restored. The outage has raised concerns among advocates who already were tr...
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Man struck and killed on freeway after fleeing immigration agents
Latest News 08/17/2025A man fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck and killed by an SUV when he ran across a nearby freeway, officials said.Police in the city of Monrovia about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Los...
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Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement
U.S. Court News 08/14/2025Los Angeles students and teachers return to class for the new academic year Thursday under a cloud of apprehension after a summer filled with immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become a target in the Trump administration’s ag...
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Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs, inflation data faces shower of criticism
Latest News 08/11/2025The director of the agency that produces the nation’s jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile.But like so much in President Donald Trum...
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Trump administration asks court to lift restrictions on California immigration stops
U.S. Court News 08/08/2025The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to halt a court order restricting immigration stops that swept up at least two U.S. citizens in Southern California.The emergency petition comes after an appeals court refused to lift a tem...
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Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
Latest News 07/27/2025Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.More than 50 immigration judges — from senior leaders to new appointees &mdash...
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Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
U.S. Court News 07/20/2025As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the f...