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A US federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump violated the law by deploying military forces to conduct crowd control and arrests in Los Angeles, marking a significant legal rebuke of the administration’s domestic use of armed forces. In June, the president deployed military personnel to Los Angeles in a bid to quell protests [...]

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A US federal judge on Sunday ordered a temporary stop to President Donald Trump’s administration plans to send more than 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala. The emergency order, issued by US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, DC, came at 4 AM because of exigent circumstances. Attorneys said that 10 children were already on [...]

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The European Union (EU) urged the US government on Saturday to reverse its decision to block members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from obtaining visas. Kaja Kallas, the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, remarked during a ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen: “In light of the existing agreements between the UN and its host [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday strongly urged the US to immediately stop transferring immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, warning that they face “abusive and inhumane detention conditions” that may amount to ill-treatment. According to interviews conducted by HRW of immigrants formerly held at the facility, US officials did not [...]

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five US House seats held by Democrats to Republicans. The Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 4 with an 88-52 vote on August 20, and the Texas [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) likely acted unlawfully when it tried to roll back Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. While the decision marks a legal victory for advocates and TPS recipients, it remains largely symbolic for [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a prior court’s ruling on Friday that found President Donald Trump’s recent tariffs, specifically the trafficking and reciprocal tariffs, exceeded the authority delegated to the president. In its decision, the court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize a president [...]

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A US federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native whose wrongful deportation has been the subject of numerous lawsuits and federal court rebukes this year, is not to be deported from the US as cases involving him wind their way through the courts. US District Judge Paula [...]

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US Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook brought a lawsuit against President Donald Trump Thursday, contending that he illegally tried to remove her. Cook brought the suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia after Trump attempted to fire her on Monday based on an allegation that Cook lied on a mortgage [...]

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A habeas corpus petition seeking the immediate release of journalist Mario Guevara from ICE detention was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia on Wednesday. The petition stated that the government detained “award-winning journalist” Guevara “in order to retaliate against him for his constitutionally-protected speech and reporting, and to gag [...]

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