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A US federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the government must release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student whom President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to deport over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Judge Michael E. Farbiarz of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey granted Khalil’s request for a [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s bid to remove his hush money conviction from New York state to federal court. The conviction was based on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with reimbursement payments made to Stormy Daniels. Trump’s legal team from [...]

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President Donald Trump’s administration plans to increase the number of undocumented migrants being transferred to the US Naval facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to government documents obtained by POLITICO and the Washington Post. The documents, reported by the media outlets Tuesday, state that 9,000 undocumented immigrants are currently being vetted for transfer to Guantánamo, [...]

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The US Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday stating that President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments established by former presidents. The 50-page opinion supports a president’s authority to revoke national monuments that were created under the Antiquities Act, despite the lack of this specific language in the [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration’s tariffs may remain in place while it reviews a lower court decision that had blocked them. The original lower court decision, a slip opinion from the US Court of International Trade, held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [...]

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A US federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by the state of California for an emergency order blocking the deployment of additional federalized National Guard troops and US Marines to the Los Angeles area. President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles last weekend in response to protests against the administration’s immigration [...]

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California filed suit against the US President Donald Trump’s administration Monday, asserting that its activation and deployment of the state National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles is unconstitutional. The suit asks the US District Court for the Northern District of California to halt Trump’s “unlawful militarization” of Los Angeles. Calling Trump’s actions an [...]

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Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund announced on Saturday that Afghans abroad, including those who fled after the US withdrew its armed forces in 2021, will receive amnesty if they return to Afghanistan. Akhund stated: “Afghans who have left the country should return to their homeland… Nobody will harm them.” He called on officials to [...]

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A US federal appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration can bar the Associated Press (AP) from some events and spaces in the White House. The opinion follows an AP lawsuit claiming the administration infringed upon the outlet’s First Amendment rights. Written by US Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, the 2-1 ruling stated [...]

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