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Trump's controversial pick for US attorney faces GOP roadblock

The Senate looks likely to sink the nomination of Ed Martin, President Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney for D.C., leaving his future in doubt amid a...

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Noem defends plans to slice FEMA, DHS programs

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended President Trump’s immigration policies and plans for deep cuts at her agency in her first...

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Democrats say attacks on migrants preview risks to civil rights for citizens

Critics say President Trump’s aggressive deportations and tightening of immigration law are a precursor to a wider attack on civil rights that could...

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Attorney Mark Zaid sues Trump administration over security clearance

An attorney who represented a whistleblower key to President Trump’s first impeachment is suing the administration after they stripped his security...

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Trump budget would eliminate numerous development agencies

President Trump’s budget proposes eliminating a number of development and international affairs agencies beyond the U.S. Agency for International...

03.05.2025 8

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Lowell launches firm for those 'unlawfully and inappropriately targeted' by Trump

Attorney Abbe Lowell is striking out to launch a new law firm dedicated to representing “those facing politicized investigations” and other legal...

02.05.2025 10

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House panel advances sweeping bill of Trump immigration priorities

House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation to back a series of President Trump’s immigration priorities, raising fees on those seeking...

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Oversight Democrats demand interviews with officials pushed out of Pentagon

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are asking a trio of Pentagon officials forced out in the wake of a leak investigation to sit for...

29.04.2025 20

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Critics see 'monumental shift' in Trump remaking of DOJ civil rights division

The Trump administration has shifted staff and undertaken a series of policy changes at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division that current...

28.04.2025 30

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Signal chat participants sued for three months of app records

Participants on a Signal group chat discussion about a strike on Houthi targets in Yemen are facing a lawsuit over a request to turn over all...

25.04.2025 30

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Trump ordered to give some Venezuelans 21 days' notice before deportations

A federal judge in Colorado ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to provide Venezuelan migrants detained there 21 days' notice before deporting...

22.04.2025 3

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Watchdog declines to pursue cases involving fired probationary federal workers

The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) told fired probationary employees it would no longer pursue complaints they were wrongfully terminated, a...

22.04.2025 40

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Trump blasts Supreme Court while arguing trials for migrants 'not possible'

President Trump on Monday complained of being “stymied at every turn” by the courts, arguing the administration can’t hold trials for migrants...

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House Democrats arrive in El Salvador to push for Abrego Garcia’s return

A quartet of House Democrats arrived in El Salvador on Monday morning to push for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was...

21.04.2025 2

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Trump confronted for defiance of court orders across series of cases

The Trump administration is ramping up its feud with the judiciary even as the courts fire back, accusing the executive branch of defying court...

21.04.2025 10

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Van Hollen takes center stage in fight with Trump over Abrego Garcia

Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-Md.) trip to El Salvador to visit a mistakenly deported constituent has thrust the mild-mannered lawmaker into a major...

19.04.2025 10

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Van Hollen recounts tearful exchange with mistakenly deported man

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was completely in the dark about his family’s battle to secure his release and the...

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Trump's claims about Abrego Garcia’s gang ties largely rely on 1 confidential tip

The Trump administration’s argument that the mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 is based largely on a confidential tip he...

18.04.2025 20

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Justice gets criminal referral alleging mortgage fraud by NY attorney general

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has made a criminal referral to the Justice Department against New York Attorney General Letitia James,...

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Unions launch Rise Up legal defense network for federal workers fired under Trump

A network of federal employee unions and legal groups launched a legal defense group to provide counsel to thousands of government workers recently...

16.04.2025 4

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Boasberg moves to hold Trump admin in contempt over deportation flights

A federal judge Wednesday found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his order to immediately...

16.04.2025 3

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Jewish groups condemn 'false choice' as Trump targets universities, students

A coalition of Jewish groups is criticizing the Trump administration for actions it has taken at U.S. universities, saying the stripping of student...

15.04.2025 2

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Bondi deflects on legality of sending US citizens to foreign prisons

Attorney General Pam Bondi sidestepped a question about whether President Trump’s openness to holding U.S. citizens in foreign prisons would be...

15.04.2025 5

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Big law spends top dollar as Trump takes aim at firms

A series of new agreements brokered between President Trump and major law firms suggests a new price tag for those looking to dodge executive orders...

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Trump team sidesteps court questions about efforts to secure mistakenly deported man

The Trump administration declined to provide an update on the Maryland man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador, instead pointing to comments from...

15.04.2025 20

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Stephen Miller contradicts DOJ court docs on man mistakenly deported

White House aide Stephen Miller contradicted a number of statements the Trump administration has made in court, claiming a Maryland man was not...

14.04.2025 10

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Lawmakers push to meet with Salvadoran president to plead case of mistakenly deported man

Lawmakers are pushing to meet with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he’s in Washington amid broader efforts to secure the return of a...

14.04.2025 2

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Trump, Bukele say they won't return mistakenly deported man to US

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he has no plans to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in his country, telling...

14.04.2025 2

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DHS ends protections from deportation for Afghanistan, Cameroon

Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into...

12.04.2025 40

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Texas Republican sues over Capitol Police office search

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit seeking $2.5 million in damages after a U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer entered his office, prompting...

11.04.2025 5

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Trump administration adds immigrant Social Security numbers to 'death list' in deportation push

The Trump administration directed the Social Security Administration (SSA) to place more than 6,300 migrants on its list for tracking dead people,...

11.04.2025 4

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Trump admin reviewing case against former FBI informant who fabricated Biden bribery story

The Justice Department is reconsidering its case against a former FBI informant who was indicted for fabricating a claim that former President Biden...

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Jewish advocacy group questions DHS on plans to use antisemitism to deny immigration benefits

A Jewish civil rights group is asking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) how it plans to evaluate migrants’ social media accounts after the...

10.04.2025 7

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House Republicans pass bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote

House Republicans for a second time passed a stand-alone bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and impose voter...

10.04.2025 20

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Lawmakers demand answers on Trump scuttling of domestic terrorism programs

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI are being pressed to explain numerous cuts to programs focused on combating domestic terrorism....

10.04.2025 10

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House passes bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions

The House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in a move that would vastly diminish the...

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Democrats seek to force GOP to review Trump administration's use of Signal chat

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats are looking to force Republicans to advance a review of the Trump administration's use of...

10.04.2025 30

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Appeals court frees Trump administration to resume probationary employee firings

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court order blocking the Trump administration from firing probationary workers, freeing the White...

09.04.2025 4

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Senators push for surging resources to northern border

A bipartisan duo of senators from northern border states is asking the Trump administration to surge technological resources at both ends of the...

09.04.2025 3

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IRS, DHS reach deal on information sharing on migrants

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) signed a memorandum of understanding to begin information sharing...

08.04.2025 3

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Democrats target Trump's effort to 'bend our justice system to his will'

Democrats held a rare bicameral forum to examine the Trump administration’s actions targeting Department of Justice (DOJ) staff and major law firms...

08.04.2025 20

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Supreme Court lifts orders blocking Trump from deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act

The Supreme Court vacated a judge's order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport Venezuelans,...

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DOJ planned to send US marshals to ex-employee's home over Mel Gibson discussion

The Department of Justice (DOJ) was preparing to send U.S. marshals to a former employee's home ahead of an appearance she was set to make with two...

07.04.2025 3

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Judicial blocks on Trump spark battle over nationwide injunctions

The Trump administration’s repeated losses in courts have sparked Republican efforts to limit the reach of the judiciary, something Democrats argue...

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Congress pushes back at White House over Signal group chat

The White House’s assertion that the case is closed surrounding national security officials’ use of Signal is getting pushback in Congress, even...

05.04.2025 20

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Judge orders Maryland man mistakenly deported released from Salvadoran prison

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to return to the U.S. a Maryland man it mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador....

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House Democrat demands written explanation for ouster of NSA director

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) is demanding that the Trump administration provide a written explanation of its rationale for firing the director of the...

04.04.2025 10

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Federal employee unions sue over Trump bid to strip collective bargaining

A coalition of unions sued the Trump administration Friday over its directive to agencies to terminate their collective bargaining agreements with...

04.04.2025 10

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Boasberg floats contempt hearings on deportation flights, suspects 'bad faith' actions from Trump admin

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg hinted at possible contempt proceedings as he grilled a government lawyer Thursday about whether the Trump...

04.04.2025 10

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Mistaken deportation to Salvadoran prison highlight stakes of Trump plans

The Trump administration’s admission that it sent a Maryland man to a Salvadoran prison in error shows the need for outside oversight, critics say,...

03.04.2025 20

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