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  • Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

    Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

    National News 08/20/2025

    A 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...

  • Man struck and killed on freeway after fleeing immigration agents

    Man struck and killed on freeway after fleeing immigration agents

    National News 08/17/2025

    A 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...

  • Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement

    Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement

    National News 08/14/2025

    Los 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...

  • Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back

    Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back

    Legal Events 07/27/2025

    Federal 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...

  • Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction

    Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction

    National News 07/20/2025

    As 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...

  •  International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack

    International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack

    National News 07/02/2025

    The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage, the global tribunal announced Monday.The ICC, which also was hit by a cyberattack in 2023, said the latest inc...

  • Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to End Protections for Venezuelans

    Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to End Protections for Venezuelans

    Legal Exams 05/11/2025

    The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal...

  • Trump’s tariffs loom over the economy as shipments from China fall

    Trump’s tariffs loom over the economy as shipments from China fall

    Recent Cases 05/01/2025

    American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and hunkering down to see what trade policy surprises President Donald Trump plans to spring on them next.The president’s massive and unpredictable taxes on import...

  • McMahon says Columbia University’s changes put it on track to recover funding

    McMahon says Columbia University’s changes put it on track to recover funding

    Legal Exams 03/21/2025

    U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Columbia University is “on the right track” toward recovering federal funding after the elite New York City university agreed to implement a host of policy changes demanded by the Trump administ...

  • Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US

    Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US

    Law Firm Marketing 03/16/2025

    The State Department says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, who was declared “persona non grata” last week, has until Friday to leave the country.After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that Ambassador Ebrahim ...

  • Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions

    Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions

    Headline Legal News 03/12/2025

    Japan’s trade minister said this week that he has failed to win assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from tariffs, some of which take effect on Wednesday.Yoji Muto was in Washington for last ditch negotiations ov...

  • Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come

    Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come

    National News 02/23/2025

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists President Donald Trump ’s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of dismissals at the Pentagon wasn’t unusual, brushing aside outcry that the new administration is op...

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