Senate votes to confirm Trump’s defense lawyer Bove to U.S. appeals court
WASHINGTON — The Senate on a party-line vote on Tuesday confirmed Emil J. Bove, President Trump’s defense lawyer and loyal ally atop the Justice Department, to a…
Justice Department files misconduct complaint against federal judge handling deportation case
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday filed a misconduct complaint against the federal judge who has clashed with President Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail
WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported…
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for many Haitians
NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians who are…
Key witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be deported, court records show
WASHINGTON — Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in…
Federal judge orders U.S. Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, a residential program…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Trump’s immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges…
Migrants and ICE officers contend with heat, smog and illness after detoured South Sudan flight
WASHINGTON — Migrants placed on a deportation flight originally bound for South Sudan are now being held in a converted shipping container on a U.S. naval base…
50 Cent gets a judge’s OK to seize a former employee’s home
Mess with 50 Cent and he might come for your house — even if it takes him a few years to do it.The rapper’s company…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan deported to Mexico
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his…
Supreme Court upholds for now Trump’s firing of two independent agency officials
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld, for now, President Trump’s decision to fire two agency officials who had fixed terms that were set by Congress.…
Trump may end temporary protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may seek to deport nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted “temporary protected status” under the Biden…
Mexico sues Google for labeling Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has sued tech giant Google over its labeling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a change made by President…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.The Justice Department asked…
Supreme Court will hear Trump’s proposed limits on birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear arguments in May on President Trump’s proposed limits on birthright citizenship. But it was not clear whether…
U.S. judge to question Trump officials’ refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge in Maryland is expected to question the Trump administration Tuesday about its continued refusal to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El…
Federal judge drops contempt case against ICE agent over arrest outside Boston courthouse
BOSTON — A federal judge has dismissed a contempt case against an agent for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement whose arrest of a man during his…
What to know about Mahmoud Khalil, plan to appeal deportation ruling
JENA, La. — An immigration judge has ruled that a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University who participated in protests against Israel, though a legal U.S. resident,…
House approves Issa bill, putting Trump a step closer to limiting federal judges
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday brought by one California Republican to limit the ability of federal judges to pass rulings that have…
Trump wants to rein in federal judges. California Republican is on it
WASHINGTON — As court orders against his administration mount, President Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days, railing against their authority and…