Recent Updates
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No new trial for man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
Legal Compliance 03/11/2026A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration.Lawyers for Jose Ibarra argued his constitutional ri...
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Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels’ financial networks
Legal Compliance 02/05/2026The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by increasingly routing drug profits through crypt...
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Partial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes
Legal Compliance 01/30/2026With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement th...
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Jack Smith is set to testify at a public hearing about his Trump investigations
Legal Compliance 01/18/2026Republican lawmakers are poised to grill former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday at a congressional hearing that’s expected to focus fresh attention on two criminal investigations that shadowed Donald Trump during his 2...
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George Conway, persistent Trump critic, is running for Congress in New York
Legal Compliance 01/07/2026George Conway, who was once married to a former adviser to the president before becoming a prominent anti-Trump voice, announced on Tuesday that he is running for a U.S. House seat in New York City, testing whether he can turn his strong social media...
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Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached
Legal Compliance 12/30/2025States will share $10 billion for rural health care next year in a program that aims to offset the Trump administration’s massive budget cuts to rural hospitals, federal officials announced Monday.But while every state applied for money from th...
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Wisconsin judge postpones hearing for 1 of 3 former Trump aides
Legal Compliance 12/13/2025A Wisconsin judge on Monday postponed a preliminary hearing for one of three former aides to President Donald Trump facing felony forgery charges related to the 2020 election amid questions about what statements the man made to prosecutors could be a...
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Trump is fighting the Institute of Peace in court. Now, his name is on the building
Legal Compliance 12/06/2025The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on its headquarters despite an ongoing fight over control of the institute. It’s the latest twist in a sees...
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Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
Legal Compliance 11/29/2025A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeo...
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Trump administration to defend Habba’s tenure as top NJ prosecutor
Legal Compliance 10/20/2025A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Monday over whether President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey since earlier this year.The 3rd Circuit Court of A...
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Government shutdown nears, congressional leaders to meet at White House
Legal Compliance 09/30/2025Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their e...
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Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
Legal Compliance 09/20/2025The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the ot...