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Trump praises Congo and Rwanda as they sign US-mediated peace deal
International 12/04/2025President Donald Trump praised the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for their courage as they signed onto a deal on Thursday aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo and opening the region’s critical mineral reserves ...
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Former Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
Law Reviews 12/02/2025Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from Presid...
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Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions
Court Watch 12/01/2025The Supreme Court is meeting in private Friday with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not A...
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FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
Court Watch 11/25/2025Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter. It would mark the second in...
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Trump says he’s terminating legal protections for Somali migrants
Breaking Legal News 11/22/2025President Donald Trump said Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has ...
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Australian prisoner sues for his ‘human right’ to eat Vegemite
International 11/20/2025A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.” Andre McKechn...
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FEMA acting chief David Richardson departs after six months on the job
Legal Careers News 11/17/2025The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the...
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Longest government shutdown in US history ends after 43 days
Breaking Legal News 11/15/2025President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at...
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Federal immigration agents will expand enforcement action in N. Carolina
Criminal Law 11/14/2025Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor of the state’s capital city said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte followi...
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Dominican appeals court to hear arguments on Franco’s conviction
International 11/11/2025Wander Franco’s attorneys pushed to have the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop’s sexual-abuse conviction and sentencing overturned Tuesday.Franco in June was convicted of sexually abusing a minor, and he then received a two-year suspende...
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Ukraine’s army chief visits besieged city as Zelenskyy confronts graft scandal
Political and Legal 11/09/2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is grappling with the fallout from allegations in a major corruption scandal that has engulfed his administration, while European Union officials warned that Ukraine must crack down on graft but offered assuran...
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Republican US Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York
Court Watch 11/07/2025U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump, announced Friday that she’s running for governor of New York, a place she depicted in a campaign launch video as being “in ashes” because of lawlessness an...