Recent Updates
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Masks emerge as symbol of Trump’s ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress
Court Watch 02/08/2026Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s im...
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Iran’s top diplomat says indirect US-Iran talks in Oman were a ‘good start’
International 02/06/2026Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear program on Friday, months after America bombed Iran’s uranium enrichment sites and just weeks following nationwide protests that convulsed the Islamic Republic. ...
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Trump’s border czar says 700 immigration officers to leave Minnesota immediately
Legal Business 02/04/2026The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. About 700 federal officers...
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Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians
Immigration Law 02/03/2026A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge A...
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Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested before his trial on rape charge
International 02/02/2026The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been arrested, just before his trial opens on charges including rape in a case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family, police said Monday.Marius Borg Høiby was arrested on Sunday ...
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Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs
Employment Law 01/27/2026Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been red...
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Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump
Political and Legal 01/25/2026Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, a...
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown
Court Watch 01/21/2026A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minnea...
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A South Korean court sentences former President Yoon to 5 years in prison
Legal Business 01/15/2026A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations. Yoon was impeached, arreste...
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok
International 01/11/2026Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit an...
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Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case
Court Watch 01/10/2026A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Brian J. Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, Virg...
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Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon
Legal Business 01/09/2026Federal immigration agents shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minnesota, authorities said. The shooting drew hundreds of protesters to the U.S. Immigrati...