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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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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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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Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, Claims Capture in U.S. Drug Case
Court Watch 01/08/2026A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from p...
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Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny
Court Watch 12/27/2025Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind b...
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Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud
Court Watch 12/11/2025Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud. Victims said the 34-year-old financial technology whiz weaponized their trust to convince them th...
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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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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...
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Judge wants immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras
Court Watch 10/18/2025Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday said she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras, and she also summoned a senior official to court next week to discuss an enforcement o...
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Apple removes apps that allow anonymous reporting of ICE agent sightings
Court Watch 10/05/2025Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by U.S. authorities. ICEBlock, a free iPhone-only app lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by Immigration...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns to court a week before he faces sentencing
Court Watch 09/25/2025Sean “Diddy” Combs returns to court Thursday for a hearing that could help decide how long the Grammy-winning producer will stay in prison. Judge Arun Subramanian plans to listen to arguments from lawyers on points of law that could help ...