Recent Updates
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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...
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Minnesota must provide documents to US government in child care fraud probe
Legal Business 01/04/2026Minnesota officials have until next week to hand over information on providers and parents who receive federal child care funds that the Trump administration contends have been used fraudulently or risk losing federal funding. State officials said Fr...
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California voters take up Prop 50, a Democratic push for more US House seats
Legal Business 11/06/2025The national battle to control the U.S. House shifts to California on Tuesday as voters consider a Democratic proposal that could erase as many as five Republican districts and blunt President Donald Trump’s moves to safeguard his party’s...
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California voters take up Prop 50, a Democratic push for more US House seats
Legal Business 11/04/2025The national battle to control the U.S. House shifts to California on Tuesday as voters consider a Democratic proposal that could erase as many as five Republican districts and blunt President Donald Trump’s moves to safeguard his party’s...
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Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now
Legal Business 10/03/2025The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now, declining to act on the Trump administration’s effort to immediately remove her from the central bank. In a brief unsigned order, the high court s...
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Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making false statement
Legal Business 09/24/2025Former FBI Director James Comey was charged Thursday with crimes connected to his Senate testimony in 2020 about an investigation, a major strike against a high-profile figure who has long been the target of President Donald Trump’s anger. &ldq...
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US lawmakers push for military dialogue in a rare China visit
Legal Business 09/21/2025A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers pushed for more military-to-military dialogue in a meeting Sunday with China’s Premier Li Qiang, a rare congressional visit since the U.S.-China relations soured.The last trip by a group of senators was in 2...
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Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents
Legal Business 08/04/2025Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.One of the deputies, Alexander Zwinck, was sued by Colorado...
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Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments
Legal Business 06/18/2025A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional.The ruling Friday marked a major win for civil liberties gr...
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
Legal Business 06/05/2025The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked to the release of hostages, saying it would embolden Hamas militants.All 14 other members of the...
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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump sanctuary list
Legal Business 06/03/2025State and local officials blasted the Trump administration’s widely anticipated list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement, with some of the most enthusiastic supporters of t...
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Trump Tells Walmart: Don’t Raise Prices, Absorb Tariff Costs Instead
Legal Business 05/17/2025President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs.As Trump has jacked up import taxes, he has tried to assure a skeptical public that foreign pr...