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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump sanctuary list
Law Reviews 06/11/2025State 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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Democrats are drawing closer to the crypto industry despite Trump divisions
Law Reviews 06/03/2025As President Donald Trump builds a crypto empire ? including hosting a private dinner with top investors at his golf club ? Democrats have united in condemning what they call blatant corruption from the White House.But the Democratic Party’s ow...
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Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to End Protections for Venezuelans
Law Reviews 05/11/2025The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal...
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Two major law firms urge judges to permanently block Trump’s executive orders
Law Reviews 04/26/2025Two major law firms asked separate judges Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were meant to punish them and harm their business operations.The firms — Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — say the o...
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Judge to weigh Louisiana AG’s challenge to city jail’s ‘sanctuary’ policy
Law Reviews 04/22/2025Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is pushing forward with her efforts to force Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to drop a longtime policy that generally prohibits deputies from directly engaging in federal immigration enforcement within the c...
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Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over sweet-flavored vaping products
Law Reviews 04/05/2025The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen electronic cigarette use.But the justices’ unanimous decision throwing out a federal appeals ...
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Korea’s truth commission says government responsible for fraud in foreign adoptions
Law Reviews 03/26/2025South Korea’s truth commission concluded the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated...
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McMahon says Columbia University’s changes put it on track to recover funding
Law Reviews 03/21/2025U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Columbia University is “on the right track” toward recovering federal funding after the elite New York City university agreed to implement a host of policy changes demanded by the Trump administ...
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Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions
Law Reviews 03/12/2025Japan’s trade minister said this week that he has failed to win assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from tariffs, some of which take effect on Wednesday.Yoji Muto was in Washington for last ditch negotiations ov...
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court
Law Reviews 02/03/2025President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court, which has issued an arrest wa...
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
Law Reviews 01/18/2025Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.Elected as the state’s top law enforcemen...
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Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
Law Reviews 12/09/2024North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.The State Board of Elections’ ...