Recent Updates
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US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection
National Legal News 03/30/2025U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying for benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from President Dona...
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Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor agencies
National Legal News 03/28/2025An appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent agencies handling labor issues from their respective posts in the federal government.A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
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McMahon says Columbia University’s changes put it on track to recover funding
National Legal News 03/24/2025U.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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Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges
National Legal News 03/23/2025A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence...
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Detentions of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
National Legal News 03/20/2025Lennon Tyler and her German fiancé often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day’s drive from her home in Las Vegas, one of the perks of their long-distance relationship.But things went t...
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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify abortion ban exceptions
National Legal News 03/15/2025A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state’s restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot from Republican legislators who have defended the state’s abor...
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Austria’s new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants
National Legal News 03/13/2025The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately.The measure is temporary and intended to ensure that those migrants...
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Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
National Legal News 03/07/2025A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.By a 5-4 vote, the court’s co...
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Court allows White House ban on Associated Press to continue temporarily
National Legal News 02/25/2025In a federal courtroom Monday afternoon, a significant legal battle unfolded as The Associated Press (AP) pressed its case against three staff members of President Donald Trump's administration. The news agency is seeking to reverse the Trump adminis...
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Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come
National Legal News 02/23/2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists President Donald Trump ’s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of dismissals at the Pentagon wasn’t unusual, brushing aside outcry that the new administration is op...
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Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection
National Legal News 02/20/2025Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scanda...
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Justice Department reinstates funding for immigration court guidance programs
National Legal News 02/05/2025The Justice Department’s initial stop-work order on January 22 placed a temporary halt on four federally funded programs designed to provide guidance and assistance to individuals facing deportation. These programs were critical in helping peop...