5 d. ago Judge blocks Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States. The move is a setback for US President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand the use of the federal expedited removal statute to quickly remove some migrants in the country illegally without appearing before a judge first. Trump promised to engineer a massive deportation operation during his 2024 campaign if voters returned him...

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5 d. ago US federal judge blocks Trump effort to expand speedy deportations

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States. The move is a setback for US President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand the use of the federal expedited removal statute to quickly remove some migrants in the country illegally without appearing before a judge first. Trump promised to engineer a massive deportation operation during his 2024 campaign if voters returned him...

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6 d. ago Trump to cut 500 jobs at Voice of America and parent agency despite legal actions

The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said. The move could ratchet up a months-long legal challenge over the news outlets’ fate. Kari Lake, acting CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, announced the latest round of job cuts late on Friday, one day after a federal judge blocked her from removing Michael Abramowitz as VOA director. US District Judge Royce...

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1 week ago US Fed governor Lisa Cook to sue Trump, saying he cannot legally fire her

US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyer said she will launch a court challenge against US President Donald Trump’s effort to fire her. A member of Trump’s administration filed a referral to the Justice Department over allegations involving mortgages Cook obtained in Georgia and Michigan. “President Trump has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook,” lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement emailed to reporters. “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter,...

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1 week ago US federal judge dismisses Trump lawsuit in Maryland deportation case

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals. US District Judge Thomas Cullen granted a request by the judges to toss the case. Cullen was nominated to the federal bench by Trump in 2020. He serves in the Western District of Virginia, but he was tapped to oversee the case because all 15 of Maryland’s federal judges are...

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2 w. ago Uganda joins Trump’s deportation push by accepting US migrants

Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday, in Washington’s latest attempt to speed up deportations. US President Donald Trump’s administration has negotiated arrangements to send people to third countries, among them El Salvador and eSwatini, which have been fiercely criticised by rights groups. At roughly 1.7 million, Uganda already hosts the largest refugee population in Africa, according to the United...

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