3 h. ago Justice Department abandoning cases alleging discriminatory police and firefighter hiring

The Justice Department is abandoning Biden administration cases that sought to force police and fire departments to end alleged discriminatory hiring practices, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday

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8 h. ago Judge criticizes Justice Department's broad reading of Trump's Capitol riot pardons

A federal judge has criticized the Justice Department’s evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol also covers his conviction for illegally possessing guns at his home

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15 h. ago NYC Mayor Eric Adams claims prosecutorial misconduct, asking judge to dismiss criminal case

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is asking a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, even as the Justice Department seeks dismissal of the charges on the Democrat's behalf

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24 h. ago Things to know about the ruling blocking President Trump's refugee ban

President Donald Trump’s effort to suspend the system for resettling refugees in the U.S. is on hold after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it

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31 h. ago Prosecutors conclude Army veteran's Capitol riot pardon also covers a separate weapons case

The Justice Department has concluded that a military veteran’s presidential pardon for charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol also extends to his separate conviction for illegally possessing stolen grenades and classified information

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31 h. ago New York City is set to close a controversial migrant shelter at the Roosevelt Hotel

A controversial Manhattan hotel being used to shelter migrants is set to close

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33 h. ago A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system

A federal judge in Seattle has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system

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59 h. ago New FBI Director Kash Patel is sworn in as acting ATF chief, AP source says

New FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as acting chief of the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking the helm of two separate and sprawling Justice Department agencies, according to a person familiar with the matter

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63 h. ago Trump's Justice Department enforcer has long shrugged off criticism of aggressive style

Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, has plowed through norms and niceties, whether scolding FBI leadership for “insubordination” in refusing his request to hand over the names of agents who investigated the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol or forcing out attorneys who worked those cases

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3 d. ago States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdown

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration

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5 d. ago Federal judge blasts Trump administration for dodging order to resume USAID funding after freeze

Department of Justice continues to drag its feet on court orders

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5 d. ago Justice Department files complaint against judge weighing challenge to Trump’s transgender troop ban

The Justice Department has filed a complaint accusing a federal judge in Washington of misconduct during hearings over President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for banning transgender troops from serving in the U.S. military

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5 d. ago Judge rejects DoJ call to immediately dismiss Eric Adams corruption case

Outside lawyer appointed to present arguments against prosecutors seeking to drop case against New York mayorA New York judge on Friday said he would not immediately dismiss Eric Adams’s corruption case, but ordered the Democratic New York City mayor’s trial delayed indefinitely after the justice department asked for the charges to be dismissed.In a written ruling, the US district judge Dale Ho in Manhattan said he would appoint an outside lawyer, Paul Clement of the law firm Clement & Murphy PLLC, to present arguments against the federal prosecutors’ bid to dismiss, in order to help the judge make his decision. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Justice department drops discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Justice department drop discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘I’m collaborating’: how New York City’s mayor gave in to Trump’s migrant crackdown

Eric Adams, mayor of the US’s largest city, is caught up in a swirl of indictments, immigrants, Rikers and Donald TrumpThis Valentine’s Day, a new political power couple said their vows on the plush white couches of Fox & Friends in midtown Manhattan: Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, and the New York City mayor, Eric Adams.The pair appeared on the conservative TV show to discuss an agreement they had reached the day before. Their deal reversed longstanding New York City policy by letting federal immigration agents back onto Rikers Island, the city’s jail complex that largely holds people who have been charged but not yet convicted of crimes. The surprise agreement came as the newly installed leaders of Trump’s Department of Justice were making an extraordinary push to dismiss criminal corruption charges that the agency had been pursuing against Adams.Weeks after the election, the mayor, who had once declared that the city would ‘ALWAYS stand up to’ Trump and that immigra...

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6 d. ago Trump is jailing 178 Venezuelans in Guantanamo — and none have a right to lawyers, Justice Department says

Nearly one-third of immigrants detained at the military prison are ‘lower-threat,’ but the Trump administration says they don’t have a ‘statutory right to counsel’

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6 d. ago Would Jesus help homeless trans people? Justice Department lawyers won’t ‘speculate’ in military ban hearing

Judge Ana Reyes argues Trump’s anti-trans order is fueled by ‘animus’

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7 d. ago DOJ official defends alleged quid pro quo with NYC mayor Eric Adams as judge hauls prosecutors to court to discuss case

Federal judge did not rule on the motion to dismiss the charges against Eric Adams

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7 d. ago DOJ officials defends alleged quid pro quo with NYC mayor Eric Adams as judge hauls prosecutors to court to discuss case

A federal judge did not rule on the move to dismiss the charges

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