5 d. ago Trump issues travel ban barring US entry from 12 countries and signs order restricting student visas at Harvard – live

Order also restricts entries from seven other countries, as separate proclamation bars students from obtaining visas to enter country to attend HarvardTrump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the USTrump signs proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at HarvardTrump orders inquiry into Biden’s actions as president over ‘cognitive decline’ reportsThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump issues sweeping travel ban barring entry to US from 12 countries – live

Order bars entry for all nationals of countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan and Yemen and restricts entries from seven other countriesTrump’s tax bill would add $2.4tn to US debt, says non-partisan analysisThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Elon Musk again criticizes Trump’s spending bill and says a new one should be drafted – live

Musk, who just left the Trump administration formally last week, calls for a new tax bill to be drafted and claims ‘America is in the fast line to debt slavery’Trump’s tax bill would add $2.4tn to US debt, says non-partisan analysisThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump says Putin told him Russia ‘will have to respond’ to Ukraine drone attacks – live

Trump says ‘good’ conversation with Putin won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ in Ukraine The Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ could add $2.4tn to national debt, nonpartisan analysis says – US politics live

Congressional Budget Office assessment comes as Musk is among prominent critics of the bill; Mexico says it will act over tariffs if no trade deal agreedThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Reprieve for critically ill Mexican girl, 4, who could have died within days if deported under Trump order

Without the care she’s receiving, Sofia Vargas’ body would be unable to receive nutrients from food and she would die within days, her doctors said

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6 d. ago Mexican girl is granted humanitarian parole to continue receiving lifesaving care in US, lawyers say

A 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a Southern California hospital was granted permission to remain in the country weeks after authorities said she could be deported

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1 week ago Lawyer says Trump administration revokes parole of Mexican girl receiving lifesaving care in US

The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, her family says

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3 w. ago Bella May Culley 'complains she received no medical treatment' despite pregnancy

Bella May Culley, 18, has complained to a lawyer in Georgia that she has received no medical care in jail despite her pregnancy, and that she has only asked for warmer clothes and fruit

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3 w. ago After 35 years, the Menendez brothers have a chance for parole. Was that the Netflix effect? | Zoe Williams

It is hard to prove the judicial impact of two shows inspired by the notorious double murder case. But undoubtedly, they heightened public scrutinyWhen the true-crime documentary Menendez Brothers: Misjudged? aired in 2022 on Discovery+, its impact was not immediate, except on TikTok, where – chicken and egg-style – it was hard to determine whether people were talking about the case because of the show or because a general cultural osmosis had brought the topic to the fore.Erik and Lyle killed their parents in 1989, when they were 18 and 21. They alleged a childhood of sexual, psychological and physical abuse by their father, which their mother knew about but didn’t act on. The judge disallowed what was called the “abuse excuse” at the time, and the prosecution successfully landed the argument that they had murdered their parents for their inheritance, resulting in whole-life sentences without the possibility of parole. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago California judge resentences Menendez brothers to be eligible for parole

Erik and Lyle Menendez given 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole and giving them chance at freedomA California judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent nearly three decades in prison for the murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home, to be eligible for parole.Judge Michael Jesic shortens the brothers’ sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life. They would still need approval from the state’s parole board to be released. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing begins after months of delays

LA judge to decide whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should get chance at freedom after serving 30 years for murderErik and Lyle Menendez returned to court on Tuesday for a long-awaited hearing where a Los Angeles judge will decide whether the brothers should get a chance at freedom after serving nearly three decades in prison for the double murder of their parents in 1989.The resentencing hearing, which is moving ahead after months of delays, is expected to last two days. If Judge Michael Jesic shortens their sentences, the brothers would still need approval from the state’s parole board to be released. Continue reading...

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