3 h. ago LA protests: US court allows Trump to keep control of California national guard while lawsuit proceeds

Appeals court in San Francisco extends pause on district judge ruling that president called troops into federal service unlawfullyA US appeals court has let Donald Trump retain control over California’s national guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests and unrest in Los Angeles.A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US circuit court of appeals on Thursday extended a pause it had placed on US district Judge Charles Breyer’s 12 June ruling that Trump had called the national guard into federal service unlawfully. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by CongressA federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding.Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of some or all of their claims. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US

Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turnDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Trump nominates federal judge who was nearly appointed by Biden in 2022

Trump may face some opposition to his latest judicial pick

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23 h. ago Trump picks federal judge three years after failed nomination

Trump may face some opposition to his latest judicial pick

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38 h. ago Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general

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53 h. ago Florida attorney general in contempt for defying judge’s order in immigration case

James Uthmeier was documented sending public messages about not following a federal judge’s temporary ban on the state’s new anti-illegal immigrant laws

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57 h. ago Judge says government can't limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people

A federal judge has expanded a ruling that blocked the Trump administration from enacting policy changes to sex markers on passports to cover all transgender and nonbinary Americans who are without a passport or need to apply for a new one within a year

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57 h. ago Judge blocks Trump order that targeted trans people’s genders on US passports

Ruling rebukes order from White House that said passports must conform to the sex citizens were assigned at birthA federal judge in Boston has ruled that transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity, in a rebuke to an executive order from the Trump administration that said passports must conform to the sex citizens were assigned at birth.US district judge Julia Kobick issued a preliminary injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the US state department from enforcing the policy in the case of six people, after finding the order was likely unconstitutional. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Juror dismissed from Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial over conflicting statements about residency

Juror 6 reportedly claimed during jury selection that he lived in the Bronx but told court staff he lived in New JerseyThe judge presiding over the high-profile federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs dismissed a juror on Monday over conflicting statements about his residency.The juror, identified as Juror 6, reportedly claimed during jury selection that he lived in the Bronx, but last week, prosecutors said that he told a court staff member that he had been living in New Jersey, making him ineligible for a Manhattan federal jury. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump to leave G7 summit early and return to Washington – US politics live

White House says president – who earlier warned people in Tehran to evacuate – will leave summit in Canada todayA federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker killing had more than 45 names of elected officials, FBI says – live

FBI affidavit says suspect Vance Boelter had names and home addresses for more than 45 officials, ‘mostly or all Democrats’A federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil requests transfer from Louisiana jail after judge blocks his release

Attorneys for the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil have asked a federal judge to immediately release him on bail, or else transfer him to New Jersey, where he can be closer to his wife and newborn son

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3 d. ago Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker killing visited other legislators’ homes, prosecutors say – live

Prosecutors said suspect Vance Boelter also visited the homes of two other lawmakers on Saturday while disguised as a police officerA federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump meets with Carney as G7 summit begins amid trade tensions and Iran

Trump begins trip by meeting Canadian prime minister; conflict in Middle East likely to dominate agenda at meeting in Canada’s Rocky MountainsA federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump to meet with Carney as G7 summit begins amid trade tensions and Iran

Trump to begin trip by meeting Canadian prime minister; conflict in Middle East likely to dominate agenda at meeting in Canada’s Rocky MountainsA federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil: US judge denies release of detained Palestinian activist

Setback for former student held since March as lawyers condemn government’s ‘cruel, transparent delay tactics’A federal judge declined to order the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a setback for the former Columbia University student days after a major ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to keep him detained.Khalil, a green-card holder who has not been charged with a crime, is one of the most high-profile people targeted by the US government’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism. Despite key rulings in his favor, Khalil has been detained since March, missing the birth of his son. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Judge blocks plan to allow immigration agents in New York City jail

A judge has blocked New York City’s mayor from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at the city’s main jail

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6 d. ago Federal judge recuses himself days before sentencing Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols' death

The judge presiding over the federal case against five former Memphis police officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has recused himself from further proceedings, just days before four of them were scheduled to be sentenced

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6 d. ago Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect

A federal judge in San Francisco has stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State Department

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