11 h. ago US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data

Court refuses to block ‘department of government efficiency’ from accessing data such as citizenship statusUS politics live – latest updatesA US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, treasury department, and office of personnel management. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Trump team looking to create squad of 600 soldiers ready to deploy at a moments notice to quash civil unrest

Troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the reported plans

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31 h. ago US judge hears if Trump team broke law during LA Ice protests

Federal judge began hearing evidence and arguments on deployment of national guard and marines to curb protestsUS politics live – latest updatesA federal judge in San Francisco on Monday began hearing evidence and arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed national guard soldiers and US marines to Los Angeles after protests over immigration raids this summer.The Trump administration federalized California national guard members and sent them to the second-largest US city over the objections of the California governor, Gavin Newsom, and city leaders, after protests erupted on 7 June when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers arrested people at multiple locations. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law

A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed this summer by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country

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4 d. ago Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody

A federal judge is set to hear a Trump administration request to end a long-standing policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody

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5 d. ago Prime Day special: Amazon gifts Trump team a $1B coupon to let Bezos’ company host federal websites

The move comes as tech companies continue to ingratiate themselves with the president

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5 d. ago US judge orders halt to construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

Temporary halt for facility in Florida Everglades comes as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental lawsA federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction of an immigration detention center – built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” – as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental laws.The facility can continue to operate and hold detainees for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), but workers will be barred from adding any new filling, paving or infrastructure for the next 14 days. US district judge Kathleen Williams issued the ruling during a hearing and said she will issue a written order later Thursday. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump team looking to Joe Rogan for help amid lingering Epstein

Vice President JD Vance hosting strategy dinner on handling of Jeffrey Epstein case as shock poll shows 81% of Americans believe President Donald Trump responsible for administration hiding information

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6 d. ago Lowlife Sean 'Diddy' Combs asks Donald Trump for pardon but may regret 'white men' jibe

The disgraced music mogul's legal team have approached Donald Trump to consider a full presidential pardon ahead of his sentencing in October.

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6 d. ago Top Trump aide hints at real possibility aliens exist as team 'hunts for truth'

Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told a podcaster that she believes aliens could possibly be real and that she has 'a lot of questions'

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6 d. ago The US supreme court paved the way for Texas’s gerrymandering mess | Steven Greenhouse

In a 2019 case, John Roberts said federal courts shouldn’t intervene in such matters. Trump’s team is taking advantageWith Texas Republicans rushing to fulfil Donald Trump’s wish to gerrymander to the max, many Americans are no doubt wondering why there isn’t some referee to stop this hyperpartisan race to the bottom that is poisoning our democracy. The supreme court should be the referee that puts a halt to this ugly, undemocratic mess, but in a shortsighted, 5-4 ruling in 2019, the court’s conservative majority essentially told state legislatures that anything goes when it comes to gerrymandering. Their message was: no matter how extreme the gerrymandering, we’ll look the other way.Writing the majority opinion in that case, Rucho v Common Cause, chief justice John Roberts declared that gerrymandering was a political matter that federal courts shouldn’t intervene in (unless it involves racial discrimination). Many legal experts said the conservative justices were defaulting on the ...

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6 d. ago Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

A federal judge is hearing arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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7 d. ago Attorney for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has approached Trump administration for pardon: report

A member of the music mogul’s defense team told CNN that ‘conversations’ had taken place with the Trump administration

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7 d. ago Trump team officially ends Musk’s ‘five things’ DOGE email that drew ire and led to thousands of resignations

Federal workers were ordered to email the Office of Personnel Management as part of a drive to drastically cut staff numbers

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7 d. ago Trump team weighs releasing Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with DOJ officials over Epstein case: report

The Trump administration is considering publicly releasing an audio recording of an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and senior officials from the Department of Justice, according to a new report.

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9 d. ago DOGE embarrasses Trump again with accidental bird flu expert firings

ANALYSIS: The firing of bird flu experts while Trump’s team boasted about the federal response to the crisis was a misleading self-own by the White House

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3 w. ago Trump's latest demand: Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams should change names back

President Donald Trump has called for Washington's football team and Cleveland's baseball team to return to their previous names

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3 w. ago Trump’s team wanted Kilmar Abrego Garcia to face ‘American justice.’ He could be deported again before trial

The Trump administration spent weeks insisting he would never step foot in the country as a free man. That promise could delay a criminal case against him, Alex Woodward reports

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3 w. ago Stalker followed ex around supermarket where she worked and threatened to be her 'worst nightmare'

A judge said it was clear 27-year-old Joshua Hearn had not been able to accept the ending of the relationship

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4 w. ago New York county clerk rejects Texas’s effort to fine doctor in abortion pill case

A New York doctor faced a $113,000 penalty from Texas after being accused of shipping abortion pills across state linesA New York county clerk again rejected an effort by Texas to fine a New York-based doctor accused of shipping abortion pills across state lines, in a case that could tee up a US supreme court showdown between states that protect abortion access and those that ban it.On Monday, acting Ulster county clerk Taylor Bruck rejected a court filing by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, which sought to collect a $113,000 penalty against Dr Margaret Carpenter. Paxton had sued Carpenter in December 2024 over allegations she shipped abortion pills to a Texas woman in defiance of the state’s ban on virtually all abortions. When Carpenter didn’t show up to a court hearing earlier this year, a judge automatically ruled against her and ordered her to pay the fine as well as stop mailing pills to Texas. Continue reading...

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