Courts & Law
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Maduro faces more charges including alleged torture, according to new, unsealed federal indictment
Maduro had already been charged with participating in a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S.
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Trump suggests FBI may investigate death of black teen Nolan Wells
Wells was 18 at the time of his death.
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Police in England acknowledge search warrants on ex-Prince Andrew in Epstein case were unlawful
Lawyers for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Thames Valley Police agreed before a court hearing Thursday that the warrants were invalid.
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Judge confirms block on Trump admin ending TPS for Haiti is no longer active
Trump has moved to end TPS for several nations, including Haiti, though a number of federal judges have intervened to stay those directives.
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Judge grants DOJ request to toss criminal charges against Oath Keepers in Jan. 6 case
Amit P. Mehta said he wanted "a different ending" to the ongoing saga to prosecute those who participated in the unruly protest, but he was bound by the law to dismiss the case.
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Five outside parties file legal briefs in support of agents Patel fired during broad agency purge
The briefs argue that the firings were illegal because the agents were denied due process and punished for their political affiliations.
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Judge blocks New York law barring ICE agents from wearing masks and requiring visible identification
Judge Mae D’Agostino of the Northern District of New York partially granted the DOJ's request for a preliminary injunction, ruling that the federal government is likely to succeed at trial.
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AG Uthmeier asks Congress for impeachment inquiry into former Southern Poverty Law Center attorney
"It strains credulity to think that Judge Abudu, a senior legal officer at SLPC, wouldn't have been aware of the organization's alleged criminal conduct during her tenure," Uthmeier stated in the letter.
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Justice Department touts 'largest denaturalization effort ever' with 25 cases filed in two weeks
The department also noted that since the start of the second Trump administration, it has filed 123 civil denaturalization complaints, which it declares is the most in recorded history.
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Ogles moves to start impeachment against Obama-appointed judge after immigration decision
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs', who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued a stay last week, blocking the Trump administration from ending the status for Somalis.
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Trump administration appeals judge ruling accusing him of colluding with IRS in $10 billion lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams earlier this month heavily criticized the case and claimed the suit was brought for an "improper purpose" to secure funding for a project not approved by Congress.
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Justice Department moves to drop charge against former Olympian accused of damaging Reflecting Pool
The department said information provided since the indictment of former Olympic canoeist David Hearn revealed the damage was the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor."
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April trial date sought in suit against Paramount, Warner Bros.
Bonta called the challenge to the “unlawful Warner Bros./Paramount merger” a clean-cut antitrust challenge through and through.