The arrest of a Lebanese-born restaurant owner in Texas has become a striking example of the uncompromising immigration enforcement measures now underway under President Donald Trump’s second term. Roland Mehrez Beainy, 28, founder of the Trump Burger restaurant chain, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on May 16, 2025, for allegedly overstaying…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense attorney, Marc Agnifilo, told CBS News that sex videos shown exclusively to the jury played a positive role in the case, describing the footage as “tame” and “eminently consensual.” In an interview with CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan, Agnifilo confirmed that journalists were not permitted to view the material, which he estimated…
Donald Trump is reportedly considering reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, a shift that could have sweeping legal and economic consequences for the U.S. cannabis industry. According to The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal, the proposal—originally advanced but never finalized by the Biden…
The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James in connection with her office’s handling of two high-profile matters: the civil fraud case against President Donald Trump and an investigation into the National Rifle Association (NRA), according to a Trump administration source familiar with the inquiries. The subpoenas, first reported by The New…
As tensions between the Executive and other branches of government heighten under the Trump administration, a growing number of federal judges are delivering forceful rebukes to what they see as the overreach of the president’s authority. Through dissents, majority opinions, and pointed judicial remarks, members of the bench are reaffirming the constitutional principles of due…
President Donald Trump is facing sharp criticism from legal scholars, immigrant rights advocates, and civil rights groups following remarks he made during an August 5, 2025 interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. In discussing agricultural labor and immigration policy, Trump asserted that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined toward farm work, contrasting them with residents of inner…
A North Carolina family is demanding justice after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a warrantless, armed raid on their home, detaining 23-year-old nursing student Allison Bustillo and her mother — despite neither having a criminal record. According to family accounts, ICE agents broke down the front door in February 2025 while searching…
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been quietly moved from a low-security federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a minimum security camp in Bryan, Texas — a decision that’s raising eyebrows among legal experts and justice reform advocates. Attorney Liz Oyer, a former U.S. Department of Justice…
In a recent interview with CBS News journalist Jericka Duncan, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, Esq., described his client’s long-term relationship with singer Cassie Ventura as a “modern love story,” even as it remains central to one of the most high-profile criminal cases in recent years. Ventura, who was in a relationship with…