The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a major immigration case that could reshape how asylum seekers are processed at the southern border, agreeing Monday, November 17, 2025, to hear Noem v. Al Otro Lado. The case centers on the long-debated practice known as “metering,” which allowed U.S. border agents to limit the number of…
A federal magistrate judge has sharply questioned the integrity of the Justice Department’s criminal case against former FBI Director James B. Comey, warning that alleged prosecutorial missteps may be serious enough to unravel the entire prosecution. In a striking 24-page order, Judge William E. Fitzpatrick said the indictment—brought by Lindsey Halligan, a little-known prosecutor personally…
President Donald Trump is pressing House Republicans to approve a bill forcing the release of all government-held documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a striking reversal from his previous reluctance to engage with the subject and a move that has intensified divisions inside the GOP. In a Truth Social post late Sunday, November 16, 2025, Trump…
Military personnel across multiple branches are quietly turning to outside lawyers for guidance on whether missions ordered by the Trump administration are lawful. The unusual development reflects growing unease inside the ranks about the scope, transparency, and legality of recent operations. According to reporting by PBS News, troops involved in planning or supporting strikes on…
Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, including the family of the late Virginia Giuffre, are demanding that Congress stop stalling and release every file tied to the disgraced financier’s decades-long trafficking operation. In a pointed letter delivered ahead of a long-anticipated House vote, survivors urged lawmakers to approve the Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling this…
The most consequential state criminal case ever brought against a former U.S. president has narrowly avoided collapse. With the clock about to run out on a judge’s deadline, Peter J. Skandalakis, head of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, has appointed himself as the new prosecutor in the high-stakes election interference case involving Donald Trump…
The U.S. Department of State has quietly pressed pause on one of the world’s most closely watched immigration programs. In a brief notice published November 5, the agency announced that it is postponing the launch of the DV-2027 Diversity Visa Lottery and preparing to implement “certain changes” to the entry process — a move that…
A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York has awarded $112 million to more than 670 immigrants who were illegally detained by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office solely on the basis of ICE detainers — requests, not warrants — that lacked any showing of probable cause. The verdict, delivered after an eight-year legal…