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A 14-year-old Illinois boy with autism has been released from federal immigration custody after more than two months in detention, prompting renewed calls in Congress to end the practice of detaining minors in immigration proceedings. Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL) announced the release of her constituent, identified as Steven, and his father, Victor Romero Martinez,…
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Leading international law scholars and United Nations experts are raising serious questions about the legality of recent United States and Israeli military strikes against Iran, warning that the attacks likely violate the prohibition on the use of force enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The strikes, which have escalated into a broader regional conflict, were…
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis sharply criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a tense oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, accusing her of mismanaging immigration enforcement priorities and federal disaster response. The exchange comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) faces mounting scrutiny over a controversial shooting in Minneapolis, stalled congressional…
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More than six decades after a pregnant civil rights activist was brutally beaten by police officers in southwest Georgia, newly released Justice Department records are reopening scrutiny of one of the most disturbing — and legally unresolved — cases of law enforcement violence in the Jim Crow era. The records, released by the Civil Rights…
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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Google and its subsidiary YouTube are facilitating — and profiting from — an international misinformation operation that uses artificial intelligence to defame Black public figures and mislead the public. In a statement and accompanying press remarks, Crump…
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Members of the U.S. Congress will begin reviewing unredacted Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein next week, marking a significant escalation in an ongoing legal and political dispute over transparency, statutory compliance, and executive privilege. According to two sources familiar with the Department of Justice’s plans, lawmakers will be allowed to review the materials…
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The decision by The Washington Post to lay off roughly one-third of its workforce has escalated beyond an internal business matter, raising serious legal questions about labor law compliance, newsroom protections, and the governance obligations of owners of major democratic institutions. The cuts — estimated at approximately 300 journalists and staff — represent one of…
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The release of newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein–related files has set off a fast-moving, multinational chain of legal and institutional responses, as prosecutors, governments, media organizations and law firms take action against individuals named or linked in the documents. What is emerging is a widening chronology of accountability efforts that now spans several jurisdictions and legal…
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Long before Brown v. Board of Education dismantled legal segregation in American public schools, Black lawyers were already fighting — and losing — in courtrooms across the United States. Those losses were not failures of vision or competence. They were deliberate steps in a long legal campaign that used the judiciary itself to expose the…
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Poland has announced a formal investigation into possible connections between the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence services, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday — a development with notable implications for international legal and security communities monitoring the recently released Epstein documents. According to ABC News reporting, the probe will…
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