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A federal grand jury has declined to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking the Department of Justice’s second failed attempt to pursue criminal charges against the prominent Democratic official. The legal battle follows a mortgage fraud case previously dismissed by U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, who ruled in November that the federal…
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A federal appeals court has upheld a nearly $1 million penalty against President Donald Trump and his legal team for what judges deemed “sanctionable conduct” in a lawsuit targeting Hillary Clinton and other Democrats over the 2016 election. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that many of Trump’s legal…
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A coalition of prominent Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), reintroduced ambitious legislation Wednesday aimed at halting discrimination by artificial intelligence in critical areas of American life. The “AI Civil Rights Act” seeks to impose federal guardrails on the opaque algorithms that increasingly determine who gets a job,…
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House Democrats unveiled the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act on Wednesday, aiming to curb abuses in U.S. immigration detention and ensure basic civil and human rights protections for those held in custody. Sponsored by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09), the legislation responds to what lawmakers and advocacy groups describe as inhumane conditions…
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A Colombian family has filed what is believed to be the first formal human rights complaint over a deadly U.S. military strike in the Caribbean. Experts say the lawsuit sets up a potential international test case for the Trump administration’s expanding counter-narcotics campaign at sea. The petition, submitted Tuesday, December 2, 2025, to the Inter-American…
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Rep. Nancy Mace is pushing back hard against reports that she is privately considering an early retirement from Congress, reports that linked her to a supposed upcoming conversation with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned her House seat in late November. The rumors began after New York Times reporter Annie Karni wrote that the South…
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A newly introduced bill in the U.S. Senate is aiming to eliminate dual citizenship altogether, forcing millions of Americans with more than one nationality to make a historic, high-stakes choice. On December 1, 2025, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) unveiled the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025, a proposal that would require Americans to hold only U.S.…
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Costco Wholesale has taken the Trump administration to court, filing a high-stakes lawsuit that challenges the legality of billions of dollars in tariffs imposed under Donald Trump’s presidency. The retail giant is asking the U.S. Court of International Trade for a full refund of the duties it paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act…
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Los Angeles County has taken a historic step that could reshape the landscape of immigration justice in the United States. For the first time in its 111-year history, the LA County Public Defender’s Office will represent immigrants in federal deportation proceedings — a legal arena where millions have been forced to stand alone. The move…
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A federal judge in California delivered a major blow to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on November 25, 2025, ruling that ICE cannot lock up long-term undocumented immigrants indefinitely without a bond hearing. U.S. District Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes struck down a July 8, 2025, DHS policy that re-classified millions of undocumented residents — even…
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