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Washington, D.C. – In a sharp escalation of partisan deadlock over immigration enforcement, Senate Democrats on Thursday March 12, 2026, defeated a Republican motion to advance a House-passed bill that would have reopened the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ended a partial government shutdown now in its 27th day. The procedural motion to proceed…
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A Ghanaian national has pleaded guilty in the United States to participating in a large-scale online fraud operation that targeted vulnerable victims through romance scams and business email compromise schemes. Derrick Van Yeboah, also known as “Van,” admitted in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of an international criminal network that…
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In a major shakeup within the Trump administration, Kristi Noem has been removed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after just over a year on the job. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Noem would be replaced by Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma at the end of March, with Noem…
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The double-digit Democratic victory in a Texas state senate special election long held by Republicans is emerging as an early stress test for the Republican Party’s electoral fortunes heading into the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. While a single special election does not determine national outcomes, the scale, location, and context of Taylor Rehmet’s win in…
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A major Danish pension fund has announced plans to sell its entire holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds, citing concerns over America’s worsening public finances, as political tensions rise between Denmark and the United States over Greenland. AkademikerPension, a pension operator serving Denmark’s academic and professional workforce, said it will divest roughly $100 million in U.S.…
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In a rare and historic act of posthumous justice, Dallas County officials have formally exonerated Tommy Lee Walker, a 21-year-old Black man executed by the state of Texas in 1955 for the sexual assault and murder of Venice Parker, a crime county leaders now say he did not commit. On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, the…
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Picture this: A tech mogul from Mumbai, staring at a screen in a high-rise overlooking the Arabian Sea, clicks “apply” and wires $1 million to the U.S. Treasury. Months later—not years—he’s unpacking in Silicon Valley, green card in hand, chasing the American Dream on steroids. That’s the pitch behind President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled “Gold…
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Charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were thrown out Monday, November 24, 2025, after a federal judge ruled that the Trump Justice Department’s handpicked interim U.S. attorney was unlawfully appointed — a decision that now exposes the deeper disarray unfolding inside the nation’s top law enforcement agency.…
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The U.S. Supreme Court opened its November argument session today, diving into a pair of high-stakes criminal cases that could reshape federal sentencing guidelines and Eighth Amendment protections for intellectually disabled defendants facing execution. With the shadow of President Donald Trump’s tariff challenges looming later in the week, the justices focused on technical yet consequential…
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A federal judge has ruled that while President Trump may retain control over Washington, D.C.’s police department, his authority is now subject to oversight by Mayor Muriel Bowser. The decision comes in the wake of legal challenges filed by the city claiming his takeover infringed on local democratic control. Legal Background & Court Developments Legal…
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