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USCIS Begins Reexamining All Green Cards: Nationals from 19 Countries Face Tougher Background Checks
The U.S. government has issued a significant update to its immigration vetting practices — a change that could reshape how applicants from several countries are adjudicated. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new guidance on November 27, 2025, allowing officers to treat an applicant’s country of origin as a significant negative factor in…
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The U.S. Department of Justice is now urging a federal appeals court to release former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison from prison while he challenges his conviction—an extraordinary reversal that has reopened old wounds from one of the most defining police-violence cases of the last decade. Hankison, 49, is the only officer involved in the…
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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…
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In a sharply worded decision, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has refused to unseal grand jury transcripts tied to the sex trafficking indictment of Ghislaine Maxwell, accusing the Justice Department (DOJ) of attempting to create an “illusion” of transparency while offering nothing of real evidentiary value to the public. The ruling, issued Monday, underscores…
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Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has intensified his legal fight by filing a $100 million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Ample Entertainment. He is alleging that the documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy spreads “outrageous lies” designed to destroy his reputation and prejudice his ongoing criminal case. The complaint, filed in New…
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that, since President Donald Trump took office, more than one million undocumented migrants have voluntarily left the United States. Noem also asserted that hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants with criminal records have been arrested since January. Speaking at a press conference in Chicago, Noem framed the…
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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…
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In a closely watched federal trial that spanned nearly two months, music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering but convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, resulting in a potential sentence of up to 10 years per count, though sentencing guidelines suggest…
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Nearly a year after his conviction, the 2024 murder of Taya Ashton, a 20-year-old Black transgender woman, continues to reverberate across the nation. DeAllen Price, the man who fatally shot Ashton in her Maryland apartment, was sentenced to 60 years in prison, with 12 years suspended, effectively handing him a 48-year sentence for a crime…
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The American presidency, though steeped in power and symbolism, is not immune from the reach of the law. While political accountability plays a dominant role in disciplining presidents, the justice system has at times been forced to confront serious misconduct at the highest level of the executive branch. A review of history provides cautionary tales—and…
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