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The most striking moment of Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment in a U.S. federal court on Monday, January 5, 2026, was not the heavy security or the list of sweeping criminal charges read into the record—it was the direct, tense dialogue between the judge and the deposed Venezuelan leader. Escorted from detention in handcuffs by armed U.S.…
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he directly told President Donald Trump that he opposed the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, raising concerns about international law, regime change, and the legal implications of the operation. Speaking on Saturday, January 3, 2026, Mamdani confirmed that he spoke with Trump by phone after…
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Wrongful Conviction Overturned After 19 Years as Shooter’s Letter and Confession Lead to Exoneration
A New York man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a murder he did not commit has been fully exonerated after the actual gunman confessed, capping a decades-long miscarriage of justice that began when critical evidence was ignored. Emel McDowell was 17 years old when he was arrested and charged with murder following…
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Senior U.S. lawmakers are threatening legal and congressional action against the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the Trump administration released only a partial and heavily redacted set of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite a new federal law requiring full disclosure. At a press conference in Washington, D.C., on December…
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U.S. Justice Department Appeals Ruling That Tossed Indictments Against Letitia James and James Comey
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an appeal challenging a federal judge’s decision that dismissed criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, reopening a high-stakes legal battle centered on constitutional limits to prosecutorial authority. At the heart of the dispute is the legality of…
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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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