Don Lemon, a well-known independent journalist, was arrested with eight other people on Thursday after being indicted by a federal grand jury.  The charges relate to his involvement in coverage of a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a church in St. Paul the previous day. Protesters said that they targeted the church [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem acted illegally when she ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans and Haitians, effective on April 7, 2025. Noem’s order in April would have vacated a designation for Venezuelans that was set to expire on [...]

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Philadelphia filed suit on Thursday against the National Park Service (NPS), after it removed educational panels about slavery from Independence National Historical Park. The panels were located at the President’s House Site, and informed visitors about the slaves held by George and Martha Washington in Philadelphia, when it was the nation’s capital. The suit alleges [...]

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A Texas court found a former school police officer not guilty on charges stemming from the apparently delayed police response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Jesse Rizo, uncle of a 9-year-old killed in the shooting, said the verdict “sends a signal that you entrust a school system, a school [...]

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The FBI searched the home and electronic devices of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday, seizing her phone, Garmin watch, and two laptops, one of which belongs to the newspaper. According to the Post, the warrant said the search of reporter Hannah Natanson’s home was connected to the investigation of Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a systems engineer [...]

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A federal district court in New York issued a two-week temporary restraining order (TRO) on Friday, blocking a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold family assistance funds from five states. On Tuesday, the administration said that it would suspend payments to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York under three federal social programs because [...]

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Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, respectively the former president and first lady of Venezuela, made brief statements during their arraignment in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York Monday. The couple pleaded not guilty to all charges levied against them in a new indictment, which alleges narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine [...]

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US President Donald Trump’s administration claimed that it had conducted a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela early Saturday morning, culminating in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. They were reportedly being transported to face criminal charges in the US. Witnesses reported at least seven explosions in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, around 4:30 [...]

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that the agency will send a large number of investigators and resources to Minnesota to continue investigating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that is said to have involved theft of federal food aid from children during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Patel, the investigation has so far …exposed sham [...]

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