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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump’s administration dropped the criminal proceedings against Trump’s co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliviera, in the classified documents case initiated by former special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday. The appeals court must still approve the Justice Department’s request for the appeal to be officially terminated. [...]

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A class of consumers sued Amazon.com, Inc. on Wednesday, claiming the technology company secretly tracked and sold their sensitive data without their consent. Plaintiff Felix Kolotinsky brought the class action lawsuit with a demand for a jury trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division on behalf of [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the new Lebanese government to adopt a human rights oriented agenda that promotes the rule of law, transparency and accountability on Thursday. The organization urged the government to implement legal reforms across various sectors to meet the needs of the people and build a brighter future for the country. [...]

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In a move that intensifies the national debate over how race and gender are taught in American schools, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at championing so-called “patriotic education.” Under the auspices of combatting “radical indoctrination” in primary and secondary schools, the order aims to restrict curricular content on the [...]

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President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act (the “Act”) into law Wednesday, which will require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States and have been charged with, or arrested for, burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. This is the first piece of legislation that President Trump has [...]

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A federal judge sentenced Bob Menendez, the former US Senator for New Jersey, to 11 years in prison Wednesday. Additionally, he must forfeit over $900,000. Menendez was found guilty last year on 16 counts, including bribery, corruption, and conspiracy to act as a foreign agent, after receiving more than $500,000 in cash, $100,000 in gold [...]

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The Republican-led US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trumps’ Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi. The full Senate will vote on her confirmation as early as this week. Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) opened the meeting by highlighting Bondi’s experience as a prosecutor and her two terms as Florida’s Attorney General. He [...]

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Monica Costa Riba, Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights Senior Campaigner, condemned on Thursday the verdict in the case of Justyna Vydrinska, a human rights activist convicted of helping a woman access safe abortion, stating that authorities should overturn the decision and halt the prosecution of legitimate activists. Justyna Wydrzyńska, one of the founders of the civil [...]

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Two unions representing US government employees filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Trump’s efforts to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers, making it easier to fire them. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), both federated unions under the AFL-CIO, represent more than 2 [...]

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