Records Offer Glimpses Inside the Doomed Prosecution of Eric Adams
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Records Offer Glimpses Inside the Doomed Prosecution of Eric Adams

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Months after federal prosecutors in Manhattan secured a five-count corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, federal authorities were still forging ahead with their investigation into his dealings. They obtained a new warrant authorizing them to search the phone of a…

U.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly
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U.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the past three weeks, the Justice Department and Google have questioned more than two dozen witnesses to try to sway a federal judge’s decision over how to address the company’s illegal monopoly in internet search. On Friday, that hearing in the U.S….

Federal Judge Casts Doubt on Trump Arguments in Venezuelan Migrants Case
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Federal Judge Casts Doubt on Trump Arguments in Venezuelan Migrants Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Wednesday night expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s reasons to avoid seeking the return of scores of Venezuelan immigrants who had been expelled to El Salvador in March, saying he was inclined to order officials to provide more information…

College Assistant Admissions Director Charged With Attempted Sex Trafficking
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College Assistant Admissions Director Charged With Attempted Sex Trafficking

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A former assistant admissions director at Emmanuel College in Boston was arrested Friday and accused of soliciting an underage applicant for sex, the Justice Department said. Prosecutors charged the director, Jacob Henriques, 29, with one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor…

Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy
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Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division said on Saturday that she was investigating a new policy in Minnesota’s largest county to determine whether it illegally considers race as a factor in plea deals. Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general…

Opinion | These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful
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Opinion | These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines With a blitz of moves in his 100 days in office, President Trump has sought to greatly enlarge executive power. The typical explanation is that he’s following and expanding a legal idea devised by conservatives during the Reagan administration, the unitary executive theory….

Opinion | There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump’s Power Grab
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Opinion | There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump’s Power Grab

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To be clear, some of his legal — or plausibly legal — policies also deserve opposition from liberals, moderates and conservatives alike. He has damaged America’s standing in the world, especially through his chaotic tariffs. He has made it easier for China and…

U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020
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U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 45-year-old Iraqi man was charged on Monday with voting illegally in the 2020 presidential election, a prosecution that federal officials said had been assisted by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. The case against the man, Akeel Abdul Jamiel, appeared to…

Justice Dept. Policy Now Allows Pursuit of Reporters’ Records in Leak Inquiries
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Justice Dept. Policy Now Allows Pursuit of Reporters’ Records in Leak Inquiries

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday said that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a Biden administration policy meant to protect journalism from intrusive efforts to identify and prosecute leakers. An internal…

U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing
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U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday said it took the extraordinary step of replacing the federal lawyers defending it in a lawsuit over New York City’s congestion pricing program, after accusing them of undermining the department’s bid to end the toll. The…