Alina Habba Is Trump’s Pick for Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
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Alina Habba Is Trump’s Pick for Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Monday said that he was appointing a spokeswoman and former personal lawyer as New Jersey’s interim U.S. attorney, continuing a pattern of placing his former legal representatives in top law enforcement positions. The appointee, Alina Habba, defended Mr. Trump in…

Opinion | Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts
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Opinion | Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has wasted no time in his second term in declaring war on the nation’s federal judiciary, the country’s legal profession and the rule of law. He has provoked a constitutional crisis with his stunning frontal assault on the third branch of…

With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms
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With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration. The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and…

Trump Administration Pushes Back Against Judge’s Orders on Deportations
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Trump Administration Pushes Back Against Judge’s Orders on Deportations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been waging a multifront attack on the federal judge who is deciding whether the president may use a wartime statute to deport people suspected of belonging to a Venezuelan street gang. Lawyers for the Justice…

Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That.
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Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The government typically has an advantage when defending its policies against legal challenges. Courts generally defer to the executive branch’s factual declarations and formal representations about what is happening and why, rather than probing for what may actually be going on. But the…

Nadine Menendez, Wife of Ex-Senator, Goes to Trial on Bribery Charges
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Nadine Menendez, Wife of Ex-Senator, Goes to Trial on Bribery Charges

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Less than two months after former Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was sentenced to 11 years in prison on federal corruption charges, the trial of his wife, Nadine Menendez, begins on Tuesday in Manhattan. Ms. Menendez, 58, was charged with her husband…

Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order
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Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The federal judge’s ruling was clear: The Trump administration could not use an obscure wartime law from the 18th century to deport people without a hearing. If any planes were already in the air, the judge said, they should turn back. That did…

With Arrival of Bongino, Trump Loyalists Take Command of the F.B.I.
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With Arrival of Bongino, Trump Loyalists Take Command of the F.B.I.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the closing minutes of his podcast, the right-wing provocateur Dan Bongino made a promise. Joining the F.B.I. as its deputy director, he acknowledged, would require a stark change in approach after years of making his name as a pugilistic pundit. “I have…

U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion
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U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Justice Department has quietly informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to people familiar with the situation. The…

With Deportations to El Salvador, Trump May Have Defied a Judge’s Order
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With Deportations to El Salvador, Trump May Have Defied a Judge’s Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration moved one large step closer to a constitutional showdown with the judicial branch of government when airplane-loads of Venezuelan detainees deplaned in El Salvador even though a federal judge had ordered that the planes reverse course and return the detainees…