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…

Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Presidents and prosecutors have for generations appeared in the Great Hall of the Justice Department to announce important anti-crime initiatives or to offer plaudits for the fundamental tenet of the rule of law, while maintaining distance from the detailed workings of the department…

A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants
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A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The chilling screams of a young woman came from a desolate, debris-strewn urban hinterland between salvage yards and railroad tracks on Quintana Road in the outskirts of San Antonio. When a man who worked for a nearby paving company, Ricardo Quintero, followed the…

Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York
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Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the funding and management of New York City hotels operating as shelters for migrants, according to a copy of a federal subpoena sent to a Manhattan hotel. Federal prosecutors sent a subpoena to…