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Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid to End Child Detention Policy Seen as Fueling Illegal Immigration
The Trump administration blames the decades-old policy for incentivizing families to cross with children knowing they will be released quickly.
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US Taking ‘Special Measures’ to Protect People Possibly Exposed in Court Records Hack
The U.S. government is taking unspecified “special measures” to protect people potentially exposed in a recent hack of court records, a top U.S. Department of Justice official said on Thursday. The hack of the federal judiciary’s filing systems has raised concerns across the judiciary since it was disclosed last month, in part because of reports […]
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Most Californians Oppose Suggested Redistricting Changes: Poll
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to adopt temporary congressional maps to favor Democrats is facing strong opposition, a new poll shows.
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Democrats Introduce Measure to Terminate Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Axios A group of House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced a joint resolution that would put an end to President Trump’s control of the city’s police force. The measure is an extreme long-shot, but it is a show of strong Democratic opposition to a move that many in the party say amounts to a chilling and unprecedented power-grab. Axios was first to report on Wednesday that Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, planned to introduce a measure terminating the crime emergency. READ THE FULL STORY
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SCOTUS asked to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell must be revisited so that a ruling that respects both the rights of persons and the longstanding authority of state and local governments (to define that which they govern) can take its place. Any consistently applied definition does not violate Equal Protection, be it a marriage, a legal partnership, a corporation, or a female athlete. Justice Thomas is clearly right that the flawed and destructive…
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A Woman “had no other choice but to defend herself and that is why people have guns.” She was six months pregnant and had two other children in the house. She survived years of domestic abuse and defended herself against “a terrible domestic assault.”
Wednesday, April 17, 2025 . . . We learned on April 18 that it appeared to be domestic violence-related, and no charges were filed at the time. Wednesday, we spoke with District Attorney General Frederick Agee. He told us this was self defense and that his office would not be pursuing any charges. “She is six […]
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A DC Police Sergeant Exposed Her Superiors for Misclassifying Crimes To Make Stats Look Low. The City Just Quietly Settled Her Lawsuit…
Police brass repeatedly told officers to downgrade theft cases, knife attacks, and violent assaults to lesser offenses, according to internal MPD emails, depositions, and phone call transcripts the Free Beacon reviewed.
Djossou, who joined the force after serving honorably in Iraq, accused MPD brass of attempting to “distort crime statistics” by “downgrading a number of felonies to misdemeanors, so that there will be ‘fewer’ felonies in the statistics.” She also provided records showing that police leaders explicitly instructed their subordinates to underclassify certain instances of theft to keep them out of the crime stats the city reports to the public.
DOJ Sues California for Enforcing Emissions Standards Voided by Trump
Four major truck manufacturers this week also asked a judge to block the state from enforcing strict air quality rules.
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