Administration

• 'The Court’s Patience Is At An End': Judge Takes 'Extraordinary Step' Against Acting ICE Chief - "Lesser measures have been tried and failed," U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said.
• Judge orders ICE chief to appear in court to explain why detainees have been denied due process - The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain
• EU snubs Trump administration and Musk with Grok AI deepfake porn probe - The European Union has ignored the Trump administration yet again by probing Elon Musk's social media company, X, over deepfake porn.
• Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case - A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the cou
• Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilities - A federal judge refused Monday to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring a week's notice before members of Congress can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washi
• US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy - Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats of acquiring Greenland and cuts in foreign aid risk bringing vas
• I’m a White House reporter. Here’s the side of the Trump administration you don’t see on TV - ANALYSIS: The Independent’s White House reporter Andrew Feinberg looks back on a year of overhaul in the White House press briefing room — and how Trump II flipped the script in handling the media
• US citizen sues after federal agents in Minnesota threw him in unmarked car and refused to let him go despite seeing passport - Lawsuit accuses federal officials of using ‘police-state tactics’ and carrying out mass racial profiling of Somalis and Latinos
• US judge to restrict Trump efforts to deport pro-Palestinian campus activists - By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge said on Thursday he would issue an order designed to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from exacting "retribution" against
• Fed's Powell says Trump administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment - WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has threatened to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about a Fed building project, an action Powell called a "pretext" to gain