Immigration judge to rule Friday on possible release of detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil
JENA, La. (AP) — An immigration judge in Louisiana said she will decide later this week whether the government can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus
Woman gets 12 years in prison for shooting up Connecticut police department lobby
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for firing a gun several times in the lobby of a police department, where an officer fired back but bulletproof glass
South Sudan rescinds its decision to deny a deportee entry after the US revokes visas
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese officials said Tuesday that they will allow a foreign national entry into the country after their initial refusal to do so prompted the United States to revoke the visas of
Judge rejects new trials for 2 convicted of human smuggling in death of family of 4 from India
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death while
Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?
As it stands, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s story begins and ends in his native El Salvador. When he was a boy, a local gang extorted his family, tried to indoctrinate him and threatened to kill him, according to
Keystone oil pipeline shut down after a rupture in rural North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of thousands of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. South
Trump touts Supreme Court deportation ruling as a major victory, but legal fight is far from over
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is touting a Supreme Court ruling allowing it to resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act as a major victory, but the immigration fight is far from over. The divided court
US cites Georgia firm after chemical cloud disrupted life in Atlanta’s suburbs
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Federal authorities have found that a Georgia company improperly stored hazardous chemicals before a fire southeast of Atlanta last year that produced a toxic chemical cloud over the area. The Sept. 29 blaze
Homeland Security waiver allows feds to bypass environmental rules to build border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — A waiver issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction immediately on stretches of the border wall in Southern California. Homeland Security
US lawmakers spar over food aid program facing uncertainty
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Lawmakers clashed over the future of the nation’s largest food aid program during U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on Tuesday, previewing a partisan fight over the issue in farm bill
