No. 2 U.S. ICE official Madison Sheahan leaving agency, she says in social media post

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan is leaving the agency, she said in a social media post on Thursday. Sheahan, 28, joined ICE early last year and was a
Delaware judge won’t speed up Paramount lawsuit seeking Warner Bros merger details

By Jonathan Stempel and Dawn Chmielewski Jan 15 (Reuters) – A Delaware judge on Thursday rejected Paramount Skydance’s bid to expedite its lawsuit demanding more information from Warner Bros Discovery about how that company decided Netflix’s proposed
Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian
US seizes in Caribbean Sea another sanctioned oil tanker it says has ties to Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s
US farm economy shows widening cracks as costs rise, jobs vanish

CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become depressing times. Farmers are facing another season of low prices, high costs and difficult decisions about how — or whether — to keep operating.
US charges 20 people with rigging college, Chinese basketball games, NBC reports
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have charged 20 people with rigging college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games, NBC News reported on Thursday, saying some of those targeted were previously charged over alleged NBA-related gambling
Trump administration wins appeal of ruling releasing pro-Palestinian activist Khalil

Jan 15 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that a judge had no jurisdiction to order the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering President Donald Trump’s administration a victory
Control of the House is at the center of midterms. These charts help explain the fight

Donald Trump is determined to maintain Republicans’ threadbare House majority this fall and avoid a repeat of his first presidency, when Democrats won control of the chamber in midterm elections and went on to impeach him twice.
Live updates: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to justify deploying troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis. Trump made the threat to “quickly put an end to the travesty”
10% of US House members have announced they’re not running for reelection, an AP analysis shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s starting to look like an exodus. Dozens of U.S. House members have announced they are not running for reelection, putting a record number of seats up for grabs at this point in the