Testy exchanges over immigration cases highlight growing confrontations between judges and DOJ
A federal judge clashed Tuesday with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during an unusual contempt hearing that highlighted growing confrontations between increasingly frustrated judges and Department of Justice officials.
A canceled Kennedy Center debut, a Carnegie Hall stage and De Niro reading ‘Lincoln’
Robert De Niro will appear this week at Carnegie Hall, where he will recite excerpts from a Philip Glass symphony about Abraham Lincoln that the composer once intended to stage at the Kennedy Center.
Savannah Guthrie returns to her mother’s home in first sighting there since disappearance
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie and her sister returned to their mother’s home outside Tucson on Monday in their first sighting at the house since Nancy Guthrie went missing a month ago.
National Guard deployment in New Orleans extended for six months
The Louisiana National Guard announced Monday that 120 troops will remain deployed in New Orleans through August.
Federal court rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process
A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.
Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is ‘not endless’ while warning more casualties are likely
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Monday to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless,” even as he warned that more American casualties are likely in the weeks ahead.
After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. never stopped fighting for civil rights around the world. This includes South Carolina, the state where he was born and raised, and where he first experienced state-sanctioned racial discrimination.
Gunman was not on the FBI’s radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say
The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed two people in an attack that wounded 14 others was not on the radar of authorities before the shooting, federal and local investigators said Monday.
Russia condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as ‘unprovoked act of armed aggression’
Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.
Oil prices leap on worries about Iran war, while US stocks trim their sharp losses
Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, are swinging between sharp losses and a tiny gain.
Reese and Valincius earn USA Baseball invites
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