WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s maximum security federal prison. US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled late Wednesday that the government cannot send former death row inmates to the “Supermax” federal prison in Florence, Colorado, because it would … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to people without showing they are in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Republican administration … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland said Tuesday that the Republican administration is looking to start a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island. In his first extended comments since being appointed to the role this … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to 20 more countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and immigrate to the United States. The Trump administration has included five more countries as well as … Read more
A federal judge investigating whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should face contempt charges over flights carrying migrants to El Salvador said Monday he wants to hear from a whistleblower and a senior Justice Department official. US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington ordered the government to make Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign available … Read more