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News Articles: Law

The EOIR (Executive Office For Immigration Review) Oakdale Immigration Court, bottom, is seen in this aerial photo from April in Oakdale, La.

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  • Law

Louisiana police chiefs charged in immigrant visa fraud scheme

Three current and former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner were charged with falsifying police reports in a years-long visa scheme in Louisiana.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
President Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office Wednesday.

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  • Politics

Trump repeats threat to sue 'Wall Street Journal' after its report on his Epstein ties

President Trump said Friday he looked forward to seeing "The Wall Street Journal" and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, in court after reporting on his past ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
 Alma Bowman (left and second from right) poses in a pair of compiled pictures with family. (Courtesy/John Mitchell)

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  • Law

Macon woman spent her life thinking she was a U.S. citizen. Then ICE detained her twice

Born in the Philippines to an American father and Filipino mother, Alma Bowman came to the U.S. at age 10, grew up and had her own family as a citizen of the U.S. But the 59-year-old, ICE persists, is in the country illegally. GPB's Grant Blankenship explains.

July 17, 2025
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • The Telegraph
Emil Bove, President Trump's pick to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 25.

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  • Law

Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump

Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals now moves to the full Senate. Scores of former DOJ lawyers and retired judges say they fear his loyalty to Trump would carry over onto the bench.

July 17, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Stacey Abrams says her focus is on ensuring free and fair elections in 2026.

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  • Author Interviews

Stacey Abrams warns of autocracy and voter suppression, doesn't rule out another run

Abrams isn't running for office — but she's not ruling it out, either. "Politics is a tool ... for getting good done, but it's not the only one." Her new thriller is Coded Justice.

July 16, 2025
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
US Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks about recent drug enforcement actions during a news conference at the Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Attorney General Bondi brushes aside questions about her handling of Epstein files

Pam Bondi sought to move past questions about her handling of the Justice Department's files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, as pressure continued to grow for her to release them.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
President Trump in profile on July 13 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

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  • Politics

Trump tells supporters not to 'waste time' on Epstein files. They're not happy

President Trump is facing backlash from his supporters and opponents alike for how his administration has handled the release of evidence surrounding the death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
The Washington, D.C., headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education shown in March.

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  • Education

Supreme Court says Trump's efforts to close the Education Department can continue

The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S. Education Department and to reinstate many of the workers the government had laid off.

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
A sign shows the location of an immigration court in New York City. In July, 15 more immigration judges were fired.

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  • USPS

More immigration judges are being fired amid Trump's efforts to speed up deportations

Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges.

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program in New Orleans.

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  • Author Interviews

Wrongly convicted, he became 'The Jailhouse Lawyer' — and helped free himself

While serving a life sentence for a murder he was eventually exonerated of committing, Calvin Duncan studied law and helped many wrongfully convicted prisoners. His memoir is The Jailhouse Lawyer.

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
A teacher gives a tour of Nora Sterry Elementary School to students in Los Angeles in January. California is one of 24 states suing the Trump administration over frozen education grant funding.

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  • Education

24 states sue Trump admin to unfreeze more than $6 billion in education grants

The lawsuit comes two weeks after the Trump administration first notified states it was withholding previously approved funds for migrant education, before- and after- school programs and more.

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
A Tesla Model S in the aftermath of a fatal crash in April 2019 near Key Largo, Fla. The driver survived, but the impact killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her companion.

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  • National

A lawsuit against Tesla and its driver-assistance technology goes to trial in Florida

The case, which stems from a deadly crash in 2019, raises broader questions about the safety of Tesla's driver-assistance systems and whether the company has exaggerated their capabilities.

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Federal agents and National Guard troops confront protesters outside the downtown Los Angeles federal building on June 8. In a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Los Angeles, the ACLU alleged that people at the facility have been held in deplorable conditions and denied access to lawyers.

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  • USPS

Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles

Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's evidence what they're doing is illegal.

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in 2024. A federal appeals court has ruled in his favor and canceled plea deals for three men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks.

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  • Law

Guantánamo plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters are canceled by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court has canceled plea deals with three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, deepening the legal morass surrounding the long-stalled case.

July 12, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
The office of First Liberty Building and Loan, which federal officials allege was a Ponzi scheme, is shown on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Newnan, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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  • Law

Federal officials say a prominent Georgia Republican was running a $140 million Ponzi scheme

Federal officials are accusing Georgia Republican Brant Frost IV of running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of $140 million. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a federal civil lawsuit Thursday in Atlanta.

July 11, 2025
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  • Associated Press
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