A court-appointed lawyer for an Afghan woman and U.S. permanent resident whom the Justice Department alleges is an “alien terrorist” vowed Thursday to vigorously fight the government’s efforts to deport her, telling a federal judge that the entire legal process is unfair and unconstitutional. In the first-ever test case before the secretive and never-before-used Alien…
The Justice Department is proposing a new rule to empower federal immigration judges to hold attorneys, their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders, in a move that departs from historical practice and which legal experts warn could be unconstitutional. The regulatory proposal by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an office of…
Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two U.S. State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest political barb between the two countries. The move became public after The Washington Post reported the Brazilian government saying the officials, Riley M. Barnes, an assistant…
This story originally aired on Feb. 15, 2025. It was updated on July 25, 2026. It was Sept. 18, 2003 when Justine Vanderschoot’s remains were discovered in a remote location more than two weeks after she disappeared. But it’s in the garden outside her bedroom window where her parents Don and Lynnette still come to…
Washington — President Trump said Friday that his administration is launching an investigation into the European Union’s trade practices over billions of dollars in fines imposed on the United States’ biggest tech companies. In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said the investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act is beginning “immediately” and…
The Trump administration will impose tariffs of up to 12.5% starting Friday on goods from 60 U.S. trading partners accused of failing to crack down on forced labor, it announced Thursday, a move that will extend the administration’s tariffs on much of the world. Most of the trading partners will face 12.5% tariffs, including Vietnam…
One year after the death of actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, his widow, Tenisha Warner, reflected on what she calls the worst day of her life, saying it’s difficult to relive. “All I could think about was my daughter and what I needed to do to continue to be her mother and be her only…
