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The court agreed that the explosion of online porn calls for new age-verification laws. LA Times
After U.S. Treasury officials accused three Mexican financial institutions of aiding drug cartels, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said there was "no proof" to the allegations. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Mexico is lying.
The ruling does not decide on the constitutionality of Trump's plan to limit birthright citizenship. LA Times
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The college student accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership in Kansas City faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on all charges. New York Post
VOA VIEW: As it should be.
The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school. New York Times
The case stemmed from a lawsuit brought by conservatives seeking to block free preventive care, including medicine to prevent H.I.V. transmission. New York Times
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. Navy ship Harvey Milk will be renamed in honor of a World War II Medal of Honor recipient -- Oscar V. Peterson, a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy during the second world war. OANN
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States is ending trade discussions with Canada over its digital tax. OANN
VOA VIEW: Canada is losing.
House Republicans advanced their first appropriations bill for fiscal year 2026 on Wednesday, authorizing over $450 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction, and related programs. OANN
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Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett verbally attacked First Lady Melania Trump recently by arguing that she should not have been allowed to become a U.S. citizen under the EB-1 “Einstein” visa. OANN
VOA VIEW: Crockett is an idiot.
Federal authorities have now arrested 2,711 members of Tren de Aragua, the notorious Venezuela-based gang, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: They are bad people.
Ticks that were previously confined to specific regions in the U.S. are growing in population and spreading into new areas, exposing residents to more tick-borne diseases. Washington Times
President Trump heaped praise on the Supreme Court Friday, thanking the justices for a "monumental" ruling that limits the power of lower court judges to issue universal blockades on his executive actions. Washington Times
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A federal appeals court on Friday said President Trump was likely on solid legal ground when he fired the board at the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent in his own people to start cutting. Washington Times
Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. Washington Times
The court ruled that universal injunctions issued by lower courts likely exceed the authority Congress has granted them. CBS
VOA VIEW: Big Trump victory.
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of parents who wanted to opt their children out of instruction with storybooks that address gender identity and sexual orientation. CBS
The Supreme Court ordered further arguments over Louisiana's congressional map that created a second majority-Black district. CBS
New federal data showed that inflation edged up in May, but U.S. prices show only modest impact from U.S. tariffs. CBS
A meteor moving at 30,000 miles per hour lit up the skies over South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, causing a sonic boom and leaving debris behind. NASA says it's part of a rare but not unheard-of meteor event. CBS
House Republicans have subpoenaed Anthony Bernal as part of their rapidly expanding investigation into former President Joe Biden's mental fitness while in office.. CBS
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The Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's multi-billion-dollar mechanism for expanding phone and internet access. CBS
Fox News's corporate parent paid nearly the same amount to Dominion Voting Systems for a defamation lawsuit related to 2020 presidential election coverage. CNBC
Florida Fish and Wildlife details fatal alligator attack on Michigan canoeist and launches GatorWise campaign to educate residents on safely sharing waterways with alligators FOX News
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Pennsylvania immigration officer charged with bribery after allegedly extracting payments from immigrants since 2015, promising green cards and work authorization he couldn't deliver. FOX News
VOA VIEW: He should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces potential deportation as his attorneys request a Maryland judge block ICE from removing him while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. FOX News
VOA VIEW: He should be convicted.
U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites inflicted "serious and significant damage," Iran has acknowledged for the first time since the attack nearly a week ago. UPI
New York City Mayor Eric Adams kick-started his re-election bid as an independent candidate on Thursday. UPI
The U.S. State Department on Thursday unveiled a new visa restriction policy, targeting family members and close personal and business associates of those sanctioned on accusations of being involved in drug trafficking. UPI
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have seized a cache of counterfeit Rolex watches and designer sunglasses with a street value of more than $573,000, the agency announced Thursday. UPI
President Donald Trump held a rally the White House on Thursday afternoon to garner support for the federal budget bill that he wants passed before Independence Day. UPI
The Trump administration and Iran currently have no plans to formally meet, the White House press secretary said Thursday, despite indications from President Donald Trump that the two countries would talk "next week." UPI
VOA VIEW: Time will tell.
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White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said Friday that the Trump administration is "actively looking at" suspending the writ of habeas corpus — the constitutional right to challenge in court the legality of a person's detention by the government — for migrants. White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said Friday that the Trump administration is "actively looking at" suspending the writ of habeas corpus — the constitutional right to challenge in court the legality of a person's detention by the government — for migrants. The courts must pull back or congress will have to take action.
Miller's comment came in response to a White House reporter who asked about President Donald Trump entertaining the idea of suspending the writ to deal with the problem of illegal immigration into the United States. Asked when that might happen, Miller responded: "The Constitution is clear, and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in time of invasion."
"So, I would say that's an option we're actively looking at," he said. A number of pending civil cases challenging the Trump administration's deportation of undocumented immigrants in the United States are based on habeas claims. The Trump administration has chafed at orders by judges blocking efforts to summarily deport immigrants, including alleged gang members, without court proceedings.
Miller spoke hours after a federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Tufts University student Rumeysa Öztürk from the custody of U.S. immigration authorities.
Öztürk, who had been imprisoned for 45 days after the Trump administration revoked the Turkish citizen's student visa based on an assessment that she "may undermine U.S. foreign policy by crearting a hostile environment for Jewish students and indicating support for a designated terrorist organization."
Öztürk challenged her detention with a petition for writ of habeas corpus, which noted that she "has not been charged with any crime," and which argued that her "arrest and detention are designed to punish her speech and chill the speech of others." Miller said that Trump's decision on whether to suspend the writ of habeas corpus "depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not."
Miller implied that "the right thing" is for judges to stop blocking the administration's deportation of immigrants in cases where those people are exercising habeas writs. The writ has been suspended only four times since the U.S. Constitution was ratified. And in all but one of those instances, Congress first authorized the suspension. The idea of habeas corpus originated in English common law.
"No man shall be arrested or imprisoned...except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land," a provision in the Magna Carta, signed by King John in the early 13th Century, says. The U.S. Constitution, in Article 1, section 9, says, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."
Miller's use of the word "invasion" reflects the Trump administration's argument that the U.S. faces an "invasion" of undocumented migrants. Miller's comment came in response to a White House reporter who asked about President Donald Trump entertaining the idea of suspending the writ to deal with the problem of illegal immigration into the United States.
