Trump news at a glance: how small town’s fight against ICE mega jail could rewrite legal playbook
Georgia town’s lawsuit against turning a warehouse into an immigration detention center could have a wide impact, experts say – key US politics stories from 31 May at a glance
TL;DR
- Social Circle, Georgia, is suing ICE over a proposed "megacenter," alleging it violates state "public nuisance" law and the federal Administrative Procedures Act.
- US Senator Cory Booker has "concerns" about Maine US Senate candidate Graham Platner amid revelations of sexually explicit messages.
- Advocates worry that federal funding cuts by the Trump administration could reverse a recent decline in US homicides.
- Family visitation is being restored at a New Jersey immigration detention center after protests and aggressive policing.
- A US strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific killed three men, with the Trump administration stating the US is at war with drug cartels.
- The lead prosecutor in the case against former FBI director James Comey over a social media picture has withdrawn.