Politics

Senate punts immigration vote over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund outrage

The Senate will not vote on billions in immigration enforcement money until after the Memorial Day recess, a dramatic shift in plans fueled by Republican discomfort over the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund.

DOJ onboards historic number of immigration judges

The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it swore in a record number of new immigration judges, as the Trump administration seeks to deport a historic number of illegal immigrants.

US supreme court dismisses Alabama’s bid to execute intellectually disabled man

Court throws out state’s challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penalty

Former head of Minnesota non-profit gets nearly 42-year prison sentence for fraud

Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which claimed to help provide millions of meals to children during the pandemic

‘I refuse to be a second-class citizen in my own land’: Taiwanese International Booker winner Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

The author of historical novel Taiwan Travelogue, and its translator Lin King, discuss the threat from Beijing, LGBTQ+ rights and the island’s culinary delicacies

US Homeland Security Issued Alert on Comedian Who Created Parody ICE Tip Website

DHS issued ‘Bolo’ for Ben Palmer, whose videos of calls with members of the public who thought they were reporting immigrants went viral

DOJ charges 'largest autism fraud' tied to $90M MN Medicaid theft

The Justice Department on Thursday announced criminal charges against 15 defendants accused of stealing more than $90 million from Minnesota Medicaid and other taxpayer-funded social service programs in what officials described as the “largest autism fraud scheme” ever uncovered by the department, with links to existing fraud cases involving the Somali community.

Turkish court ruling removes head of main opposition party

Ruling annuls 2023 CHP leadership contest and deposes Özgür Özel, the face of opposition to Erdoğan

Jeffrey Epstein assistant fiercely denies she was an accomplice and claims he abused her

Sarah Kellen tells lawmakers that convicted sex offender ‘sexually and psychologically abused me … and gaslit me’

Homeland Security’s Plan to Squeeze International Flights

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told travel executives he may target airports in cities that don’t help ICE.

Trump denies deploying aircraft carrier to intimidate Cuba

President Donald Trump denied that he deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean to intimidate Cuba one day after his Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro.

The Guardian view on the Mountbatten-Windsor papers: they expose the collapse of Britain’s 'good chap' state

New papers matter less for royal gossip than for what they reveal about the UK’s fragile constitutional culture of trust, prestige and informal power