The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.
The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off.
The Justice Department has formally filed two petitions in the Southern District of New York seeking to unseal grand jury records in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
After months of pushing back against federal judges and the courts, the president has requested the release of Epstein-related grand jury testimony to be “subject to Court approval.”
President Trump at the White House this week. He asked the attorney general on Thursday to seek the court’s permission to release pertinent grand jury materials relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment for sex trafficking.
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”
Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”
Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.
Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.
Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. military base in Djibouti, last year. The eight men the government hopes to deport to South Sudan have been held at the base for several weeks.
Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. military base in Djibouti, last year. The eight men the government hopes to deport to South Sudan have been held at the base for several weeks.
The United States has held eight migrants at a military base in Djibouti while court cases played out. But an official said the Trump administration would now promptly send the men to South Sudan.
The United States has held eight migrants at a military base in Djibouti while court cases played out. The federal government sought to deport them to South Sudan.
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