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Asylum Seeker Wins Bid to Delay Deportation Under U.K.-France Treaty

Par :Lizzie Dearden
The case was the first challenge relating to the treaty, which aims to reduce small-boat crossings of the English Channel by migrants, to reach London’s High Court.

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Migrants trying to cross to Britain from northern France on a small boat last month. More than 30,000 people have made such crossings so far this year.
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Judge Rejects Bid by Menendez Brothers for New Trial

Par :Matt Stevens
Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were recently denied parole, have now been blocked from another once-promising path to freedom.

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The Menendez brothers, whose first trial took place in 1990, were each denied parole in August.
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White House Readies Appeal After 2nd Loss in Bid to Fire Lisa Cook

Par :Tony Romm
A court blocked a last-minute attempt on Monday to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board ahead of a meeting to set interest rates.

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President Trump has sought to reconfigure the Federal Reserve’s board with loyalists, posing new threats to its political independence.
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Federal Judge Declines to Intervene for Migrants Deported to Ghana

Par :Chris Cameron
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said her hands were “tied” with regard to the migrants, even though they held protective orders, in another victory for President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled late Monday that she could not prevent a group of migrants from being sent onward to their home countries.
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Federal Judge Declines to Intervene for Migrants Deported to Ghana

Par :Chris Cameron
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said her hands were “tied” with regard to the migrants, even though they held protective orders, in another victory for President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled late Monday that she could not prevent a group of migrants from being sent onward to their home countries.
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Appeals Court Says Lisa Cook Can Remain on Fed Board

Par :Tony Romm · Colby Smith and Ben Casselman
The decision came the day before the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting at which policymakers are expected to cut interest rates.

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President Trump has tried to oust Lisa Cook from her role as a Federal Reserve governor over allegations of mortgage fraud, even though she hasn’t been charged with a crime.
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Florida Says Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Invalid After Court Ruling

Par :Patricia Mazzei
The state attorney general told law enforcement officers to stop enforcing the decades-old ban, after a court last week ruled it unconstitutional.

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The state attorney general’s legal interpretation effectively allows open carry in Florida, which had been the last remaining Republican-led state to ban the practice.
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Supreme Court Is Split on What to Call the ‘Shadow Docket’

Par :Adam Liptak
Critics call the expedited rulings, which have become routine in the second Trump administration, the “shadow docket.” The justices have other ideas.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, criticized the Supreme Court’s expedited rulings in a 2021 hearing on a Texas abortion law that effectively overturned Roe v. Wade in the state.
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On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides

Par :Adam Liptak
The second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of applications so far as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.

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After Bolsonaro’s Conviction, Brazil Already Considers His Amnesty

Par :Jack Nicas
Brazil’s top court sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison. The nation’s Congress is already debating how to free him.

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Federal agents standing guard this month in Brasília, with Brazil’s Congress in the background, where negotiations about amnesty for Jair Bolsonaro have already begun.
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Federal Judge Questions Deportations to Ghana

Par :Chris Cameron
A hearing in the case of five migrants deported to Ghana last week showed how earlier Supreme Court rulings have paved the way for President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

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Judge Tanya S. Chutkan scolded the Trump administration for allowing Ghanaian officials to violate protective orders by U.S. immigration judges, though she also appeared to suggest she had little power to compel the government to return them.
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Mass Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Was Illegal, Judge Rules

Par :Eileen Sullivan
Months have passed since the lawsuit was filed, and many of the fired employees have moved on, the judge noted.

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Judge William H. Alsup found the terminations illegal because they came at the direction of the Office of Personnel Management and not the agencies where the employees worked, which hold the authority to hire and fire.
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Brazil Defies Trump’s Demands by Convicting Bolsonaro

Par :Jack Nicas
Latin America’s largest nation is shaping up as a test case on how to defy President Trump.

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Security officers at Brazil’s Supreme Court in Brasília this month.
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Bolsonaro was Sentenced to 27 Years for Plotting a Coup in Brazil. What Comes Next?

Par :Ana Ionova
Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for conspiring to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections.

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Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, in São Paulo last year.
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What We Know About Bolsonaro’s Conviction

Par :Ana Ionova · Katrin Bennhold · Christina Thornell · Leila Medina and Laura Salaberry
Brazil’s top court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 presidential election. Ana Ionova, reporting from Brasília, explains the charges and what comes next.
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Lawyers for Venezuelans Ask Court to Press D.H.S. on Temporary Protections

Par :Allison McCann and Zach Montague
A judge had ordered that Temporary Protected Status be kept in place, but Venezuelans who needed to re-register weren’t able to.

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Venezuelan migrants waited in line in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2023 to enter the United States after receiving asylum hearings through the CBP One app.
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Lawyers for Venezuelans Ask Court to Press D.H.S. on Temporary Protections

Par :Allison McCann and Zach Montague
A judge had ordered that Temporary Protected Status be kept in place, but Venezuelans who needed to re-register weren’t able to.

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Venezuelan migrants waited in line in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2023 to enter the United States after receiving asylum hearings through the CBP One app.
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Lawyers for Venezuelans Ask Court to Press D.H.S. on Temporary Protections

Par :Allison McCann and Zach Montague
A judge had ordered that Temporary Protected Status be kept in place, but Venezuelans who needed to re-register weren’t able to.

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Venezuelan migrants waited in line in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2023 to enter the United States after receiving asylum hearings through the CBP One app.
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Lawyers for Venezuelans Ask Court to Press D.H.S. on Temporary Protections

Par :Allison McCann and Zach Montague
A judge had ordered that Temporary Protected Status be kept in place, but Venezuelans who needed to re-register weren’t able to.

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Venezuelan migrants waited in line in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2023 to enter the United States after receiving asylum hearings through the CBP One app.
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Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil, Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison

Par :Ana Ionova and Jack Nicas
Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent.

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro was accused of orchestrating a vast plot to stay in power after he lost the 2022 election.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court Is On Course to Convict Bolsonaro in Coup Plot

Par :Ana Ionova
A majority of voting justices said they plan to vote to convict Brazil’s former president of trying to hold onto power. A final verdict could come Thursday.

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro was accused of orchestrating a vast plot to stay in power after he lost the 2022 election.
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What to Know About the 9/11 Case at Guantánamo Bay

Par :Carol Rosenberg
A guide to the military prison, the prisoners, the costs and what else goes on at the U.S. naval base.

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Guantánamo Bay is a 45-square-mile naval base, with a port used by U.S. ships on patrol in the Caribbean and an airstrip.
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Justice Dept. Reverses Course on Claims Guatemalan Children’s Parents Sought Their Return

Par :Zach Montague
A government lawyer said there was no basis for claims made earlier to a judge about the children, who were nearly deported over Labor Day weekend.

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Senior Trump administration officials had echoed the claim by the Justice Department that the government was working to reunite families that had been torn apart, and acting on the wishes of the parents.
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Supreme Court Rules for Transgender Boy in Bathroom Dispute

Par :Adam Liptak
The interim order came after a decision in June on medical care for transgender youths and as the justices prepare to hear arguments on transgender athletes.

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A 14-year-old student challenged South Carolina’s bathroom law, saying it violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and Title IX.
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Harvard Is Told Research Money Could Flow Again, for Now

Par :Alan Blinder · Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender
After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
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South Korean Woman Cleared Decades After Biting Attacker’s Tongue During Attempted Rape

Par :Choe Sang-Hun
Choi Mal-ja, who was convicted of inflicting bodily harm, said she fought for a retrial so other South Korean women would not suffer as she did.

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Choi Mal-ja, center, who was convicted 61 years ago for biting the tongue of her attempted rapist, reacts after her retrial at the Busan District Court in Busan on Wednesday.
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From Prime Minister to Prisoner: Thaksin Shinawatra’s Fall From Favor

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
With Thaksin Shinawatra’s recent fall from favor, his political power is significantly diminished. But it is too early to write him off.

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Thaksin Shinawatra, center, was taken to the Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok, on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled against him.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Block Foreign Aid for Now

Par :Adam Liptak
Acting on his own, the chief justice issued an “administrative stay” pausing a trial judge’s ruling while the full court considers the matter.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ordered both sides to file briefs by Friday in a convoluted case involving presidential power.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump’s Sprawling Tariffs

Par :Ann E. Marimow and Adam Liptak
The justices moved quickly to schedule oral argument to consider the legality of the president’s signature economic initiative.

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The Port of Los Angeles in May.
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Michigan Judge Tosses Out Cases Against Fake Trump Electors

Par :Danny Hakim
The judge, a Democrat, concluded that fake electors recruited to support Donald J. Trump’s candidacy in 2020 did not understand that they were being asked to do something illegal.

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Judge Kristen D. Simmons, right, during a preliminary examination in the case at the Ingham County District Court in Lansing, Mich., in 2023.
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Thai Court Orders Thaksin, Ex-Premier, to Serve a Year in Prison

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
The Supreme Court’s ruling, stemming from past convictions on charges of corruption and abuse of power, was the latest blow to Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Thaksin Shinawatra, center, arriving at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Tuesday with his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra. He was ordered to report to prison later in the day.
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The Supreme Court Decision on ICE and Racial Profiling, Explained

Par :Charlie Savage
The ruling allowed immigration agents to stop people for reasons that lower courts had deemed likely unconstitutional.

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Civil rights organizations and several U.S. citizens accused federal agents of engaging in “blatant racial profiling” by carrying out “indiscriminate immigration operations” with no individualized basis for suspicion.
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Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

Par :Adam Liptak
A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.

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Aggressive enforcement operations in Los Angeles — including encounters captured on video that appeared to be roundups of random Hispanic people by armed agents — have set off protests and clashes in the area.
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American Pilot Ethan Guo Is Released After Being Stuck Off Antarctica

Par :Johnny Diaz
Ethan Guo said that he had been effectively stranded at a Chilean military base on King George Island since June 28. The authorities said he landed without permission.

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Ethan Guo at Geneva Airport in Switzerland. He was trying to fly solo to all seven continents before he was detained on King George Island off Antarctica in June.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Los Angeles Home Is Saved From Demolition

Par :Adeel Hassan
A judge denied a neighbor’s petition to raze the Spanish-style hacienda, which the City Council had declared a cultural landmark.

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The Spanish-style hacienda where the film star and popular culture icon Marilyn Monroe lived, in Los Angeles.
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Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order

Par :Adam Liptak
The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.

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Former Justice Stephen Breyer in 2021.
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Abrego Garcia Now Facing Shifting Threats of Deportation

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Alan Feuer
A court had ruled that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could not be sent back to his homeland, but now the administration sees a loophole. On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers were told that he would be sent to the small African nation of Eswatini.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore last month.
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At Harvard, Judge’s Ruling on Funding Gives Students One More Thing to Ponder

Par :Chris Hippensteel
Many students were cautiously hopeful after a judge said the Trump administration could not freeze research funding to the university. But they also had other things on their minds.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
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Harvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?

Par :Alan Blinder
A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

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A court ruling this week was a victory for Harvard in its fight with the Trump administration, but the battle between the two sides is most likely not over.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding

Par :Alan Blinder
The ruling was a victory for the university in its battle with President Trump, but the judge’s decision may not be the final word.

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The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans

Par :Alan Feuer
The case appears set to return to the Supreme Court in a decisive battle over President Trump’s use of the 18th-century law to deport migrants.

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The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit was the first time that federal appellate judges had weighed in on the substantive question of whether President Trump had properly invoked the Alien Enemies Act.
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Federal Appeals Court Reinstates an F.T.C. Commissioner Fired by Trump

Par :Cecilia Kang
The court said the commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, had been illegally terminated “without cause.”

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission, saying she had been fired without cause.
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Judge Apologizes to Conservative Justices in Case Over N.I.H. Cuts

Par :Zach Montague
The display of contrition came after Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh issued a stern warning directing judges to heed their orders in August.

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The grants in question supported a wide variety of research at the National Institutes of Health.
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L.A. Ruling Complicates Trump’s Threats to Send Troops to More Cities

Par :Charlie Savage
As Democratic cities brace for possible military deployments, Democratic governors see in a lower-court ruling the potential for legal protections.

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Members of the California National Guard outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles in June.
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Jair Bolsonaro, Charged With Plotting a Coup, Is Not at His Trial

Par :Ana Ionova
Brazil’s Supreme Court began judging the case against the former president, who did not attend the proceedings because of poor health, his defense team said.

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Attendees looked on as Justice Alexandre de Moraes read the charges during the opening session of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial at Brazil’s Supreme Court in Brasília on Tuesday.
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Trump’s Use of National Guard and Marines in California Is Illegal, Judge Says

Par :Shawn Hubler
The federal judge found that the deployment exceeded legal limits that generally prohibit the use of the military for domestic law enforcement.

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President Trump mobilized National Guard troops in California in June.
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Trump Signals Imminent Supreme Court Appeal to Protect Tariffs

Par :Tony Romm and Ana Swanson
The president said he would seek expedited review of a federal appeals court’s ruling that found many of his administration’s tariffs to be illegal.

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President Trump has maintained that any erosion in his ability to impose levies using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act will inflict damage on the United States by robbing it of both revenue and leverage.
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Trump’s Push to Punish Flag Burning Puts Landmark Free Speech Ruling at Risk

Par :Adam Liptak
The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning an American flag is speech protected by the First Amendment. President Trump says it should be punished.

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Gregory Johnson displayed a flag he has used in protests, in Venice, Calif., in 2021. Mr. Johnson won a landmark Supreme Court case in 1989 protecting political expression that is now being challenged by President Trump.
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Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac

Par :Miriam Jordan and Aishvarya Kavi
The temporary block ended another last-minute flurry of legal action over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviewing a list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City on Sunday.
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