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Judge Blocks Administration From Immediately Removing Guatemalan Children

Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, wrote that the government had given dubious justifications for removing the children that “crumbled like a house of cards.”

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A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviewed the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City last month.
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Whistle-Blower Account Contradicts Government’s Claims on Guatemalan Children

A report filed to Congress on Tuesday alleges the Trump administration concealed data showing that dozens of children it sought to deport faced serious harm back in Guatemala.

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A report filed by the Government Accountability Project, a whistle-blower protection group, said at least 30 of the 327 children the government cleared for imminent removal had “indicators of being a victim of child abuse, including death threats” in Guatemala, based on the government’s own findings.
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Judge Rejects Bid by Menendez Brothers for New Trial

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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Republicans Block Schumer’s Effort to Force Vote on Epstein Files

Though it failed, Mr. Schumer’s proposal brought the contentious debate over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files to the Senate, which has largely avoided it.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, holding an impromptu news conference with reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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A Phony Trump Check and a ‘Depreciated’ Woman in Epstein’s Birthday Book

An entry in Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book shows the disgraced financier holding a novelty check with a signature of “DJ TRUMP.” It makes reference to a woman who dated both men in the 1990s.
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House Democrats Release Epstein’s Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump

The Oversight Committee released files turned over by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including a copy of a sexually suggestive note apparently signed by President Trump.
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New Zealand Police Kill Man Who Disappeared With His Children

Tom Phillips, who vanished with his three children in 2021, was killed after he shot a police officer on Monday, the authorities said. His children were found safe and unharmed.

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An image released by the New Zealand Police that the authorities say shows the fugitive Tom Phillips and one of his children on the country’s North Island last month.
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