2005—Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. stoically endures the endless opening statements of Senate Judiciary Committee members as his confirmation hearing begins. Roberts...
A federal judge issued a stay forbidding the administration from asking those seeking jobs in the federal government to say how they would help carry out presidential executive orders, in what had been seen as a test of "loyalty" to President Trump.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a significant immigration detention case after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pardoned the key migrant, making him no longer deportable.
The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities - a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions.
Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight how the acrimonious debate continues to roil faith communities more than six months since the federal surge turned Minnesota into a symbol of defiance of the Trump administration's policies.
The way Derrick Van Orden sees it, any Republicans in the U.S. House who distance themselves from President Trump in this year's midterm election aren't just being foolish, they're being disloyal.
President Donald Trump said Saturday during a trip to Ireland that he would love to see the country unified.
The Republic of Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1922, while Northern Ireland, established in 1921, has remained part of the U.K.
"I don't want to cause any problems, but I will tell you, I'd love to see it unified. I have friends on both sides, great people. They're Irish people. How can they be bad, right?" Trump said while on stage with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. "I'd like to see a unified country. I think it would be a great feather in everybody's cap if that happened. It's going to happen eventually."
He added that the U.K. "will have something to say about it obviously," but reiterated that unification would be a "great thing."
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