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A federal judge in Los Angeles appointed an independent monitor and "special master" to oversee the Trump administration's compliance with the Flores settlement, an agreement that sets the rules for how migrant children can be detained. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The judge is acting rogue.
Democrat Xavier Becerra pledged on Tuesday to participate in more than one debate against Steve Hilton, his GOP rival in the California governor's race. LA Times
VOA VIEW: he is actng like a fool.
The size of New York's tech talent workforce surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time as tech companies lay off workers, a new report from CBRE shows. LA Times
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The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue. New York Post
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff doubled down on the boorish remarks he made about President Trump and his executive assistant Natalie Harp -- and even gloated about the frenzy he sparked. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Ossoff is looking for touble.
The rise in UFO news coverage is increasing belief in aliens, particularly for younger Americans. New York Post
Scientists say their findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, show that while most species suffer from the effects of global warming, there are a few lucky winners. New York Post
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reinventing the government’s role in the world’s most important bond market. New York Times
Critics in the small West African nation say their government has not said why it agreed to one of the largest U.S. deportation deals, who the deportees are, or how they will be handled. New York Times
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Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities. The federal agents appeared to be using civil rights statutes to scrutinize Mr. Swalwell’s conduct. New York Times
VOA VIEW: As they should.
A Coast Guard investigation led to the arrest of Manuel Hernandez, who had been charged with misconduct and neglect after the deaths of a mother and her child. New York Times
After years of pounding power plants and cities, Russia’s air war has taken aim at Ukraine’s supermarket warehouses. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Putin has gone mad.
Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Russia is expanding the confrontation.
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At a White House ceremony, President Donald Trump signed his name onto a granite helipad designed for the presidential helicopter and to welcome foreign leaders, saying the project was built to stand the test of time. OANN
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has urged a federal judge not to dismiss criminal charges against former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey for allegedly threatening violence against President Donald Trump. OANN
VOA VIEW: The judge would be making a mistake.
President Donald Trump hosted major cryptocurrency and finance executives at the White House on Wednesday, issuing a firm call for Congress to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Clarity Act) to establish a definitive regulatory framework for the digital asset industry. OANN
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James Braid, the White House legislative director, is leaving his position in September, according to President Donald Trump. OANN
U.S. Customs and Border Protection faced scrutiny Thursday after a watchdog group warned that forced labor persists on sugarcane fields in the Dominican Republic, which exports large amounts of sugar and other products to the U.S. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: It has to be watched.
An airplane pilot died Wednesday after a violent collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. Washington Times
A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the "Squidpocalypse of '26." Washington Times
Companies that secretly vary prices based on how much they think individual customers will pay could face federal charges under a proposed policy released Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission. Washington Times
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A federal judge in Los Angeles appointed an independent monitor and "special master" to oversee the Trump administration's compliance with the Flores settlement, an agreement that sets the rules for how migrant children can be detained. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The judge is causing more problems
A federal judge in Los Angeles appointed an independent monitor and "special master" to oversee the Trump administration's compliance with the Flores settlement, an agreement that sets the rules for how migrant children can be detained. LA Times
A federal judge in Los Angeles appointed an independent monitor and "special master" to oversee the Trump administration's compliance with the Flores settlement, an agreement that sets the rules for how migrant children can be detained. LA Times
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Democrat Xavier Becerra pledged on Tuesday to participate in more than one debate against Steve Hilton, his GOP rival in the California governor's race. LA Times
A federal judge in Los Angeles appointed an independent monitor and "special master" to oversee the Trump administration's compliance with the Flores settlement, an agreement that sets the rules for how migrant children can be detained. LA Times
Democrat Xavier Becerra pledged on Tuesday to participate in more than one debate against Steve Hilton, his GOP rival in the California governor's race. LA Times
The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue. New York Post
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff doubled down on the boorish remarks he made about President Trump and his executive assistant Natalie Harp -- and even gloated about the frenzy he sparked. New York Post
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reinventing the government’s role in the world’s most important bond market. New York Times
VOA VIEW: It us beyond crazy.
The California Democrat said Monday that he "made personal mistakes outside my marriage" and that his "actions were consensual in nature." CBS
White House reporters were called to the South Lawn Wednesday for a surprise tour of some of President Trump's favorite home improvement projects around the White House. CBS
Coast-to-coast heat is scorching the southern U.S., with the temperature in Charleston, South Carolina, with a heat index of 113 degrees, while California's Death Valley was seeing a high of 118 degrees. CBS
The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. CBS
President Trump announced he's nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, to be the next head of the FDA. CBS
The announcement extends a pressure campaign the Trump administration has waged since April under the banner Operation Economic Fury. CNBC
VOA VIEW: All seen have been threats for 6 months.
President Donald Trump hinted that regulation may be in the works for Hyperliquid. Interesting trading activity followed. CNBC
The combination regimen significantly extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning, compared with Keytruda alone. CNBC
The move would likely impact hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have Social Security numbers and have received authorization to work in the U.S., experts said. CNBC
"There is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comey's post could read it to mean 'Kill President Trump,'" prosecutors said. CNBC
Harvard University agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits after former morgue manager Cedric Lodge stole and sold donated human remains. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Harvard is at fault.
Georgina Bribiesca Chavez and Salvador Pelayo allegedly made tens of thousands selling exotic animals smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border since 2023. FOX News
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An 8-year-old boy died after a tree fell at a YMCA summer camp in Wayland, Massachusetts, and a counselor sustained minor injuries. FOX News
Patrick Barnett is accused of killing wife Lindsey Barnett, a Lakewood elementary school art teacher found dead with a neck wound in their shower. FOX News
Derek Chauvin's attorneys claim Tim Walz unlawfully assigned Keith Ellison to prosecute the George Floyd murder case, citing structural errors. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Walz is an idiot.
The 0.1% decline in kindergarten vaccination rates is not alarming, arguing CDC data still shows very high compliance levels. FOX News
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on Wednesday approved a $15.5 billion budget for Dulles International Airport ahead of renovations. UPI
Lawyers for the Kennedy Center notified a judge that the facility plans to return President Donald Trump's name to the facade of the building. UPI
A drone strike on a minibus in the Ukrainian frontline city of Kherson killed at least 4 people and injured 5 others amid a rise in Russian attacks. UPI
The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determined that Mexican strawberries are being sold in the United States below their "normal value." UPI
VOA VIEW: RNOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Maryland on Thursday challenging the state's laws that limit local law enforcement's cooperation with immigration agents, the latest legal salvo in the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. As it should happen.
Federal lawyers with the Justice Department's Civil Division have filed about 20 lawsuits against so-called sanctuary policies that the Trump administration argues violate the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, under which federal law supersedes state policies. "Federal immigration officers merely enforce the laws that our nation's elected representatives in Congress passed, reflecting the will of 'We the People,'" Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement.
"When sanctuary jurisdictions enact laws to shield illegal aliens from federal law enforcement, it is not merely federal law that is violated, but the voices of everyday American voters silenced." The Community Trust Act, passed by Maryland's General Assembly, took effect immediately on May 31, 2026, limiting local cooperation with federal immigration authorities amid the Trump administration's aggressive crackdown.
Opponents criticize the law as permitting the harboring of undocumented migrants, while advocates argue such policies are needed to create safe communities by reducing barriers that hinder immigrants from communicating with law enforcement. In the lawsuit, the Justice Department argues that by enforcing the Community Trust Act, Maryland was unlawfully interfering with the federal government's enforcement of federal law, in violation of the Supremacy Clause.
"Maryland has no lawful interest in assisting removable aliens to evade federal law enforcement. The state's prohibitions on cooperation with federal immigration agencies have endangered public safety, resulting in criminals being released into Maryland rather than turned over to immigration authorities for removal from the United States, as required by Congress," the federal lawyers said in the complaint.
"The challenged laws are not a mere passive effort to avoid providing state or local resources to federal officials but rather are an active and deliberate effort to obstruct federal immigration enforcement." The Maryland Freedom Caucus, a group of Republican state delegates, celebrated the lawsuit's announcement in a Thursday statement, saying it is challenging "Maryland's dangerous penchant for favoring noncitizens over lawful Marylanders."
From targeting sanctuary laws to seeking to end humanitarian protections for migrants from crisis-hit countries, the Trump administration has sought to remove obstacles to its mass deportation campaign, drawing staunch opposition from civil and human rights advocates. Under a Trump executive order, the Justice Department has identified dozens of states, counties and cities, mostly Democratic-led, that have sanctuary laws.
