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–Vance previews US-Iran nuclear talks, says Trump ‘open’ to sitting down with Russians, Chinese in future
-Congress moves to address air traffic controller crisis as Newark meltdown sparks alarm
-205 arrested in FBI child sex operation, Patel and Bondi announce
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to immediately resettle some 12,000 refugees into the U.S. under a court order that partially blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at halting the refugee admissions program.
U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, a 2023 appointee of former President Joe Biden, issued the order despite the Trump administration saying during a hearing last week that it should only have to process 160 refugees into the country and would likely appeal any order requiring thousands to be admitted.
“This Court will not entertain the Government’s result-oriented rewriting of a judicial order that clearly says what it says,” Whitehead wrote Monday. “The Government is free, of course, to seek further clarification from the Ninth Circuit. But the Government is not free to disobey statutory and constitutional law — and the direct orders of this Court and the Ninth Circuit — while it seeks such clarification.”…READ MORE
Judge Jamal Whitehead
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ: Trump pushes to reopen infamous California prison, but Pelosi and Newsom dismiss it as a ‘distraction’
CAMPUS PROBE: University of Washington faces Trump admin antisemitism scrutiny over anti-Israel protests
COMPLIANCE NOTED: How many Americans are actually ready for REAL ID? Compliance crosses partisan, geographic bounds
SUMMER BUMMER: New travel rules, same confusion: ‘Real ID’ raises questions, concerns among college-aged travelers
‘YOU’LL BE OKAY’: Top TSA official explains what to do if you do not have REAL ID
A TSA agent, DMV facility, and lines of travelers at a U.S. airport are seen in this split image. A 2005 Real ID law takes force on May 7, 2025 after a 20-year delay, prompting a frenzied eleventh-hour surge of travelers to their local DMVs to obtain the new identification. Photos via Getty Images (Getty Images)
‘ITS A DISASTER’: Trump offers to help Obama with presidential library troubles
ACT OF WAR’: Pakistan calls India’s strikes an ‘act of war’ and claims it shot down Indian fighter jets
‘A LITTLE PATIENCE’: Cardinals gather in St. Peter’s Basilica for final Mass before conclave to choose new pope
TEHRAN TORTURE: Family of American hostage tortured in Lebanon wins landmark case against Iran
SIGNALS CROSSE: China’s spying in Cuba sparks alarm on Capitol Hill after fresh satellite images show surveillance buildup
Rep Rick Crawford and satellite image of Cuba SIGINT base (Getty/ CSIS/Hidden Reach/Maxar 2025)
‘DURABLE PEACE’: Vance says Russia’s demands are too high, but there’s still a path to resolution of Ukraine war
LIKE ‘GOODFELLAS’: Fetterman slams ‘dumb hit piece’ about health, says it felt like being in classic mob movie
HAT IN THE RING: Illinois Rep. Krishnamoorthi jumps into crowded Democratic race for Senate
INTIMIDATION AND THREATS: Durbin calls on DOJ to investigate anonymous pizza deliveries to judges’ homes
Then-chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of the Judiciary Committee in 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
ROCK BOTTOM: President Trump’s approval ratings slide, but Democrats’ poll numbers drop to new lows
‘ALARMING’: Antisemitism spiking around the world, ADL finds in its first-ever global report
HUNTING PREDATORS: FBI targets 250 suspects in ‘764’ network of online predators manipulating kids into violent, explicit videos
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday that 205 alleged child sex predators who preyed on children online have been arrested in the last week. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
DISTURBING DETAILS: Riley Gaines says ‘literal human feces’ thrown in protest of Turning Point USA at University of Washington
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: Son of independent U.S. senator mounts Maine gubernatorial bid
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