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A push to force all migrants to await deportation from detention and other Trump administration immigration policies have pushed the number of cases to record highs for the Department of Justice (DOJ) branch that handles such litigation. The Hill recently obtained internal DOJ metrics showing staff levels have plummeted while the department is also handling...

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled new charges against deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, accusing the duo of ordering physical and psychological torture against Americans and others. According to the superseding indictment, Maduro "presided over this system of repression and torture" while his wife Cilia Flores de Maduro “ordered that individuals ...

A bipartisan group of states are backing New Jersey’s request for the Supreme Court to declare that states can regulate prediction markets, warning that lower judges are “hopelessly confused and divided.”  Last month, New Jersey petitioned the justices to decide the issue that has been bubbling up in the lower courts. The justices turn away...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Wednesday sued the Trump administration claiming they misused congressional appropriations in using government funding to run a new ad featuring the president. “The Trump Administration is using taxpayer dollars to air political advertisements, a blatant violation of the statutory ban on the use of appropriations for ‘publicity or propa...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million, according to court records. David J. Rush fabricated a “highly classified” government program to...