By Ted Hesson, Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Migrants in Texas who were told they would be deported to Libya sat on a military airfield tarmac for hours on Wednesday, unsure of what would happen next, an attorney for one of the men told Reuters. The attorney, Tin Thanh Nguyen, said his client, …
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By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday said they plan to accuse the hip-hop mogul’s ex-girlfriend of domestic violence when she takes the stand in his sex trafficking trial. Combs has pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking and …
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had granted permissions to three new color additives, marking them as safe to use in food products and expanding the range of natural-source colors available to manufacturers. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said last month that the …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, which kicks off on Monday, marks the highest-profile case so far for a nascent group in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office focusing on criminal prosecution of civil rights violations. Since its launch in 2022 by then-Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, the unit …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and his health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are defending the new U.S. Surgeon General nominee from attacks from influential far-right activist Laura Loomer, whose critiques of some other Trump administration officials have preceded their ouster. President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Casey …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bookish and reclusive jurist David Souter, who joined the U.S. Supreme Court as a supposed conservative “stealth nominee” but instead emerged as a liberal justice who backed abortion rights and dissented in the 2000 ruling that gave the presidency to Republican George W. Bush, died on Thursday at age 85. …
By Andrea Shalal, Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as Washington, D.C.’s interim U.S. attorney, after Ed Martin, the current interim job holder and Trump’s first pick to hold the job on a permanent basis, failed to garner enough support …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal court ruled on Thursday that Alabama’s Republican-led legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters when it approved a new electoral map in 2023 that only had one majority-Black congressional district. In a 571-page ruling, a three-judge panel sharply criticized state lawmakers for drawing up a congressional map that mirrored one …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jeanine Pirro, who co-hosts ‘The Five’ on Fox News and whose previous roles include serving as Westchester County’s assistant district attorney, will be appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Trump’s first pick Ed Martin, who holds the job on an interim basis, failed …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge decided on Thursday not to wait for President Donald Trump’s administration to bring a Tufts University doctoral student being held in a Louisiana immigration detention facility back to Vermont as previously ordered before assessing whether she should be released from custody. Burlington, Vermont-based U.S. District Judge William …
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