A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to turn over internal records tied to its decision to investigate and charge Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, signaling growing judicial skepticism that senior DOJ leadership may have pushed the prosecution while publicly denying involvement. The order, issued earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Waverly […]

Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) tapped a former Biden administration Labor Department leader to head the Virginia Labor Department. Jessica Looman, the former administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division under President Joe Biden, will serve as the state’s next secretary of labor if confirmed by the General Assembly. “As Secretary of Labor, Ms. […]

The British government has become embroiled in a repatriation scandal of its own making, after championing the cause of an Egyptian activist for years, described as a “top priority,” only for his troubling social media history to emerge hours after his release was finally secured. On Friday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was […]

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed a lawyer who represented an al Qaeda terrorist and Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil as New York City’s chief counsel on Tuesday. Ramzi Kassem, also a law professor at City University of New York and a member of Mamdani’s legal affairs transition team, will advise Mamdani and City Hall […]