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Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with a murky assist from DOGE
President Donald Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.
Supreme Court extends pause on deportations under Alien Enemies Act in Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act. It said it’s not directly addressing whether the invocation of the act was legal.
Farmers weigh Trump’s trade war like they watch the weather, waiting to see how things go
Farm country voted heavily for Donald Trump last November. Now many farmers are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Republican president’s disputes with China and other international markets. More than half of U.S. soybeans are exported internationally, with roughly half of those going to China, so it’s a critical market.
Historical precedent: Courts wrestle with White House’s ‘invasion’ claim
Federal judges are looking back to the 18th century to define what constitutes an invasion, weighing a key legal argument for the Trump administration’s use of a wartime deportation authority.
Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban
A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant. Her family says it should have the option to stop the life-support devices but that they've been told state law removes that choice.