Judge warns of consequences if Trump administration violated deportation order
Reuters The Trump administration could face consequences if it violated a judge’s order temporarily blocking the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, the judge said on Wednesday even as he gave the government more time to elaborate on the expulsions. Washington-based US District Judge James Boasberg said the administration could choose to invoke the state […]
US Supreme Court allows Trump’s freeze of foreign aid funding temporarily
Washington DC, US Reuters US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients. Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based US District Judge Amir Ali’s action that had imposed a deadline of 11:59pm […]
Trump pledges to save America from decline, vows swift border crackdown
Updated: 10:50am (AEDT) Washington DC, US Reuters An emboldened Donald Trump declared that “America’s decline is over” as he reclaimed the presidency on Monday, promising a crackdown on illegal immigration and portraying himself as a saviour chosen by God to rescue a faltering nation. “From this moment on, America’s decline is over,” Trump, 78, said […]
US Supreme Court finds Trump has broad immunity from prosecution
Updated: 10:15am (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court found on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions that were within his constitutional powers as president in a landmark ruling recognising for the first time any form of presidential immunity from prosecution. The justices, in a six-to-three ruling authored by Chief […]
US Supreme Court’s two Black justices clash over affirmative action ruling
Reuters When liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to join the US Supreme Court, she was expected to bring a different view on racial matters than Justice Clarence Thomas, its only other Black member and a staunch conservative. That dispute was front and center on Thursday when the two justices publicly […]
US Supreme Court report fails to identify abortion ruling leak culprit
Updated: 12pm (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court after an eight-month investigation failed on Thursday to identify who leaked a draft of its blockbuster ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade decision that had legalised abortion nationwide though the probe revealed multiple holes in security measures at America’s top judicial body. The […]