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Gold Breaks Above $3,500 to an All-Time High
Gold prices briefly broke above $3,500 per ounce to an all-time high Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, rattling investors and increasing demand for the safe-haven asset.
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:47:30 EDTJudge Blocks Deportation, Transfer of 2 Oregon Students
On Monday, United States District Judge Michael McShane issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the federal government from deporting two University of Oregon students or having them transferred from the state, Oregon Live reported.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:17:57 EDTTrump Backs 2 Republicans in 2026 Ariz. Governor Race
President Donald Trump wielded his powerful endorsement stick Monday night for two Arizona Republicans vying to unseat Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs next year: Rep. Andy Biggs and lawyer Karrin Taylor Robson.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:12:35 EDTJudge Pauses NYC Mayor From Allowing ICE Agents at Rikers
A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt a plan allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ahead of a hearing later this week. In a written order Monday, Judge Mary Rosado barred the city from "taking any steps ...
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:02:01 EDTNYPD Arrests One Columbia Univ. Protester
Columbia University's student newspaper, The Spectator, reported on Monday that an alleged Columbia alum, whose name was not given, was arrested that evening after the college's public safety officers broke up an Israel-Gaza war protest.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:46:34 EDTReport: DOJ Gives DOGE Access to Key Immigration Database
President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has been granted access to a Department of Justice system that contains information on the case histories of millions of legal and illegal immigrants.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:35:04 EDTFDIC Plans to Lay Off 20 Percent of Staff
A top U.S. bank regulator told staff Monday it plans to cut its workforce by roughly 20% as part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to cull the federal workforce.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:59:03 EDTInsurers Accused of Colluding to Drop Fire Coverage in Parts of Calif.
Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California communities at high risk of wildfires and force homeowners onto the state's last-resort insurance plan, which offers basic coverage and high premiums.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:25:21 EDTRICO Law Invoked to Charge More Venezuelan Gang Members
More than two dozen people whom the U.S. government says are current or past members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been charged with murder, sex trafficking and other crimes under a federal law created to combat organized crime, the U.S. Justice Department said...
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:22:48 EDTDershowitz to Newsmax: Harvard Will Lose in Supreme Court
Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Monday that Harvard's lawsuit is likely a ploy to bring the Trump administration to the bargaining table, adding that the university would lose if the case ever made it to the Supreme Court.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:37:02 EDTUS Military to Detain Migrants at N.M. Border
U.S. Northern Command announced on Monday that the military had been authorized to "temporarily" detain and search for illegal migrants along a designated area of the southern border, referred to as the New Mexico National Defense Area (NMNDA).
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:08:09 EDTPaul Atkins Sworn in as SEC Chair
Paul Atkins, who served as a Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008 and was seen as a business-friendly lawyer, was sworn in on Monday as the SEC chairman, the regulator said in a statement.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:55:01 EDTTrump Sides With Long Island School to Keep Its 'Chiefs' Logo
President Donald Trump left no question Monday when he posted that he stands with the small town of Massapequa on Long Island to keep its "Chiefs" logo in an ongoing court battle with the state.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:11:51 EDTDOJ Backs off From Plan to Spread Its Tax Division Across US
The U.S. Department of Justice has backed away from a plan to break up its Washington-based tax division and send prosecutors to offices throughout the country, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.A new plan would house tax attorneys within the DOJ's civil and...
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:54:40 EDTTrump: Radical Left 'Always Threatening Our Judges'
President Donald Trump unleashed on the "Radical Left" in a pair of posts on his Truth Social platform on Monday.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:38:55 EDTMore Upheaval in Defense Sec Hegseth's Inner Circle
More changes are underway at the Pentagon as its chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, reportedly is expected to shift his responsibilities to a more direct role with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, has been reassigned.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:33:24 EDTTrump Endorses Montana Sen. Daine's Reelection Bid
President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Montana Sen. Steve Daines' reelection bid, calling him a "great man and tremendous senator."
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:46:30 EDTAbrego Garcia's Wife Silent on Living in Fear of Husband
The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, did not reply directly when asked by "Good Morning America" last Friday if she lived in "fear" when she filed a court order against her husband in 2021.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:32:43 EDTACLU Makes Rare Plea to SCOTUS on Deportations
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Supreme Court to block deportation flights under the Trump administration, arguing that Venezuelan migrants were given less than 24 hours' notice before being sent without due process to a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:17:02 EDTWatchdog Files Ethics Complaint Against Sen. Warnock
An ethics watchdog sent a letter dated Tuesday to the Senate Select Committee on ethics charging that Sen. Rafael Warnock, D-Ga., has been living rent-free in a plush $1 million home in Atlanta in violation of federal law and chamber rules.
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