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Abrego Garcia judge questions administration’s broad use of state secrets privilege May 16, 2025
GREENBELT, MARYLAND — A federal judge said Friday the Trump administration has “pretty broadly” invoked the state secrets privilege to withhold information on its efforts — or, the judge indicated, a possible lack of effort — to return a wrongly deported Maryland man from a prison in El Salvador. President Donald Trump’s administration moved last […]
Ariana Figueroa
U.S. House right wing tanks Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in Budget Committee May 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — Republicans suffered a major setback to their “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, when amid conservative objections the U.S. House Budget Committee failed to approve the measure, a crucial step in the process. In a 16-21 vote, Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Chip Roy of […]
Ashley Murray, Jennifer Shutt
New law breathes life into Georgia Senate panel probe of Fulton DA Willis, Stacey Abrams May 16, 2025
A new Georgia law clarifies the power of legislative committees to issue subpoenas following a legal battle between Republican state senators and Democratic Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The signing of Senate Bill 255 by Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday enacted a law that defines the power of state legislative committees to compel witnesses […]
Stanley Dunlap