Credit scores decline for millions as US student loan collections restart
Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection.
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ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds
The federal government has signed a deal with the private prison firm CoreCivic Corp. to reopen a 1,033-bed prison in Leavenworth as part of a surge of contracts U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued without seeking competitive bids.
Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests
President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it has begun notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and that they should leave the country.
As legal fight over Guard deployment plays out, Noem vows to continue Trump’s immigration crackdown
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to carry on with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S.
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
A three-judge panel heard arguments in Trump’s long-running bid to get the New York case moved from state court to federal court so he can then seek to have it thrown out on presidential immunity grounds.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyer makes his ex-girlfriend read loving texts until she cries
The second day of cross-examination seemed aimed at supporting the defense position that the woman was a willing participant in the sometimes-weekly sex with male sex workers that Combs directed.
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction
A three-judge panel is set to hear arguments in Trump’s long-running fight to get the New York case moved from state court to federal court, where he could then try to have the verdict thrown out on presidential immunity grounds.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex says she joined ‘cuckold’ sex marathons to feel loved by him
Prosecutors allege Combs used violence, threats and a network of employees and associates to control and abuse women for two decades.
Trump sends Marines and more National Guard members to Los Angeles
Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump, escalating a military presence local officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom don’t want.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex says he was violent and forced a sex encounter after public apology
The woman said Combs forced her to have a “freak-off”-style sexual encounter with a male sex worker last year after chasing her around her California home, putting her in a chokehold.
Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni’s $400M lawsuit against ‘It Ends With Us’ costar Blake Lively
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Liman’s decision is the latest development in the bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama that includes Lively suing Baldoni in late December.
Attorneys in NCAA antitrust case to share up to $725M in fees
The request for plaintiff legal fees in the House vs. NCAA case, approved Friday night, struck experts in class-action litigation as reasonable.
Los Angeles reels after three days of immigration protests
Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday night as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard,
Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events
By a 2-1 margin, judges on the three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington granted Trump a stay in enforcement of a lower-court ruling that the administration had improperly punished the AP for the content of its speech
Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions
The agreement brings a seismic shift to hundreds of schools that were forced to reckon with the reality that their players are the ones producing the billions in TV and other revenue.
A Massachusetts student arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice has been released
A Massachusetts high school student who was arrested by immigration agents on his way to volleyball practice has been released from custody after a judge granted him bond Thursday.
Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that
A rule requiring large polluters to report emissions is now on the chopping block, one of many that President Donald Trump’s EPA argues is costly and burdensome for industry.
Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. Here’s what to know
The travel ban applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio
The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group sue for discrimination under federal law.