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Trump DOJ adding 'fuel to the fire' with new federal judge ‘stunt’ in Minnesota: expert

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is pushing to sideline Minnesota federal judges overseeing at least 50 ongoing immigration cases, a move critics warn threatens judicial independence, according to an exclusive PunchUp investigation . The publication warned Tuesday that the “extraordinary demand could disrupt dozens of active cases involving…

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Raw Story· Oct 20, 10:10 PMTrump DOJ adding 'fuel to the fire' with new federal judge ‘stunt’ in Minnesota: expert

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Arkansas defends restrictions on foreign-owned crypto miningAn appellate judge said the lower court's injunction against the entirety of the law was "way overbroad," suggesting it should not stay in effect.

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New York fends off challenge over handgun legislationAn upstate New York convict argued his criminal indictment ran afoul of Second Amendment rights affirmed by a landmark Supreme Court ruling from 2022.

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GOP voting rule sending ballots to the trash after backers insisted it wouldn't: reportThousands of North Carolina mail ballots are on track to be rejected over technical errors after a federal judge upheld strict new Republican-backed rules, according to data shared with Democracy Docket. Common Cause North Carolina and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice compiled figures from 27 of the state’s 100 counties. They show a rejection…

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Todd Blanche publicly brawls with MAGA influencer over DOJ official: ‘You are dead wrong’Far-right activist Laura Loomer drew a blistering public rebuke from the head of President Donald Trump's Justice Department after targeting one of his top deputies. Attorney General Todd Blanche tore into Loomer on Tuesday in a post on X after she used a lengthy thread to attack Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward , accusing him of sending…

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