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Attorney: Convicted tax schemer is too fat for prison
TAMPA, Fla. - The attorney for a 72-year-old Florida man who was convicted in a tax scheme is using obesity to try to keep his client out of prison. Curtis Fallgatter wrote in a court filing on Monday...
Oct 17, 2017
US government will appeal order blocking Iraqi deportations
DETROIT - The U.S. government says it will appeal an order that suspended the deportation of 1,400 people to Iraq. It’s unclear why the Justice Department waited nearly two months after the inju...
Sep 21, 2017
Judge: Anti-abortion leader's attorneys violated court order
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge said Tuesday he will hold attorneys for the head of an anti-abortion group in contempt after links to videos that the judge had barred from release appeared on their we...
Jul 12, 2017
Judge will reconsider ruling blocking sanctuary cities order
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Tuesday agreed to reconsider his ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut funding from cities that limit co-operation with U.S. immigration...
May 24, 2017
Draft order would halt refugee processing for Syrians
WASHINGTON - A draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press shows that President Donald Trump intends to stop accepting Syrian refugees and suspend the United States’ broader refugee p...
Jan 26, 2017
Supreme Court order unlikely to deter voting restrictions
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court’s refusal to breathe new life into North Carolina’s sweeping voter identification law might be just a temporary victory for civil rights groups. Republican-l...
May 16, 2017
Executive order that incarcerated Japanese Americans is 75
SAN FRANCISCO - Satsuki Ina was born behind barbed wire in a prison camp during World War II, the daughter of U.S. citizens forced from their home without due process and locked up for years following...
Feb 18, 2017
Questions and answers about upcoming travel ban order
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s travel ban has been frozen by the courts, but the White House has promised a new executive order that officials say will address concerns raised by judges t...
Feb 24, 2017
Revised Trump immigration order delayed until next week
WASHINGTON - The White House is pushing back the release of President Donald Trump’s revamped refugee and immigration executive order until next week. Trump had said his administration would unv...
Feb 22, 2017
Trump signs executive order pushing work for welfare
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to add and strengthen work requirements for public assistance and other welfare programs. The order, signed in private, ...
Apr 11, 2018