Author: Nate

House Rushes Government Funding Bill Through Two Months Early On Tuesday, the House passed a continuing resolution funding the federal government through December 4 by a mostly party-line vote of 220-205, with GOP leaders moving months ahead of the fiscal deadline to avoid a shutdown fight breaking out just before the midterm elections [1]. Kentucky…

ICE Is Arresting Relatives Who Show Up to Claim Migrant Kids From Shelters Immigration attorneys and advocates say ICE has arrested relatives who came forward to claim custody of unaccompanied migrant children held in federal shelters in Texas, leaving those children in government custody for extended periods while their would-be sponsors are detained. Attorneys say…

A Secret Deportation Court Sat Dormant for 30 Years. DOJ Just Used It. The Justice Department this month filed the first-ever application to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a five-judge tribunal Congress created by statute in 1996 that had never been used in its three-decade existence. The court is designed for extraordinary immigration cases where…

Trump Hits Canada With 50% Tariffs on Wine, Hockey Sticks and Cement President Trump announced Monday a new 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods, including wine, hockey sticks and cement, set to take effect August 19. The administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a Depression-era provision authorizing duties up…

DOJ Subpoenaed a Reporter’s Mother’s Phone Records to Hunt for a Leaker A motion unsealed Monday revealed that the Justice Department issued subpoenas seeking phone and text message records belonging to four New York Times reporters — Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt — along with records belonging to several of…