Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If allowed to go into effect, the Trump administration’s new policy on transgender soldiers would be a “de facto blanket prohibition” that seeks “to eradicate transgender service,” a federal judge wrote Thursday in issuing a preliminary injunction against the policy. In a 65-page […]
James Carbone/Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and his estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, have reached a divorce settlement, according to court records. Ellerup filed for divorce shortly after Heuermann was arrested in July 2023. The terms of the divorce settlement, filed in Suffolk County […]
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to preserve the contents of the chat in which top national security officials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes in Yemen as they were taking place earlier this month. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered […]
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stephanie Gonzalez says she and her family have endured “heartbreak” since the deportation of her parents, 55-year-old Gladys and 59-year-old Nelson Gonzalez. “They really did not deserve to be treated as criminals,” Stephanie Gonzalez, 27, told ABC News on Wednesday, […]
David Mcnew/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some U.S. states could be treated to a northern lights display thanks to a minor geomagnetic storm on the sun, according to space forecasts. Another round of aurora borealis is expected on Thursday night, with a predicted Kp index of magnitude four out of […]
Wesley Hitt/Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — Federal immigration agents have detained a University of Alabama doctoral student who is a citizen of Iran, according to the school and ICE records. Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student from Iran studying mechanical engineering, is currently being held in a detention facility, but ICE […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Organizations that provide legal aid to migrant children have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after the agency cut funding to the program that provides legal representation to tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors. According to the […]
Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld federal restrictions on ghost guns, prosecutors in New York are warning 3D-printing companies their “insufficient security measures” are causing a “troubling rise in access to unregulated weaponry.” The warning came in […]
Graeme Sloan for The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A document unsealed Tuesday from the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams may raise questions about the testimony of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during his Senate confirmation hearing. During the hearing, Blanche was asked […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has arrested a top MS-13 gang member, according to a post on X by Attorney General Pam Bondi. “I’m proud to announce that early this morning our brave law enforcement officers conducted a successful operation that captured a top MS-13 national leader,” Bondi […]
