Seven detainees sue ICE over California City facility opened without permits, alleging sewage leaks and denial of medication for life-threatening conditions.
ICE releases Chicago day care teacher after week-long detention, arrested at workplace while children present.
Iowa jail issues ICE detainer on Arizona tribal member despite tribal ID, fingerprints and prior bookings, claiming clerical mix-up hours before scheduled deportation.
HUD plan cuts permanent housing funds by two-thirds, threatening 170,000 disabled formerly homeless people with return to streets while shifting billions to work requirements and treatment mandates.
Transgender Air Force members who served 15-18 years sue over revoked pensions after service promised retirement, issued official orders, then rescinded benefits three months later.
Federal judge says Iowa must give bond hearings to two asylum seekers held in county jails for months after Trump administration ordered them detained without chance to argue for release.
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after appellate court upheld $5 million award in December.
Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis appeal seeking to overturn 2015 same-sex marriage decision after she was ordered to pay $360,000 for denying couple a marriage license.
Trump bans all US officials from G20 summit in South Africa over false white farmer genocide claims, will host 2026 summit at his Doral resort.
Federal magistrate judge plans Thursday visit to ICE Broadview facility where detainees testified to being held 100-plus in cells with no beds or hot meals.
Trump administration skips mandatory UN human rights review, leaving US seat empty as countries urge return and reschedule for next year.
California Supreme Court unanimously upholds law forbidding nursing home employees from misgendering LGBT residents, rejecting First Amendment challenge.
Justice Jackson temporarily freezes full SNAP payment order to give appeals court time to rule on Trump administration emergency request during shutdown dispute.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to limit passport sex markers to male or female based on birth sex, reversing Biden policy that allowed transgender people to self-select gender or choose “X” marker.
Armed immigration agents drive away with US citizen toddler after arresting father at Los Angeles Home Depot as grandmother waits hours at immigration office with birth certificate to reclaim child.
Trump administration ends deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals one week after United Nations warned African nation is sliding into another war.
ICE agents arrest day care teacher in front of children at Chicago facility despite her telling them she had valid work permit and pending asylum case.
Trump posts SNAP benefits “given only when Radical Left Democrats open up government” before White House clarifies he will comply with court order for partial reinstatement.
Judge Gettleman says Broadview ICE facility “has really become a prison” and agrees to restraining order after five detainees describe 100 to 150 people sleeping on floors near open toilets.
USDA prohibits grocery stores from offering discounts to SNAP recipients during shutdown while providing only half of November benefits to more than 40 million Americans.
Twenty-one states and Washington DC sue Education Department over rule barring student debt forgiveness for public servants who “abet illegal immigration” or support gender transition for minors.
Government shutdown forces closure of Head Start centers serving at least 8,000 families as 140 programs await federal funding for 65,000 preschoolers and expectant parents.
Federal judge hears testimony on alleged inhumane conditions and lack of attorney access at Broadview ICE facility with power to close it or halt all Chicago-area immigration enforcement.
Trump administration chooses to fund only half of November food stamps to nearly 42 million Americans despite federal court orders and $17 billion in available tariff revenue.
Evanston, Illinois mayor calls for criminal investigation of federal immigration agents who used pepper spray and guns during Halloween operation adjacent to middle school.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemns Trump boat strikes killing 61 people as “unacceptable” extrajudicial killings; White House responds with “Escalator-gate” joke.
Vice President Vance tells Turning Point USA he hopes Hindu wife Usha converts to Christianity, saying he wants her “somehow moved by the church” away from her faith.
Ossoff investigation documents 80+ cases of medical neglect at ICE detention centers, with DHS employee reporting “ambulances have to come almost every day” at one site.
Pentagon memo from Oct. 8 allows commanders to override separation boards that vote to keep trans troops, ending boards’ longstanding independence.
Texas Supreme Court amends judicial conduct rules to allow judges to decline same-sex weddings based on religious beliefs without violating state impartiality standards.
Classified State Department Inspector General report finds many hundreds of potential Israeli human rights violations in Gaza would take multiple years to review under Leahy Laws.
Trump administration slashes refugee admissions from 125,000 to record low 7,500, allocating bulk of slots to white South Africans based on disputed persecution claims.
Federal judge quashes DOJ subpoena to online trans health provider QueerDoc, ruling demand serves “improper purpose” of executing Trump’s orders to eliminate gender-affirming care rather than legitimate law enforcement investigation.
Israel kills 104 Palestinians in 12-hour Gaza airstrikes after soldier death, as Trump insists ceasefire holds and calls strikes justified retaliation against Hamas.
ICE deports Alabama man with US citizenship claim to Laos one day after federal judge blocked removal, warning of “inherent and obvious harm” in deporting a citizen.
US strikes kill 14 people on four alleged drug boats in Pacific Ocean 400 miles from Acapulco, with international law experts calling the campaign “summarily executing” suspects without due process.
Trump administration refuses to use $5 billion in available funds to prevent Nov. 1 SNAP cutoff, saying money must be reserved for disasters as 1 in 8 Americans lose food aid.
Maduro accuses U.S. of “fabricating a war” against Venezuela as aircraft carrier approaches Caribbean, begins proceedings to revoke opposition leader’s citizenship for supporting deployment.
Judge rules ICE detention of father whose teen daughter has cancer unlawful, orders bond hearing by Oct. 31 as DHS defends arrest by calling traffic violations “criminal.”
Man fleeing ICE dies after being struck on Virginia highway, marking second pedestrian death during immigration enforcement since August.
ICE agent arrested for DUI with his two sons in truck threatened to check citizenship and deport deputy who arrested him after asking “Are you Haitian?” during traffic stop.
Justice Department told a federal judge Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has authority to send migrants designated for deportation to any U.S. military base worldwide, defending Guantanamo detentions now paused for a hurricane.
Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval to West Bank annexation bill, prompting Vance to call it a “very stupid political stunt” and warnings from Rubio that it threatens Gaza peace efforts.
FBI backtracks less than an hour after denying children were zip-tied in Idaho raid, changing statement to “young children” after TV station sends photo of 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
Justice Department reaches deal with University of Virginia to close civil rights probes once school prohibits DEI programs, four months after forcing President Ryan to resign.
US military kills 5 in first Pacific strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats, expanding campaign to at least 37 deaths total while using dubious legal theory to justify extrajudicial killings.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who US intelligence says ordered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder, visits DC as Trump’s guest next month to sign defense pact bypassing Congress.
Former Amazon driver sues EEOC for dropping her sex discrimination case over inadequate bathroom breaks after Trump executive order ended disparate impact investigations.
Rubio abandoned DOJ-protected MS-13 informants to seal deal sending 250 Venezuelans to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, where they were beaten and held 5 months without lawyer contact.
US forces kill 3 Colombians in Friday vessel strike as Trump calls President Petro an “illegal drug leader” weeks after revoking his visa for opposing him.
