June 8, 2025
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Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over Musk’s cost-cutting team

The headquarters are located in Washington DC, US (Image: AP) The US Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters Wednesday, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency was illegal. The institute’s acting president, George Moose, entered the organization’s headquarters with […]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Trump administration confirms mistakenly deported man is in El Salvador prison, but offers no way back

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The Trump administration confirmed on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported last month, remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador but did not provide the full scope of information demanded by a federal judge regarding efforts to bring him back.In a court filing submitted, […]

Rumeysa Ozturk: Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont

Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge on Friday ordered the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, to be moved from Massachusetts to Vermont, where she was briefly held after her arrest by immigration officers last week.Ozturk’s lawyers had […]

Judges extend restrictions on Donald Trump’s plan to deport Venezuelan gang members

A federal judge in Washington, DC, extended a restraining order preventing the Trump administration from using a centuries-old wartime law to deport Venezuelan nationals accused of gang affiliation, reports Fox news. The order was issued by US district judge James Boasberg on Friday and is set to remain in place until at least April 12.The […]