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Far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson freed early from prison after judge notes ‘change in attitude’

Tommy Robinson after being released from jail (Photo: X) British TV channels interrupted their regular broadcast on Tuesday morning after Tommy Robinson was released from prison four months early.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 18 months for contempt of court after repeatedly breaching a 2021 injunction. The injunction had been granted […]

‘Lacked any semblance of due process’: Judge orders Trump administration to help return deported Guatemalan man

A military aircraft waits for migrants to board from a bus at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge has directed the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico despite raising fears of persecution there, a move the court said likely violated […]

Judge denies stay request, lets ruling stand blocking DOGE efforts to shut down peace institute

Institute of Peace (FIle Photo AP) WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request that she stay her May 19 ruling that returned control of the US Institute of Peace back to its acting president and board.In a seven-page ruling, US district court Judge Beryl A Howell said the government did not […]

US judge blocks bid to bar Harvard’s international students

A US federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday blocking Trump administration’s bid to stop Harvard University from enrolling or allowing international students to attend its colleges.At least 788 students and scholars from India are enrolled across the university’s 13 colleges for academic year 2024-25.Harvard had sued the Trump administration earlier on Friday […]

Who is Allison Burroughs? US judge who halted Donald Trump’s Harvard foreign student ban

In a strong rebuke to the Trump administration, US District Judge Allison Burroughs stepped in to stop an order that would have stripped Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students. The ruling has drawn national attention not just for the case’s implications, but for the judge behind it.Burroughs was appointed by former US […]

Harvard University row: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s move to ban foreign student enrollment

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s ban preventing Harvard University from enrolling international students.US District Judge Allison Burroughs issued the ruling hours after Harvard filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s decision. Harvard described the move to revoke its certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) as “clear retaliation” against […]

Flight with deportees from Texas will be in Djibouti for 2 weeks: White House after judge says Trump admin violated injunction

The White House confirmed on Thursday that a flight with eight immigrants left Texas this week, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt lashing out at a federal judge who held that the Donald Trump administration was in violation of his earlier injunction. US District Court judge Brian Murphy had barred the federal government from sending immigrants […]

US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments | World News

A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments Friday over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege to withhold information about bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador in April and has since directed the administration to provide […]

US judge orders release of Indian scholar Badar Khan Suri from immigration detention

An Indian academic, Badar Khan Suri, detained during the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students, has been ordered released by a federal judge in Virginia.The judge said his case raised serious constitutional concerns.Badar Khan Suri, a visiting scholar at Georgetown University, had been held in an immigration detention centre in Texas and is facing deportation. […]

Trump can’t strip Foreign Service workers of their collective bargaining rights, judge says

Department of state, US (File Photo: AP) WASHINGTON: A federal judge agreed Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from stripping Foreign Service employees of their collective bargaining rights. US District Judge Paul Friedman granted a federal labour union’s request for a preliminary injunction that, while its lawsuit against the government is pending, stops the […]