Judge under scrutiny after undocumented immigrant escapes courtroom
What happened in that courtroom is now the subject of an investigation. The focus is on the presiding judge, and whether she allowed Salazar to sneak out through another door.
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Inmate strangles Falkenburg prison guard with a towel
George W Bush praises Kimmel's 'damn good' anti-Trump Oscars monologue and laughs along as the comedian roasts The Donald Oregon judge is accused of helping illegal immigrant drunk driver ESCAPE from her courtroom while ICE agents waited outside to deport him to Mexico Bungling PWC accountants 'froze' when they realized their Best Picture Oscar mistake and waited a MINUTE before being PUSHED out onto the stage to fix it KATIE HOPKINS: The Swedish town where migrant gangs have killed multiculturalism stone dead and laugh at laws they despise and defy 'I recuse!' Attorney General Jeff Sessions removes himself from probe into Putin's election meddling in bid to save his job after lying about meetings with the Russian ambassador Now it's revealed that Jared met with the Russian ambassador, too - after getting smuggled into Trump Tower for a get-together with ex security advisor Mike Flynn 'A ... (more)
Chicago Honors an Unrepentant Terrorist
Recently, the Chicago City Council named a street in honor of Oscar Lopez-Rivera , the founder of the notorious terrorist group FALN. In President Obama's waning days in office, he commuted his sentence .
Jury acquits former Utah attorney general of bribery charges
A jury acquitted a former Utah attorney general of bribery and evidence tampering charges in one of the highest-profile scandals in state history. A jury acquitted a former Utah attorney general of bribery and evidence tampering charges in one of the highest-profile scandals in state history.
State lawmakers say Sessions ‘unfit to serve’ if he lied about Russia contacts
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and other House Judiciary Committee Democrats want a perjury investigation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "Jeff Sessions lied under oath.
Pence to deliver commencement address at Notre Dame in May
Pence visited Ohio to discuss health... A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. government's securities fraud lawsuit against Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who still faces criminal charges of duping wealthy investors. A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. government's securities fraud lawsuit against Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who still faces criminal charges of duping wealthy investors.
Democrats call on Jeff Sessions to quit over meeting Russian envoy
Washington: Senior Democrats are calling on US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions to resign after revelations that the former Alabama senator did not disclose meetings he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States during his cabinet confirmation hearing. "After lying under oath to Congress about his own communications with the Russians, the Attorney-General must resign," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement released late on Wednesday night, adding that, "Sessions is not fit to serve as the top law enforcement officer of our country."
N.J. authorities may have caught serial killer, experts say
Criminologists say if the charges against 20-year-old Khalil Wheeler-Weaver turn out to be true, New Jersey will have a name to add to the list of America's serial killers. Authorities allege Wheeler-Weaver, an Orange resident who worked as a security guard, killed at least three women, and tried to kill a fourth before he was arrested last year.
President Trump, do you support rehabilitation or incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders?
In 1999, Aaron Glasscock was just 22 and two months shy of graduating from college when he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for a nonviolent drug offense: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Nearly 20 years later, Glasscock is out of prison, as his sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.
Condemned killer in San Antonio robbery set to die May 24
A 35-year-old San Antonio man on death row for a fatal shooting during a robbery more than 13 years ago has been set to die. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Tuesday the prison agency has received court documents setting Juan Castillo for lethal injection May 24. Castillo was convicted of the December 2003 slaying of 19-year-old Tommy Garcia Jr. Evidence showed Garcia was lured to a San Antonio lovers' lane by Castillo's girlfriend and then ambushed.
US plans to charge Malaysian businessman linked to 1MDB
PROSECUTORS in the US are planning to file criminal charges against a high-flying Malaysian businessman allegedly linked to the Southeast Asian country's massive sovereign state fund scandal. A report in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday said the plans involved filing criminal charges of wire fraud and money laundering against Low Taek Jho - also known as Jho Low - and potentially some of his associates, over the multi-billion dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad case.
Trump offers mixed messages on immigration
President Donald Trump, signaling a potential shift on a signature issue, indicated Tuesday in a private meeting with news anchors that he's open to immigration legislation that would give legal status to some people living in the U.S. illegally and provide a pathway to citizenship to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But hours later, in his first address to Congress, he pledged to vigorously target people living in the U.S. illegally who "threaten our communities" and prey on "innocent citizens."
Trump highlights victims of crimes by immigrants, new office in joint address
President Donald Trump used his joint address to Congress on Tuesday to call attention to crimes committed by undocumented immigrants -- inviting guests affected by such crimes and describing a new office he has ordered created to report them. Trump invited three guests whose family members were allegedly killed by criminals living in the US illegally, acknowledging them individually as he described his recently ordered crime reporting initiative.
Trump says he’s open to ‘compromise’ immigration bill
President Donald Trump, signaling a potential shift on a signature issue, indicated Tuesday that he's open to immigration legislation that would give legal status to some people living in the U.S. illegally and provide a pathway to citizenship to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. The president, in a lunch with news anchors ahead of his address to Congress on Tuesday night, said, "The time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides."
Trump’s budget plan has billions for border, cuts elsewhere
White House budget documents show President Donald Trump wants billions of dollars to start building a wall at the Mexican border and fund efforts to find, jail and deport immigrants in the country illegally. The budget outline for Homeland Security also calls on the Coast Guard to scrap the agency's counterterrorism Maritime Security Response Team and all of its Maritime Safety and Security Teams.
House to debate bills on school intervention, campus assault
Georgia lawmakers plan to consider dozens of bills on Wednesday, staring down a key deadline at the end of this week.
Honduran Reporter Notes Reason for Bump in Deportees
MCALLEN Honduras is receiving a lot of citizens being deported back to the country, but it's not necessarily a direct effect from the new immigration law in the United States. "What we believe here, in Honduras, is that those are people are not making it to the border with the United States because Mexico is detaining all these Honduran people and sending them back to Honduras," she said.
Sheriff: Undocumented immigrant’s arrest example of “much larger national problem”
Kershaw County Sheriff James Matthews says the recent arrest of a man who has been deported three times because of his immigration status is "just a local example of a much larger problem that needs to be fixed." Matthews says a deputy arrested a man who was reported to be driving recklessly Saturday night.
Trump takes the “shackles” off: Mass deportations begin as the world looks on in outrage
ICE agents and other federal cops are having "fun" again, as Trump sets them free to deport whoever they want At last night's Oscars ceremony, actor Gael GarcA a Bernal told the worldwide audience, "As a Mexican, as a Latin American, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I am against any form of wall that wants to separate us." Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari read a statement from director Asghar Farhadi, whose film "The Salesman" won the foreign-language Oscar and decided not to attend due to the Trump administration's travel ban.
GOP tax plans could eliminate popular tax breaks
A report is warning that the changes under consideration by the GOP-led House would reduce significantly federal dollars for Medicaid and subsidized private insurance. A report is warning that the changes under consideration by the GOP-led House would reduce significantly federal dollars for Medicaid and subsidized private insurance.