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… The justices took up the Justice Department’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling in favour of Nigerian citizen Izuchukwu Ozurumba, who was denied US asylum due to his work cooking for a group known as the Unknown Gunmen that US officials considered to be a terrorist organisation. …
US Supreme Court to hear asylum fight involving Nigerian cookJoy Online
… Images of the traffic stop taken from an officer’s body camera were included in the affidavit According to the Justice Department, the traffic stop was initiated by an ICE officer after confirming through a database that the blue Toyota sedan was registered to Garces Perez, who h …
Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas is charged with assaultJoy Online
… Trump had said on social media that the three outlets “shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES,” and Justice Department lawyers had sought to justify the ban on national security grounds. …
Judge blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restoredJoy Online
… The Justice Department countered that Anthropic’s refusal to lift the restrictions could cause uncertainty in the Pentagon over how it could use Claude and risk disabling military systems during operations, according to a court filing. …
US judge blocks Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklistingJoy Online
… Attorneys from the Justice Department have also asked for President Donald Trump’s name to be put back on the building after it was removed in June following a court order. …
Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovationsJoy Online
… The Justice Department charged 73 people through June, about 22% lower than the number of people charged during the first half of the past three years, court records show. …
Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown, his Justice Department hasn’t deliveredJoy Online
… The Justice Department subsequently told the BBC that it was investigating illegal leaks. …
Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports sayJoy Online
… Cornyn and Tillis now want Blanche, who previously served as Trump’s personal lawyer, to state in writing that the Justice Department will not resurrect the fund later on. …
Trump considers pulling Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination as senators hold outJoy Online
… Trump has pressured the Justice Department to pursue controversial prosecutions of several of his critics, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. …
US AG Blanche apologises on Capitol Hill for Epstein files ‘mistakes’Joy Online
… Blanche, the president’s former personal lawyer, was pressed by Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas about the Justice Department’s decision to settle Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service by creating a since-abandoned $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump alli …
Republican presses Blanche on Trump-IRS settlement at Senate hearingThe US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal to deny asylum to Nigerian citizen Izuchukwu Ozurumba, who was forced to cook meals for a group known as the Unknown Gunmen. The case will determine whether such work constitutes "material support" for terrorism under US immigration law.
14 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal to deny asylum to Nigerian citizen Izuchukwu Ozurumba, who was forced to cook meals for a group known as the Unknown Gunmen. The case will determine whether such work constitutes "material support" for terrorism under US immigration law.
14 October 2026 · Joy Online →
A Venezuelan man shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a traffic stop in Texas on 20 September has been charged with assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer after allegedly striking the officer with his car's side-view mirror as he drove away. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
30 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A US federal judge ordered President Trump to restore White House press pass access for CNN, MSNBC, and Politico, ruling that the ban announced on September 18 was likely unconstitutional. The judge rejected the government's national security justification, noting Trump had stated the ban was due to the outlets' "alleged lack of truthfulness and negativity."
24 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A U.S. District Judge ruled that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless." The blacklisting followed Anthropic's refusal to allow the military to use its Claude AI models for surveillance or autonomous weapons.
30 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration has threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center if planned renovations are blocked, according to Justice Department court documents. The administration has also sought to restore Trump's name to the building and argued that without the renovations, the venue will deteriorate into an unsafe structure.
27 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Federal sex-trafficking charges have dropped to the slowest pace since 2010, with 73 people charged through June — about 22% lower than the average for the same period over the past three years — due to staffing shortages, funding cuts, and other enforcement pressures, according to interviews with former prosecutors and victims' advocates.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Donald Trump secretly swapped from Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft via a catering truck as he left a NATO summit in Turkey, after US officials detected a credible Iranian threat to fire a missile at the plane, US media report. The White House has not confirmed the secret switch.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump says he is considering withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general, as his confirmation appears stalled in the Senate. Two Republican senators, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, are withholding support over a controversial $1.8bn "anti-weaponisation fund" to compensate Trump allies, and want Blanche to commit in writing that the Justice Department will not resurrect the fund.
31 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche faced bipartisan questioning on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearing, where he apologized for "mistakes" in the Epstein files release and fielded questions about his personal relationship with President Donald Trump and his independence from the administration.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
At his Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump's attorney general nominee Todd Blanche was questioned by Republican Senator John Cornyn about a Justice Department settlement with Trump that created a $1.8 billion compensation fund and granted tax immunity to the president and his family businesses; Blanche said the fund has not been formally rescinded but that Trump's lawyers have no plans to enforce it in court.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration has subpoenaed several New York Times journalists to testify before a federal grand jury investigating alleged security concerns about the president's Air Force One plane. The Justice Department says it is investigating illegal leaks and that reporters are not targets, while the Times's legal counsel called the summons a "brazen act" and an attempt to intimidate journalists.
11 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A U.S. District Judge ordered the Justice Department to justify its decision to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani for securities and wire fraud stemming from an alleged bribery scheme, saying prosecutors' explanation was insufficient.
29 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala claims to have had access for months to FBI first-person view drones used for counterterrorism monitoring, and threatened to target the World Cup. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity, said Handala published photos and footage claimed to be from the breach, though SITE disputed the authenticity of at least one video.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
President Donald Trump formally nominated his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, submitting his name to the Senate after Blanche has been serving as acting attorney general since April. The nomination faces scrutiny from Senate Republicans, who had pressured Blanche to scrap a weaponisation victims fund and some lawmakers have expressed skepticism about his record.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A federal judge dismissed a human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding he was charged for political reasons to justify his wrongful deportation to El Salvador last year. The judge concluded the prosecution was retaliatory, launched only after Abrego successfully challenged his removal.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Two Capitol and Metropolitan police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit seeking to halt President Trump's $1.8 billion fund created by the Justice Department to compensate victims of political "weaponisation" following Trump's tax-return lawsuit settlement with the IRS.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky critical of Donald Trump, was defeated in the primary race on Tuesday by Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein, who is heading towards a 55% share of the vote. Massie's defeat is the latest in what the article describes as a multi-figure casualty count from Trump's retribution effort against critics within the Republican party.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Former FBI Director James Comey has been formally charged with threatening the life of US President Donald Trump over an Instagram post featuring seashells arranged to form the numbers "86 47". Comey has denied knowing what the numbers meant, while the Trump administration claims the image was a threat against the 47th president.
29 April 2026 · Joy Online →