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Chicago Wrongful-Raid Trial Opens With Emotional Testimony From Grandmother

With no body-camera video from 2018, jurors must weigh starkly conflicting testimony.

House Passes Spending Bill Ending 3-Day Shutdown, Leaving DHS Funded Only to Feb. 13

Chicago ‘Snap Curfew’ Plan Reworked With 30-Minute Dispersal Warning, Kept in Committee

Lawsuit in Manhattan Challenges Trump Administration’s 75-Country Immigrant Visa Pause

Judge Orders Laura Loomer to Resume Payments to CAIR Despite Florida Designation

Maine Petition to Restrict Transgender Athletes Moves to State Verification for November Ballot

Fourth Circuit Upholds Montgomery County Schools’ Pronoun Policy in 2–1 Ruling

Tuskegee Coach Benjy Taylor Retains Civil-Rights Counsel After On-Court Handcuffing

Don Lemon Charged Under FACE Act After Minnesota Church Protest

University of Illinois Opens Title VI Review Into Illini Republicans’ Violent ICE Post

Judge Lets Metro Surge Continue as 'ICE Out' Protests Spread Nationwide

Howard County Moves to Block Permits for Private ICE Detention Centers

Judge Orders Release of ICE Detainee With Multiple Skull Fractures as Medical Staff Dispute Agency’s Account

Federal Lawsuit Links ICE Facial Recognition at Protests to Global Entry Revocations

Judge Bars Rahm Emanuel From Testifying in Chicago Police Raid Trial

Chicago Watchdog Clears Officers in Fatal West Side Shooting, Cites Late Bodycam Activation

Justice Department Moves to Join Suit Alleging Unlawful Use of Race in UCLA Med Admissions

Civil-Rights Suit Challenges NYPD Vehicle Searches as Racially Biased

Baltimore Leaders, Protesters Press to Curb ICE After Video Shows Crowded Detainee Conditions

Oakland Bars Local Role in Federal Immigration Enforcement With New Orders