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    New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives to testify during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on sanctuary cities' policies at the US Capitol on March 5, in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

    Judge dismisses Eric Adams case and says it cannot be brought again, defying Trump DOJ

    By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN

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    Judge denies request by U.S. Institute of Peace to stop DOGE takeover

    A USIP lawsuit filed in D.C. requested a temporary restraining order and named Trump, several members of his Cabinet and DOGE representatives as defendants.

    The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) headquarters in Washington, D. C., on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

    SCOOP: Impeachment articles hit judge who ordered Trump to stop Tren de Aragua deportation flights

    President Donald Trump called for federal Judge James Boasberg to be impeached on Tuesday

    SCOOP: Impeachment articles hit judge who ordered Trump to stop Tren de Aragua deportation flights

    ‘You are there and you are not alive’: the harsh testimony of a deported Venezuelan who spent 15 days in Guantanamo

    José Daniel Simancas Rodríguez CNN

    Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in ICE detention in Louisiana after first court hearing

    Mahmoud Khalil standing outside the gates of the Columbia University campus on April 30, 2024. Khalil was part of the encampment on campus, but did not take part in occupying Hamilton Hall. Olivia Falcigno/USA Today Network/Imagn Images

    Menendez brothers case: DA asks court to withdraw resentencing motion, calls self-defense claims 'lies'

    Lyle and Erik Menendez are each serving two life sentences without parole.

    In these booking photos taken Oct. 10, 2024, Erik and Lyle Menendez are shown. CRDC

    Judge vacates upcoming Eric Adams corruption trial but appoints conservative attorney to argue against dropping the case

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives to court on February 19 in New York. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

    Manhattan D.A. Would Face Uphill Battle if He Took Adams Case

    Now that the Justice Department has directed federal prosecutors to drop Eric Adams’s case, could Alvin L. Bragg’s office pick it up?

    There is nothing stopping the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, from prosecuting Mayor Eric Adams of New York, legal experts said. Credit...Graham Dickie/The New York Times

    US justice department tells prosecutors to drop NYC mayor's corruption case

    The New York City mayor is facing charges of bribery, conspiracy and campaign finance violations.

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    Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich

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    Trump imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court

    The sanctions include freezing any U.S. assets of those designated and barring them and their families from visiting the United States.

    The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

    JFK assassination files to be declassified under Trump order

    President also asks for the release of documents on the killing of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King

    John F Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas in 1963 BETTMANN ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES

    Joe Biden issues last minute family pardon

    The outgoing US president announced a preemptive blanket pardon for his family members

    U.S. President Joe Biden attends the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    Gen. Mark Milley 'deeply grateful' for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration

    Former Joint Chiefs chairman clashed with Trump over Constitution

    BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP Via Getty Images

    Biden issues pre-emptive pardons in final hours for Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney, others

     

    U.S. President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and retired general Mark Milley, to guard against potential retaliation by the incoming Donald Trump administration.

    (Susan Walsh/The Associated Press)

    Special counsel report found Trump engaged in ‘criminal effort’ to overturn 2020 election

    U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an "unprecedented criminal effort" to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted in bringing the case to trial by the president-elect's November election victory.

    . prosecutors obtained the indictment in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2024. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

    Judge says Giuliani’s behavior is ‘outrageous and shameful’ and finds him in contempt

    Rudy Giuliani, center, arrives at federal court in Washington, DC, on January 10. Mark Schiefelbein/AP
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