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Blanche’s Attorney General Bid Under Fire After NYC Bar Association Declares Him ‘Unfit’
–Editorial WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the U.S. Department of Justice is facing mounting opposition after the New York City Bar Association formally urged the U.S. Senate to reject…
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2027 H-1B Visa Cap
-Editorial U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-1B visa cap for Fiscal Year 2027, officially closing this year’s selection process for new cap-subject petitions. The agency confirmed…
Court Strikes Imperial Valley Data Center Developer’s Defamation Suit Against KPBS
-Editorial A San Diego County Superior Court judge has granted an anti-SLAPP motion filed by San Diego State University Research Foundation and KPBS reporter Kori Suzuki, striking a lawsuit brought by Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC and its founder, Sebastian…
California Leads Fight Against Media Consolidation in Challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
-Editorial California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 11 other states filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Monday seeking to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., arguing the transaction would substantially reduce…
Utah Judge Weighs Evidence Against Tyler James Robinson in Charlie Kirk Killing
-Editorial A Utah judge is hearing testimony this week to determine whether prosecutors have presented sufficient evidence for Tyler James Robinson, the 23-year-old man charged in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to stand trial on aggravated murder…
Jury Convicts Imperial County Man on Four Felony Firearm and Drug Charges
-Editorial An Imperial County jury has found Jason Viramontes, 47, guilty on four felony charges related to firearm and drug offenses following a trial in Imperial County Superior Court, according to the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office. The verdicts were…
Supreme Court Reaffirms Birthright Citizenship in 6-3 Ruling
-Editorial The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 issued a 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Barbara, striking down an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that sought to limit automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the United States…
A Federal Judge Orders DOJ to Unredact Key Epstein-Related Records by July 2
-Editorial A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to either release previously redacted information from records connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or provide a detailed legal explanation for why the material should remain concealed. U.S.…
Federal Judge Blocks ICE Courthouse Arrests Nationwide
-Editorial A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide injunction blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting noncitizens at or near immigration courthouses while they attend or travel to routine immigration proceedings. In a ruling issued June 23,…
Imperial County DA’s Office Launches Post-Bar Law Clerk Program
-Editorial The Imperial County District Attorney’s Office announced the swearing-in of its first post-bar law clerk as part of broader recruitment and modernization efforts aimed at strengthening prosecution services and staffing levels in the county. Stephanie Gerald, who graduated from…