Mike Scarcella
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"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me?" www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:50 AM
"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me?" www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
US appeals court rejects RNC lawsuit claiming Google email spam filters harmed fundraising www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US appeals court rejects RNC lawsuit claiming Google email spam filters harmed fundraising
The Republican National Committee on Friday lost its appeal that sought to reinstate a lawsuit accusing Alphabet’s Google of intentionally misdirecting the political party's email messages to users' s...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US appeals court rejects RNC lawsuit claiming Google email spam filters harmed fundraising www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US judge blocks Trump administration from cutting Minnesota's food stamp funding www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge blocks Trump administration from cutting Minnesota's food stamp funding
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from withholding $80 million to administer Minnesota's food stamp program while the state reviews the eligibility of 100,00...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
US judge blocks Trump administration from cutting Minnesota's food stamp funding www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump flips off antagonizing worker at Ford plant in Michigan
U.S. President Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct profanity toward a factory worker who expressed criticism of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy at a Michigan auto plant on Tuesday, video circulating online showed.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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DOJ civil rights lawyers resign in part over sidelining from Minnesota shooting probe www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
DOJ civil rights lawyers resign in part over sidelining from Minnesota shooting probe, sources say
Four senior civil rights lawyers at the U.S. Justice Department resigned in recent days, departures that were prompted in part by a decision to sideline their unit from investigating the fatal shootin...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
DOJ civil rights lawyers resign in part over sidelining from Minnesota shooting probe www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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A US immigration agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis amid an immigration enforcement surge. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blamed the Trump administration in a post on X for heightening tensions around immigration enforcement reut.rs/4svyhsw
US federal agent fatally shoots driver in Minneapolis amid immigration enforcement surge
A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest violent incident during Presid...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
A US immigration agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis amid an immigration enforcement surge. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blamed the Trump administration in a post on X for heightening tensions around immigration enforcement reut.rs/4svyhsw
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New: The DOJ has suffered another setback in its efforts to subpoena providers of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in order to obtain patient information and details about the treatments they were provided, this time in Colorado. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge rejects DOJ's subpoena to Children's Hospital Colorado over transgender care
The U.S. Department of Justice has suffered another setback in its efforts to subpoena providers of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in order to obtain patient information and details about...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
New: The DOJ has suffered another setback in its efforts to subpoena providers of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in order to obtain patient information and details about the treatments they were provided, this time in Colorado. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Many are just waking up to the Grok-nonconsensual images story as these pictures began flooding X over the holidays, but here’s our piece from Jan 2 featuring a victim, Julie Yukari, who was brave enough to speak on the record and on camera:
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Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
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January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Many are just waking up to the Grok-nonconsensual images story as these pictures began flooding X over the holidays, but here’s our piece from Jan 2 featuring a victim, Julie Yukari, who was brave enough to speak on the record and on camera:
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US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed challenging a New York law that President Donald Trump's administration said was impeding immigration enforcement.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
Retired prosecutor sues New York over arrest while protesting law firm Skadden www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Retired prosecutor sues New York over arrest while protesting law firm Skadden
A retired prosecutor has sued New York City and Brookfield Properties in federal court, alleging he was wrongfully arrested while protesting in a public space against law firm Skadden Arps over its de...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Retired prosecutor sues New York over arrest while protesting law firm Skadden www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Jan 6 prosecutor - "I don’t think anybody with an objective sense of reality can look at the Justice Department right now and honestly say it’s acting as a neutral arbiter." www.reuters.com/investigatio...
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.
After Trump’s mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department. The January 6 prosecutors describe mounting threats, harassment and fear of lasting da...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Jan 6 prosecutor - "I don’t think anybody with an objective sense of reality can look at the Justice Department right now and honestly say it’s acting as a neutral arbiter." www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
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Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department
In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department's competency or good faith. But such questions are becoming more common.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump-appointed Judge Roy Altman gets Trump v BBC, per docket www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Trump sues Britain's BBC for up to $10 billion over speech edit
President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, opening an international front ...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump-appointed Judge Roy Altman gets Trump v BBC, per docket www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states
California and 19 other U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants www.reuters.com/world/us/cal...
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants
California sued the Trump administration late on Friday for withholding more than $33 million in federal funding after the U.S. Transportation Department said the state failed to comply with rules req...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants www.reuters.com/world/us/cal...
Tuesday TRO hearing - judge to weigh bid to block Trump ballroom construction www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tuesday TRO hearing - judge to weigh bid to block Trump ballroom construction www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom - ex Obama White House counsel Greg Craig for the plaintiff www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom - ex Obama White House counsel Greg Craig for the plaintiff www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster must face a class action on behalf of millions of Americans for allegedly overcharging them for events at...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Breaking - US judge blocks new effort to detain Kilmar Abrego www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge blocks new effort to detain Kilmar Abrego
A federal judge on Friday blocked an effort to have Kilmar Abrego returned to custody a day after his release from detention.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Breaking - US judge blocks new effort to detain Kilmar Abrego www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Grand jury again rejects charges Trump sought against NY Attorney General James www.reuters.com/world/grand-...
Grand jury again rejects charges Trump sought against NY Attorney General James, sources say
A federal grand jury in Virginia refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday on allegations of mortgage fraud for the second time since a judge dismissed charges against her ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Grand jury again rejects charges Trump sought against NY Attorney General James www.reuters.com/world/grand-...
Wisconsin judge on trial as Trump administration targets immigration enforcement resistance www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Wisconsin judge on trial as Trump administration targets immigration enforcement resistance
The judge is charged with helping a migrant evade an immigration arrest.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wisconsin judge on trial as Trump administration targets immigration enforcement resistance www.reuters.com/legal/govern...