Nate Raymond
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Reuters reporter in Boston covering the federal judiciary and major litigation. Alaska expat. Email: nate.raymond@tr.com
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BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
New: A federal judge on Thursday said she was "struggling" to understand whyTrump's administration is preventing Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk from working on campus nearly seven months after the Turkish citizen was released from immigration custody. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge questions Trump administration's continued targeting of pro-Palestinian Tufts student
A federal judge on Thursday said she was "struggling" to understand why President Donald Trump's administration is preventing a Tufts University PhD student who had engaged in pro-Palestinian activism...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New: A federal judge on Thursday said she was "struggling" to understand whyTrump's administration is preventing Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk from working on campus nearly seven months after the Turkish citizen was released from immigration custody. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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JUST IN: DOJ's No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, calls out private lawyers he says decry Trump admin in public for being soft on white-collar crime, then complain in private that DOJ's being too tough on their clients. 'We notice the inconsistency,' he says.
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Blanche warns lawyers who criticize Justice Department
DOJ’s No. 2 official said says prosecutors see "inconsistency" in attorneys’ private pleas and public commentary.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
JUST IN: DOJ's No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, calls out private lawyers he says decry Trump admin in public for being soft on white-collar crime, then complain in private that DOJ's being too tough on their clients. 'We notice the inconsistency,' he says.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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🚨Paramount Skydance in letter to David Zaslav: “It has become increasingly clear, through media reporting and otherwise, that WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨Paramount Skydance in letter to David Zaslav: “It has become increasingly clear, through media reporting and otherwise, that WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction process.”
Here's a new example of why so much is at stake every Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Wisconsin top court to examine if local jails can comply with ICE detainer requests - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Wisconsin top court to examine if local jails can comply with ICE detainer requests
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider whether state law prohibits local jails from detaining individuals at the request of federal immigration authorities—a decision that could c...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Here's a new example of why so much is at stake every Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Wisconsin top court to examine if local jails can comply with ICE detainer requests - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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AT&T commits to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as it seeks approval from the Trump admin to buy wireless spectrum assets
AT&T commits to ending DEI programs | CNN Business
US wireless carrier AT&T said in a letter to the US telecoms regulator that it had committed to ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a move that comes as it seeks approval from the Trump a...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
AT&T commits to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as it seeks approval from the Trump admin to buy wireless spectrum assets
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Looks like we've identified the conflict that led Senator Cruz to cancel this afternoon's Subcommittee hearing on "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Looks like we've identified the conflict that led Senator Cruz to cancel this afternoon's Subcommittee hearing on "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
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NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
New: Judge Thomas Varlan of the Eastern District of Tennessee, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, gave notice yesterday that he plans to take senior status in October 2026, creating a new vacancy for Trump to fill. www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Future Judicial Vacancies
This table lists judicial vacancies that will occur in the future, for instance if a current federal judge announces their retirement. Find out the court where the vacancy will occur, the name of the ...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New: Judge Thomas Varlan of the Eastern District of Tennessee, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, gave notice yesterday that he plans to take senior status in October 2026, creating a new vacancy for Trump to fill. www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
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Update: The hearing just got postponed (new date/time TBD).
Witness statements are in for tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Will Chamberlain: georgetown.box.com/s/w60foecfro...
Rob Luther: georgetown.box.com/s/21ugst1e58...
Me: georgetown.box.com/s/4tmr2fhnj3...
Show starts at 2:30 ET:
Will Chamberlain: georgetown.box.com/s/w60foecfro...
Rob Luther: georgetown.box.com/s/21ugst1e58...
Me: georgetown.box.com/s/4tmr2fhnj3...
Show starts at 2:30 ET:
Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Update: The hearing just got postponed (new date/time TBD).
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A radio station here in Minneapolis is stuck -
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December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A radio station here in Minneapolis is stuck -
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Witness statements are in for tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Will Chamberlain: georgetown.box.com/s/w60foecfro...
Rob Luther: georgetown.box.com/s/21ugst1e58...
Me: georgetown.box.com/s/4tmr2fhnj3...
Show starts at 2:30 ET:
Will Chamberlain: georgetown.box.com/s/w60foecfro...
Rob Luther: georgetown.box.com/s/21ugst1e58...
Me: georgetown.box.com/s/4tmr2fhnj3...
Show starts at 2:30 ET:
Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Witness statements are in for tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable."
Will Chamberlain: georgetown.box.com/s/w60foecfro...
Rob Luther: georgetown.box.com/s/21ugst1e58...
Me: georgetown.box.com/s/4tmr2fhnj3...
Show starts at 2:30 ET:
Will Chamberlain: georgetown.box.com/s/w60foecfro...
Rob Luther: georgetown.box.com/s/21ugst1e58...
Me: georgetown.box.com/s/4tmr2fhnj3...
Show starts at 2:30 ET:
For those curious what a Trump judicial nominee's 1999 Geocities homepage looked like, I present it to you here: web.archive.org/web/19991111...
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
For those curious what a Trump judicial nominee's 1999 Geocities homepage looked like, I present it to you here: web.archive.org/web/19991111...
The Senate voted in favor of two prosecutors in North Carolina joining the federal bench as trial judges, including a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas whose college-era writings on abortion and the death penalty on a Geocities site fueled Democrats' opposition. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Senate confirms 2 Trump-picked judges in North Carolina, including former Thomas clerk
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of two federal prosecutors in North Carolina joining the federal bench as trial judges, including a former clerk to conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Cl...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Senate voted in favor of two prosecutors in North Carolina joining the federal bench as trial judges, including a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas whose college-era writings on abortion and the death penalty on a Geocities site fueled Democrats' opposition. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
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The Twitter investors suing Musk for securities fraud tried to get Alex Spiro kicked off the case, since he's set to both be Musk's attorney and a key witness at trial, which is usually a no-no. But today the judge sided with Musk and will let him keep Spiro.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
SPIRO ORDER
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December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Twitter investors suing Musk for securities fraud tried to get Alex Spiro kicked off the case, since he's set to both be Musk's attorney and a key witness at trial, which is usually a no-no. But today the judge sided with Musk and will let him keep Spiro.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
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FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
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August 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
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FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
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The motion itself contains no references to today's shooting, and there is no reason to believe that the lawyers even knew about the shooting when they filed it.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The motion itself contains no references to today's shooting, and there is no reason to believe that the lawyers even knew about the shooting when they filed it.
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Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
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NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
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w/ @joshgerstein
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November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
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Judge Sunshine Sykes (whose name I love) is the first Native American lifetime federal judge in California.
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Judge Sunshine Sykes (whose name I love) is the first Native American lifetime federal judge in California.
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New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ICE earlier this month arrested White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mother in Massachusetts.
White House spokeswoman Leavitt now has a family connection to an ICE arrest
Bruna Ferreira, a Boston-area woman who is the mother of Leavitt's nephew, is now in custody at an ICE facility in Louisiana.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
ICE earlier this month arrested White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mother in Massachusetts.
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...