Judge Orders Resettlement of 12,000 Refugees to Resume

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Judge Orders Refugee Resettlement to Resume

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to immediately resettle some 12,000 refugees into the U.S. under a court order that partially blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at halting the refugee admissions program.

U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, a 2023 appointee of former President Joe Bidenissued the order despite the Trump administration saying during a hearing last week that it should only have to process 160 refugees into the country and would likely appeal any order requiring thousands to be admitted.

“This Court will not entertain the Government’s result-oriented rewriting of a judicial order that clearly says what it says,” Whitehead wrote Monday. “The Government is free, of course, to seek further clarification from the Ninth Circuit. But the Government is not free to disobey statutory and constitutional law — and the direct orders of this Court and the Ninth Circuit — while it seeks such clarification.”…READ MORE

White House

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REAL ID Takes Effect

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‘YOU’LL BE OKAY’: Top TSA official explains what to do if you do not have REAL ID

‘ITS A DISASTER’: Trump offers to help Obama with presidential library troubles

World Stage

ACT OF WAR’: Pakistan calls India’s strikes an ‘act of war’ and claims it shot down Indian fighter jets

‘A LITTLE PATIENCE’: Cardinals gather in St. Peter’s Basilica for final Mass before conclave to choose new pope

TEHRAN TORTURE: Family of American hostage tortured in Lebanon wins landmark case against Iran

SIGNALS CROSSE: China’s spying in Cuba sparks alarm on Capitol Hill after fresh satellite images show surveillance buildup

‘DURABLE PEACE’: Vance says Russia’s demands are too high, but there’s still a path to resolution of Ukraine war

Capitol Hill

LIKE ‘GOODFELLAS’: Fetterman slams ‘dumb hit piece’ about health, says it felt like being in classic mob movie

HAT IN THE RING: Illinois Rep. Krishnamoorthi jumps into crowded Democratic race for Senate

INTIMIDATION AND THREATS: Durbin calls on DOJ to investigate anonymous pizza deliveries to judges’ homes

ROCK BOTTOM: President Trump’s approval ratings slide, but Democrats’ poll numbers drop to new lows

Across America

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