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News Articles: Law

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón poses for a portrait at an apartment on Feb. 4, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn.

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  • National

Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account.

February 07, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Former U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf, pictured here, retired last year. Newly released records show a misconduct inquiry was underway that was terminated when he retired.

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  • Investigations

Newly released court records reveal misconduct inquiry into federal judge

A federal judge said he retired to speak out about threats to the rule of law. Newly released court orders suggest his exit coincided with a misconduct inquiry that ended when he stepped down.

February 05, 2026
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
From Second from left, US Attorney for Georgia's Middle District Will Keyes, Georgia State Representative Esther Panich and Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar, backed by Macon faith leaders, after the sentencing on February 4, 2026 to five years in federal prison of the man convicted of mailing Panich and Bahar illegal hate speech.

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  • Law

Man who sent antisemitic postcards to Georgia Jewish leaders gets 5-year prison term for hate crime

The man who was convicted of a federal hate crime for mailing Georgia’s only Jewish state representative and a Macon rabbi antisemitic postcards has been given the maximum sentence under federal law.

February 05, 2026
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Law enforcement officers look out from a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility Oct. 21, 2025, in Portland, Ore.

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  • National

ICE can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's risk of escape, judge rules

U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there's a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

February 05, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles during a 2025 campaign event on Proposition 50. Voters approved the ballot measure, allowing the state's Democratic leaders to temporarily replace the state's congressional map to help Democrats win five additional U.S. House seats.

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  • Elections

The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly map.

February 04, 2026
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang and
  • Nina Totenberg
Ryan Routh was arrested on Sept. 15, 2024, and charged with attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate. A jury convicted him last fall and a judge sentenced him to life in prison.

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  • National

Ryan Routh, convicted of trying to assassinate Trump, sentenced to life in prison

A Secret Service agent saw Ryan Routh with a rifle at a golf course in Florida and fired on him in 2024 as Trump was golfing. He was found guilty of attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate.

February 04, 2026
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  • Greg Allen
A document that was included in the Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Monday, shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse.

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  • Law

Powerful people, random redactions: 4 things to know about the latest Epstein files

In the Justice Department's release of millions of pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, there are several instances of unredacted names of Epstein's accusers, raising concerns about privacy.

February 03, 2026
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Kilmar Abrego Garcia enters a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in August 2025 in Baltimore after he was returned to the U.S. from El Salvador.

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  • USPS

His mistaken deportation was thought to be unique. But 'the problem is getting worse'

Immigration lawyers said Kilmar Abrego Garcia's landmark case highlights the pitfalls with the speed and scale of the Trump administration's goal of mass deportations.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Students cheer during a school walkout to protest federal immigration enforcement at the state Capitol on Jan. 14 in St. Paul, Minn.

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  • National

As some states try to show ICE the door, others put out the welcome mat

After ICE federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, the divide between states on either side of the immigration enforcement debate is growing wider.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Mawa Iqbal and
  • Marianna Bacallao
The Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The laboratory will soon be home to five new test reactors being built by private companies. Supporters hope the reactors will power data centers needed for artificial intelligence.

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  • Technology

The Trump administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Faith leaders and Haitian community leaders pray at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, during an event in support of Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.

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  • USPS

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians

A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback.

February 03, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
A sign for the U.S. Department of State is seen on the outside of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • National

Trump administration sued over visa freeze on immigrants from 75 countries

A group of nonprofit organizations and U.S. citizens Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from nearly half of the world's countries.

February 02, 2026
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
J.J. 's son was detained by federal agents outside his home in Minneapolis and later released; the experience left the 20-year-old anxious and fearful.

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  • National

Refugees relive the trauma they fled as ICE targets them in Minnesota

The Trump administration says it's reviewing thousands of cases to look for potential fraud. A judge ordered a temporary pause, saying refugees cannot be arrested "without warrants or cause."

February 02, 2026
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
A farmer's sign marks hemp plants in Stanley, Va., in 2020 in an effort to convince thieves that the plants are not marijuana — and not worth stealing.

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  • National

Hemp and marijuana are the same species. So why all the different laws?

Farmers in the U.S. have grown cannabis since the 1600s — but policymakers are still figuring out how to regulate two famous types of Cannabis sativa. A historian calls the plant "incredibly cryptic."

February 02, 2026
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A canister of pepper spray launched by Texas troopers flies towards protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center detention facility where Liam Ramos and his father are being detained in Dilley, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.

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  • National

Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his dad from ICE detention

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now.

January 31, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
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