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Disney’s ABC Sues FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast Licenses

Disney’s ABC has sued the Federal Communications Commission alleging the agency’s efforts to challenge its broadcast licenses and regulate its talk show “The View” are illegal and an effort to quash speech the Trump administration finds objectionable.

Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial

US Sanctions International Criminal Court Chief Tomoko Akane of Japan

Washington also slapped sanctions on ICC Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal in the Trump administration's latest salvo against The Hague-based court. "These individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. Established in 2002, the ICC prosecutes individuals accuse…

Justice Department Pushes to Revive Criminal Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a federal appeals court late Monday that a judge erred in his scathing ruling that called the case against the man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison an “abuse of prosecuting power.”