Foreign Policy and National Security
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The acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, is leaving the agency after a six-month stint as its interim leader, President Donald Trump said late Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Thursday that he plans to use his authority as chair of the House Oversight Committee to subpoena top Trump administration immigration officials over a now-reversed policy change that critics said endangered immigrants with serious medical conditions… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged the NBA on Wednesday to suspend its operations in China, marking the latest development in a fracas kicked off by a general manager’s tweet last week in support of ongoing anti-government protests in Hong Kong… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Apple Inc. weighed in on Wednesday in a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, telling the justices that the program protected hundreds of its workers who entered the U.S. without authorization as children… Read this piece in its entirety at…
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The Trump administration has confirmed that it plans to start large-scale collection of DNA information from detained immigrants that will then be fed into a national law enforcement database, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 