The judge said the administration had to decide by Jan. 5 whether it wanted to “facilitate” the men’s return to the United States or let them contest their initial removals in the federal courts. Source: New York Times
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Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
By Gotham Rex on December 19, 2025
The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift. Source: New York Times
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
By Gotham Rex on December 19, 2025
Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term. Source: New York Times
Coming Soon to a TV Near Trump: A G.O.P. Ad in N.Y. Governor’s Race
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2025
Bruce Blakeman, an ally of President Trump, is buying ad time on Fox News in the West Palm Beach, Fla., market, where Mr. Trump may be watching. Source: New York Times
Officials Target Youth Immigration Program, Speeding Up Deportations
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2025
The Trump administration is dissolving long-established protections meant to help undocumented children stay in the country. Source: New York Times
In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2025
Thursday demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system. Source: New York Times
A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2025
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign. Source: New York Times
Legal Groups Sue Justice Dept. for Secret Memo Justifying Boat Strikes
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2025
“The public deserves to know how the Trump administration has justified the outright murder of civilians as lawful,” the organizations said in their lawsuit. Source: New York Times
Wrenching Pain, a Severe Infection: An ICE Detainee Is Ordered Released
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2025
A judge blamed “deliberate indifference” for the illness of a man held by immigration officials. Across the country, several courts have blasted conditions in U.S. facilities. Source: New York Times
Bruce Blakeman Moves to Run for Governor of New York
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2025
Mr. Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, would face a bitter Republican primary showdown with Representative Elise Stefanik. Source: New York Times
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
By Gotham Rex on December 4, 2025
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter. Source: New York Times
Ghislaine Maxwell Says She Will Ask a Court to Free Her From Prison
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2025
In a court filing, a lawyer for the onetime companion of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein said she would seek to be released from her minimum-security federal lockup. Source: New York Times
Trump’s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist’s Triumph
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2025
Emil Bove III’s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the former Honduran leader whom President Trump freed this week. Source: New York Times
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2025
The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month. Source: New York Times
Alina Habba, Trump’s Former Lawyer, Is Unlawful U.S. Attorney, Appeals Court Says
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2025
The judges wrote that the Trump administration appeared to have become frustrated by legal and political barriers that have prevented its preferred U.S. attorneys from leading federal prosecutors’ offices. Source: New York Times