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 Getty Images The Justice Department announced earlier this week that it has charged 14 members of an “extensive alien smuggling organization,” while eight other people were also arrested for smuggling hundreds of illegal migrants into the U.S. A grand jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico, returned an indictment against 14 individuals for conspiracy to transport,…

 Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court had a public legal debate that could have big effects on America’s ongoing culture wars. In the end, the justices seemed to agree on almost everything—what Justice Neil Gorsuch called “radical agreement”—about the case of a straight white woman who said her employer discriminated against her because of her…

 Creative Commons A federal judge has ordered that the warrant used to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida house be unsealed and news organizations are reporting on what crimes President Donald Trump is being investigated for. The FBI is investigating the former President of the United States for possible violations of the Espionage Act…

 Getty Images Federal authorities have apprehended a Massachusetts lawmaker on embezzlement charges, marking the second instance this week in which the state’s Democratic legislators have made headlines for criminal activity. State Representative Chris Flanagan was arrested Friday morning on allegations that he misappropriated approximately $36,000 from a former employer to cover campaign costs, purchase new…

 Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday authorized the U.S. military to take control of public lands along the southern border with Mexico, according to multiple reports. “Our southern border is under attack from a variety of threats,” Trump wrote in a National Security Presidential Memorandum released by the White House. “The complexity of the current situation requires that…