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 Getty Images Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is filing a lawsuit to strip funding from an entire county after its top law enforcement official pledged to “make every effort to block, interfere, and interrupt” deportation operations tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers, which he claims are unconstitutional. The move comes as part of the…

 Getty Images “Drill, baby, drill” is the mantra of President Donald Trump’s administration, and it is already paying dividends, according to the administration. Oil and gas lease sales on public lands in the few months since Trump took office has already netted the government more than $39 million, the Department of the Interior announced on…

 Getty Images A federal judge issued a strongly worded ruling early Sunday demanding the Trump administration return a suspected MS-13 gang member whom she said was wrongly deported to El Salvador last week. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland, an Obama apppointee, condemned the Trump administration for what he called a “grievous error” that…

 Getty Images An old video of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging Congress to retaliate against China’s tariffs on the United States is going viral for its uncanny resemblance to President Donald Trump’s current tariff policies. Recorded on the House floor in June 1996, the video features Pelosi calling on her colleagues to challenge the “status…

 Creative Commons Broward County Circuit Judge Stefanie Moon is facing probable penalty for making political contributions, which adds to other misconduct charges for which she has already been referred for possible punishment by Florida’s Supreme Court. In newly filed documents, the state Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) accused Judge Moon of breaking judicial canons by contributing…