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 Getty Images Former President Joe Biden granted clemency to a select group of individuals in a round of last-minute pardons aimed at shielding allies from potential reprisals by President Donald Trump, but the move is not without complications for the recipients. Former Wyoming Republican congresswoman and Jan. 6 Committee co-chair Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony…

 Getty Images President Donald Trump offered some new comments on his immigration enforcement efforts after another federal judge, this one in New York, blocked his administration from deporting anyone in that state without “due process.” In remarks at the White House, Trump chastised the ruling, saying, “You can’t have a trial for all of these…

 Getty Images House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for criminal prosecution. Cuomo, who is now considered the leading candidate in the upcoming June Democratic primary for New York City mayor, was originally referred to the Biden Justice…

 Getty Images Former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy Cano, were taken into custody Thursday following a federal raid on their home in Las Cruces. The couple is facing charges of evidence tampering in connection with allegations that they harbored Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, an alleged undocumented immigrant believed to be affiliated…

 Getty Images Administration lawyers urged a federal appeals court to halt a lower court’s contempt proceedings against the government, arguing that Chief District Judge James Boasberg’s continued interference in last month’s deportations to El Salvador has created a “needless constitutional confrontation.” Justice Department attorney Drew Ensign said Boasberg is undermining the president’s foreign policy authority…