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 Getty Images The US and Chinese officials are currently continuing their tariff discussions, but China has already made concessions, either as a sign of good faith or as a tacit admission that the Trump administration has the communist nation in its sights. According to the most recent sources, around one-quarter of all US imports to China…

 Getty Images Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has been threatened with contempt by a federal judge after she ordered him to instruct law enforcement officers to stop enforcing a state immigration law, according to a Friday report. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, demanded that Uthmeier stop enforcing a Florida law that law…

 Getty Images One appeals court judge compared the administration’s treatment of certain deported illegal immigrants to how the U.S. once treated Nazis. A district judge accused President Donald Trump of behaving like a “king” or “dictator,” while others have alleged racism and “animus” toward transgender individuals from Trump and his team. These sharp rebukes come…

 Screenshot The Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, has reached a “settlement in principle” with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 protester who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer. Joseph Gonzalez, an attorney for DOJ, and Robert Sticht, an attorney for Babbitt’s husband, Aaron, announced the settlement…

 Getty Images A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by churches challenging the Trump administration’s new policy permitting immigration officers to make arrests near churches, ruling that the religious groups failed to demonstrate sufficient harm to justify legal action. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, found that concerns about declining attendance…