Ely Samuel Parker, a Native American who served as an aide to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was kept from practicing law during his lifetime.
Mark Montour, the first Native American to serve in a state-level judgeship in New York, was among the justices present during Parker’s formal admission ceremony on Friday.
President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the dealings of Democrats with Jeffrey Epstein, after a week in which his own relationship with the convicted sex offender was in the spotlight.
President Trump’s announcement came after Democrats released emails earlier this week suggesting that Mr. Trump’s knowledge of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was deeper than previously known.
Federal officials explored the possibility of using a Coast Guard facility on Staten Island. The effort appears to be part of a plan to expand President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Fort Wadsworth, a former military installation on Staten Island, is home to a Coast Guard facility. Federal officials are considering detaining immigrants on Coast Guard property, but the exact location remains unclear.
Mayor Daniel Lurie has enjoyed strong approval ratings this year, but residents were dismayed after he appointed a city supervisor who quickly resigned after revelations emerged.
Though President Trump campaigned on lowering the price of groceries, concerns about affordability helped propel Democrats to win elections across the country last week.
After a first wave of lighter rain on Friday, Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California will see heavier rain begin late Friday night and continue through Saturday.
The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
Siblings Milton and Anallely Lopez saying goodbye to their brother, Jorge, 2, who they’ve been caring for since their mother was deported, as they leave for an I.C.E. check-in in Syracuse, N.Y.
The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.
Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.
The bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is the largest settlement with a single pharmaceutical company throughout years of the national opioid litigation.
The Trump administration wants the Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point U.S. plan annexed, effectively making it international law.
Economists, policymakers and investors will need to wait weeks for a more up-to-date picture of critical topics like inflation, spending and the labor market.
The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.
The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained.
“The call for my resignation, right until the end, seemed so outlandish as not to be entirely believable,” James E. Ryan, former president of the University of Virginia, said in a letter on Friday.
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