WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home country, the latest step in a court struggle over one of the most sensitive issues in Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda. The decision by U.S. District Judge Timothy J.… Read More »
An immigration judge in Louisiana has ordered Palestinian Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria based on the Trump administration’s claims that he failed to disclose information on his green card application, according to court documents in his New Jersey federal court case. Khalil intends to fight the Sept. 12 ruling by… Read More »
I met the son of my fraternity brother Dave Tobin last week at our annual reunion at Syracuse. Lorenzo, a senior, is in a fantasy league with his fraternity, SAE. His team’s name is the Village, because he believes it takes a village of NFL players for him to succeed. You do not want to… Read More »
Yeshiva reformers are taking Gov. Hochul and New York legislative leaders to court over a contentious deal that waters down state oversight of ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools, the reformers’ attorney announced Thursday. The amendment, wedged into the state budget during a final stretch of negotiations, put the kibosh on a New York State Education Department compliance program… Read More »
It wasn’t all that long ago that David Peterson looked like an ace. The pitching staff’s workhorse, Peterson could be counted on every 5-6 days when the rest of the rotation crumbled around him this season. Now, he’s hit a slump of his own, and it couldn’t come at a worse time. The left-hander gave… Read More »
Washington power players are engaged in a relatively new high-risk sport: the game of breaking things. Silicon Valley paved the way, embodying Mark Zuckerberg’s mantra: “move fast and break things.” In a relatively short time, the act of breaking has gone from a mixed or destructive impulse to being presented as a sign of great… Read More »
Susan Monarez, who only served 29 days as CDC director before being fired last month, performed a valuable civic function yesterday in testifying under oath before a Senate committee that established that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a dire threat to public health. He is the one who must be fired… Read More »
A service pathway for immigrants would pay off Kings Park, L.I.: My father was born in Greece and named Eraclis, which translates to Hercules. As a teenager, he joined the Greek Navy to get away from a toxic home environment. After leaving the navy, he traveled to the U.S. on a visa and decided to… Read More »
Trent Grisham’s price keeps going up. The Yankees’ impending free agent drilled two homers on Wednesday night — his third in two games — as the Bombers defeated the Twins 10-5 in the rubber match of a three-game set. Grisham’s 32nd homer of the season was a solo shot to tie the game at two… Read More »
A stark naked Queens man accused of attacking bicyclists — and assaulting three NYPD officers — was hit with assault and attempted robbery charges at his Wednesday arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced. Police charged that Mekhiel Saldana, 26, was naked while hanging from a crosswalk pole on the Lower… Read More »