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Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.Law enforcement agencies located and arrested 33-year-old Antoine Massey at a residence in New Orleans on Friday, authorities announced in a press release. Massey “walked out of a home peacefully” and was taken into custody in the Third District, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said during a press conference Friday night. Massey will be taken to a secure state correctional facility, Louisiana State Police said. At the time of his escape, Massey…

Karin Cotter lays a note on a memorial for Melissa and Mark Hortman during a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building on June 18 in St. Paul, Minn. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Mourners will gather on Saturday for the funeral of Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota lawmaker who was slain in a display of political violence that shocked the nation. The private ceremony will be livestreamed on the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s YouTube page at 10:30 a.m. CT. Hortman, a former Democratic speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were shot…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday limited the use of nationwide injunctions, reining in federal judges’ ability to issue sweeping orders that have in recent years stymied implementation of policies from Republican and Democratic presidential administrations alike.In a widely anticipated decision stemming from President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, the high court said that universal orders likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to the federal courts. Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored the majority opinion for the 6-3 court, with the liberal justices in dissent.The court granted the Trump administration request to narrow the reach of…

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now.  We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The…

New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season has gotten underway, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans’ concrete flood walls which had been strengthened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.The study found that the city’s concrete flood walls are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, reducing capacity to block storm surges in some neighborhoods.”There is certainly a potential in the future, if these rates continue, to degrade our level of protection of the flood protection system,” Tulane professor Mead Allison, a co-author on the study, told CBS News.This summer marks 20 years…

Washington — The Senate on Friday voted down an effort to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran, as Democratic anger festers over the lack of details about the recent strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities.The measure failed in a 47-53 vote, with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voting with most Democrats in favor of the resolution, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voting with most Republicans against it.Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia introduced the war powers resolution days before the U.S. bombed three locations central to Iran’s nuclear program, seeking to force the president to…

President Trump announces that his administration has reached a deal with elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom during a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office in March 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A federal judge has struck down President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey, delivering the latest in a series of legal wins for firms that have challenged the president’s punitive campaign against Big Law. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan marks the fourth time out of four that a federal judge has permanently…

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The Supreme Court ruled from its emergency docket that the Trump administration could temporarily send immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection. Ad Policy Migrants from Guatemala are deported to their country with a United States military plane at the Fort Bliss facility in El Paso, Texas, on January 30, 2025.(Christian Torres / Anadolu via Getty Images) Earlier this week, the Supreme Court’s six conservative judges ruled that, while cases were proceeding in the lower courts, the Trump administration could temporarily resume its rapid deportation of immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection. Trump…

Breaking down major Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions – CBS News Watch CBS News On the final day of the Supreme Court term, the conservative majority said it will limit lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions to halt President Trump’s executive orders. Jessica Levinson joins to discuss. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link