US news | The Guardian2d ago
Trump may settle his lawsuit against IRS for $1.7bn fund to compensate allies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/trump-irs-lawsuit-compensation-fund #DonaldTrump #UsTaxation #LawUs #TrumpAdministration #UsJusticeSystem #UsNews #UsPolitics
Trump may settle his lawsuit against IRS for $1.7bn fund to compensate allies

In unprecedented self-dealing maneuver, billions of taxpayer dollars could be paid to US president and his allies

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
Iraqi accused of multiple terror attacks in US and Europe arrested and charged https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/iraqi-terror-attacks-arrested-charged #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #Iran #UsCrime #LawUs #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #WorldNews #Iraq #UsJusticeSystem
Iraqi accused of multiple terror attacks in US and Europe arrested and charged

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi appeared in US federal court to face six terrorism-related charges

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
US justice department accuses Yale medical school of illegally using race in admissions https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/justice-department-yale-medical-school-race-admissions #YaleUniversity #TrumpAdministration #UsJusticeSystem #UsDomesticPolicy #Race #RaceInEducation #UsUniversities #UsSupremeCourt #HigherEducation #Schools #Connecticut #UsPolitics #UsNews
US justice department accuses Yale medical school of illegally using race in admissions

A 2023 supreme court decision banned the use of affirmative action in college admissions

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist killed by stun gun https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/ronald-greene-settlement-lousiana-police-sheriff #UsPolicing #UsCrime #Louisiana #UsJusticeSystem #UsNews #Race
Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist killed by stun gun

Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrest

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign agent of China https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/11/california-city-mayor-resigns-foreign-agent-charges #UsNews #California #WestCoast #UsJusticeSystem
Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign agent of China

Eileen Wang, 58, mayor of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty over the felony count brought by the justice department

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US news | The GuardianMay 10
Pardoned January 6 rioter sentenced to seven years for Virginia burglary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/10/pardoned-january-6-rioter-sentenced-virginia-burglary #Virginia #UsCapitolAttack #UsCrime #UsJusticeSystem #UsPolitics #UsNews
Pardoned January 6 rioter sentenced to seven years for Virginia burglary

Zachary Alam spent four years in jail for his role in the Capitol attack before Trump pardoned him in 2025

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US news | The GuardianMay 9
Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation suit against Fox News https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/defamation-lawsuit-dismissed-raymond-epps-fox-news-january-6 #UsCapitolAttack #LawUs #UsJusticeSystem #FoxNews #UsPolitics #UsNews #Fox #UsTelevisionIndustry #TuckerCarlson #Media #Fbi
Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation suit against Fox News

Raymond Epps, a former Oath Keeper member, said he was the target of conspiracies over his role in US Capitol attack

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US news | The GuardianMay 9
‘Everyone has a breaking point’: the immigration judges at the sharp end of Trump’s deportation drive https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/trump-administration-immigration-judges #UsImmigration #TrumpAdministration #UsJusticeSystem #UsNews #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement
‘Everyone has a breaking point’: the immigration judges at the sharp end of Trump’s deportation drive

Judges have been fired or taken buyouts, and those remaining say they toe the government line

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US news | The GuardianMay 8
‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/voting-rights-activists-louisiana-callais-black-voters #UsVotingRights #Race #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsNews #UsPolitics #Law #UsJusticeSystem
‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after supreme court ruling

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US news | The GuardianMay 4
Judge ‘disturbed’ over ‘legally deficient’ treatment of Trump gala shooting suspect https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/judge-cole-allen-treatment-suspect-trump-assassination-attempt #WashingtonDc #DonaldTrump #GunCrime #UsCrime #UsJusticeSystem #UsNews
Judge ‘disturbed’ over ‘legally deficient’ treatment of Trump gala shooting suspect

Cole Allen was isolated from other inmates, denied a Bible and placed on suicide watch despite showing no suicidal tendencies

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