Blog Verité

Keepin’ News Real

Dozens of deaths in police custody were misclassified in autopsies, Maryland officials say

An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner’s testimony

Read More

Supreme Court hears Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship and judicial constraints

The Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most consequential cases of the year. It involves the ability for President Trump to carry out his executive order ending birthright citizenship and the power allowing a federal judge to issue

Read More

Trump wraps Mideast tour with UAE pledging new investments in U.S.

President Trump finished his tour of the Middle East with a trip to the United Arab Emirates, where the nation promised significant investment in the U.S. and partnership on AI technology and infrastructure. Nick Schifrin reports.

Read More

WATCH: ‘What do states do with a newborn?’ Kavanaugh quizzes Trump lawyer on birthright order

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked the Trump administration Thursday to explain the practical details of ending birthright citizenship for people born in the United States to parents who entered the country illegally.

Read More

WATCH: Kagan says ‘there’s no way’ she’d bring birthright citizenship case to Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told the U.S. solicitor general on Thursday that if she were in his shoes, “there’s no way I’d approach the Supreme Court with this case.”

Read More

Hundreds of Protesters Outside Supreme Court Call on Justices to Protect Birthright Citizenship

Standing amid a throng of fellow protesters outside the Supreme Court Thursday morning, Young Woon Han was worried about his future son or daughter. Han was born in Korea and is a lawful permanent resident living and working in Columbus,

Read More

Trump’s sanctions on ICC’s chief prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work, officials and lawyers say

Staffers and allies of the ICC said the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult for the tribunal to conduct basic tasks, let alone seek justice for victims of war crimes or genocide.

Read More

South Africa’s Ramaphosa and Trump will meet next week after white South Africans as arrived in U.S. for resettlement

The U.S. welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of

Read More

Trump administration live updates: President visits UAE after rally with U.S. military personnel in Qatar – NBC News

Trump administration live updates: President visits UAE after rally with U.S. military personnel in Qatar  NBC News

Read More