Amna Nawaz:
Vance met yesterday with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and both leaders cited significant progress toward a trade agreement. Both nations have set an ambitious goal, to try and double bilateral trade by 2030.
Today, a federal judge in Colorado extended her order blocking the Trump administration from deporting anyone in that state under the Alien Enemies Act, the rarely used wartime law passed in 1798. The ruling also said the government must give 21 days of notice before deportation to allow for contesting the removal in court.
The Justice Department recently said it would give migrants only 24 hours’ notice before deporting them. The judge’s order was the first to impose some due process rights for migrants, following a Supreme Court order earlier this month that migrants be given the opportunity to challenge their removals in court.
A federal jury in Manhattan today found The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Today’s verdict came in a retrial of Palin’s case, where she alleged that a 2017 Times editorial damaged her reputation by implying her political action committee helped to incite the deadly mass shooting in Arizona that severely wounded former Representative Gabby Giffords.
The newspaper admitted the mistake and had issued a correction within hours.
Three more federal prosecutors who worked on the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams have resigned. In a letter obtained by several media outlets, they said they were pressured to express regret to the Justice Department for refusing to drop Adams’ case. They wrote — quote — “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none. The department has decided that obedience supersedes all else.”
Adams had agreed to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, which led to the dismissal of his criminal case. At least 10 federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Washington have now resigned over that case being dropped.
And the Trump administration announced a plan this afternoon to phase out eight artificial dyes from the U.S. food supply by the end of next year. The petroleum-based additives are found in many grocery store staples, from cereals to sports drinks. But, today, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said it’s critical to get them off of shelves.
He cited some studies that found links between synthetic dyes and neurobehavioral issues in children. He called on food manufacturers to replace them with natural substitutes.
