Washington — The Department of Homeland Security’s top lawyer on Tuesday directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys to aggressively pursue administrative fraud cases against immigration lawyers accused of filing false asylum claims, the latest step in the administration’s push to speed up removals, expand enforcement and challenge the legal infrastructure around immigration. In a memo … Read more
Washington — The U.S. military is directing commercial ships towards a route in the Strait of Hormuz farther from Iran that the Navy has spent weeks clearing. The U.S. warns that transiting the normal route could be “extremely hazardous” because of mines laid in the strait by Iran. The notice to mariners posted the same … Read more
More than 7 million student loan borrowers enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will begin receiving notices on Friday with instructions to seek a new repayment plan, the Education Department said. Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan, struck down by a federal court earlier this month, have been in forbearance since July 2024 as a … Read more
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off Southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act. Restoring Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez unit and pipeline off Santa Barbara aims to address supply disruption risks, according to a … Read more