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Justice Department activates untested court for ‘alien terrorist’ deportations

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to consider government requests to deport so-called “alien terrorists” from the United States. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was established in 1996 but had never received a petition until this past Wednesday, when the Justice … Read more

In Iran, Trump is trying something untested: Outsourcing regime change

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By launching an air war of regime change against the Islamic Republic of Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump is attempting to defy history. No country’s government has ever been deposed and replaced with a friendlier one by air power alone. Yet Mr. Trump has made clear since announcing the launching of military operations against Iran … Read more