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The information in this database covers 238 of the Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, on March 15, and whose names were first published by CBS News. The men were released last week and returned to Venezuela. (In total, more than 250 Venezuelan men were imprisoned and released.)The database is part of a joint investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and the Venezuelan news outlets Alianza Rebelde Investiga (Rebel Alliance Investigates) and Cazadores de Fake News (Fake News Hunters). To confirm the deportees’ identities, we used the men’s dates of birth to search…

At least 10 forestry and rescue workers have been killed while battling wildfires in Turkey’s central Eskisehir province.Some 24 forest workers and volunteer rescue personnel were left “trapped inside the fire” following a change in the direction of the wind, Turkey’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said in a post on X. Five forestry workers and five volunteers from the AKUT rescue organisation lost their lives and 14 forest workers were taken to hospital, he said.The blaze in the Seyitgazi district of the province began on Tuesday morning and started spreading towards nearby areas, local media said. Turkish President…

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content from Akhil and Vikram, please see Akhil’s free weekly podcast, “Amarica’s Constitution,” Vikram’s regular columns on Justia, and Akhil’s new book, Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In our maiden column two weeks ago, we articulated the grand constitutional principle of birth equality: All Americans born under the flag are born equal.…

Home Daily News Money for court-appointed federal criminal… Public Defenders Money for court-appointed federal criminal defense lawyers is depleted; some lawyers leave program By Debra Cassens Weiss July 16, 2025, 10:46 am CDT Criminal defendants in federal court are at risk of losing legal representation. (Shutterstock) Court-appointed lawyers representing indigent criminal defendants in federal court are working without pay after the federal judiciary ran out of money for the program. The funding shortfall that began on July 3 has spurred concern that the panel attorneys could decline new cases, leaving some defendants without representation, according to a U.S. Courts press…

This Amazon Prime Day is actually a full week longThe biggest day of the year, well kind of, Amazon Prime Day is coming this weekend and it’s not just a day this time, it’s a whole week of incredible offers. From July 25 to 31, you’ll be able to save on hundreds of products and huge brands. Prime members can enjoy discounts across more than 30 product categories such as grocery, Amazon Fresh, electronics, fashion, beauty, kitchen, home, toys and Amazon Devices. So if you need some new kitchen appliances, or you just fancy some new skincare, you can save…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Under Surveillance: Law enforcement agencies have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to a Nevada mining project called Thacker Pass. Terrorism Task Force: An FBI-led joint terrorism task force has at times focused on the protests, according to internal law enforcement communications. Tribal Land: Indigenous people protesting the mine say they have been unfairly singled out by authorities for trying to protect their…

The son of a British couple detained by the Taliban five months ago has told the BBC that he fears they may die in prison.Peter Reynolds, 80, and Barbie, 76, were arrested on 1 February while returning to their home in central Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. It is not known exactly why they were detained.Their son Jonathan Reynolds said their health was rapidly deteriorating, with his father suffering serious convulsions and his mother “numb” from anaemia and malnutrition.A Taliban official told the BBC in February that the group planned to release the couple “as soon as possible”.The UN warned that the…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. and Japan have struck a deal that will lower the hefty tariffs Trump had threatened to impose on goods from its Asian ally while extracting commitments for Japan to invest $550 billion US in the United States and open its markets to American goods.The agreement — including a 15 per cent tariff on all imported Japanese goods, down from a proposed 25 per cent — is the most significant of the string of trade deals the White House has reached ahead of an approaching Aug. 1 deadline for higher levies to kick in.”This is a…

Lawyers for North Dakota on Tuesday urged the court to leave in place a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit that two Native American tribes (along with individual voters) say could “knee-cap Congress’s most important civil rights statute” – the federal Voting Rights Act. The court of appeals held that private plaintiffs cannot rely on federal civil rights laws to challenge discrimination under Section 2 of the VRA, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting. The state contended that pausing the 8th Circuit’s ruling “would have the extraordinary effect of requiring North Dakota to hold two…

“You can’t talk about your mental illnesses. It’s bad for business.” I’ve heard this countless times in various forms. And for a long time, I listened. I bought into the idea that silence was safer, that vulnerability was a liability and honesty could cost me everything.Eventually, I couldn’t be quiet any longer. I bought into the idea that silence was safer, that vulnerability was a liability and honesty could cost me everything. Eventually, I couldn’t be quiet any longer. The legal profession clings to an outdated belief that vulnerability undermines professionalism. It doesn’t. In fact, professionalism demands vulnerability. Vulnerability—when handled…