Judicial nominee Bove denies allegation he told lawyers to ignore court orders

Top Justice Department official Emil Bove, who has been nominated for the federal appeals bench, testified before the Senate Wednesday that he never told department attorneys to ignore court orders, denying the account of a whistleblower.   Bove, a former criminal defense attorney who represented President Trump, rejected suggestions by Democrats that the claims of

After 36 years in L.A., grandmother self-deports to Mexico, leaves family behind

Los Angeles — As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stepped up raids across Los Angeles in recent weeks, Julie Ear and her family made a difficult drive to Tijuana International Airport just south of the U.S.-Mexico border.  Ear’s mother, Regina Higuera, had lived in the United States for 36 years. But on this particular morning

Trump’s strikes on Iran set back nuclear program by months, initial intel assessment finds

An initial classified assessment found the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities set back Tehran’s nuclear program by a matter of months, according to three sources familiar with its contents. The assessment, produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s military intelligence wing, said the strikes caused the entrances to two nuclear enrichment facilities, including