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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Ankush Khardori
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the George W. Bush administration detained suspected terrorists and alleged “enemy combatants” in Guantanamo Bay, setting off fierce debates over the rule of law and, eventually, leading to a new American legal framework that provided at least some rights to those detained by the U.S. government during war.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Ankush Khardori
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the George W. Bush administration detained suspected terrorists and alleged “enemy combatants” in Guantanamo Bay, setting off fierce debates over the rule of law and, eventually, leading to a new American legal framework that provided at least some rights to those detained by the U.S. government during war.
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Ankush Khardori
What’s going on here? My colleagues in the newsroom sent me a range of questions about the settlements, their implications and the culture of large law firms. Based on my own experience, including working at Paul, Weiss, here’s a reality check. 1 Why are these law firms surrendering to Trump so quickly?
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Ankush Khardori
That would mark the sort of unambiguous constitutional crisis that has worried Democrats and other Trump critics since the president began his series of stunning moves to upend the federal government. It’s not an idle notion; Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and conservative activists have floated the prospect of defying the courts.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Ankush Khardori
13 hours agoMark Carney responds to new 25% tariff on non-U.S. cars in direct message to Donald TrumpMark Carney has responded to the new 25 per cent tariff on non-U.S. cars in a direct message to Donald Trump. The new Canadian prime minister held a press conference on Thursday (27 March), after Trump announced the 25 per cent tariff on all fully-assembled cars imported to the US.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Ankush Khardori
With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany IrvineGood Sunday morning. This is Ankush Khardori, wishing Pope Francis well after being discharged from a hospital in Rome today. Get in touch. A new White House memo directs AG Pam Bondi “to seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation” against the government.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ankush Khardori
NowCanada, May I Introduce You to Ukraine? I had a conversation last week with a Canadian journalist about the culture war on American campuses. After we finished talking about that, she had one final question for me. “What the hell is Trump thinking about Canada?” She wasn’t just asking about President Trump’s tariff threats.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Ankush Khardori
Scheindlin said that in the debate over whether the United States is already in a constitutional crisis, the real red line is if the executive branch defies the judiciary, a move that Trump says he wouldn’t take. But if it were to happen? “That’s when authoritarians become dictators and really tear down the temple by just ignoring the Constitution, ignoring the judiciary,” she said.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ankush Khardori
1 hour agoWASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration that Qatari negotiators helped broker, the State Department said Thursday. George Glezmann, an airline …
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Ankush Khardori
Now President Donald Trump’s appointees are taking the reins at the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission amid considerable interest across the political spectrum as to how his administration will enforce antitrust law. Progressive supporters of Biden’s agenda have forecast that his approach won’t fade away, with some recently celebrating a “new antitrust consensus.” But their predictions are likely to be incorrect.
