Joan Hennessy

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Badar Khan Suri has been held in immigration detention for almost two months after the Trump administration accused him of spreading Hamas propaganda — without any evidence. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown University professor detained by immigration officers and transported from his Virginia home to a Texas prison, must be released, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Joan Hennessy

A top health official says she was fired by the Trump administration because she advocated for the Covid-19 vaccine. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — A federal judge on Friday refused to order the CIA  to keep employing a health officer who is suing the agency over claims that she was targeted because of her advocacy for the Covid-19 vaccine.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — The U.S. Department of Justice and Google laid out opposing visions for how to restore competition to the online advertising marketplace in proposals filed late Monday. Google was convicted in April of operating part of its ad tech business as a monopoly. The remedy phase of the antitrust case is set to begin in September before U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, a Bill Clinton appointee who will decide what sort of punishment fits the tech giant's crime.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Joan Hennessy

"He lived here," said U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, a Joe Biden appointee. "His residence is here. His family is here." ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – A U.S. district court judge on Thursday demanded answers from government attorneys about the detention of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown professor arrested and transported more than 1,000 miles from his Virginia home. "He lived here," said U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, a Joe Biden appointee.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Joan Hennessy

An ICE officer attended the hearing, after which Henrry Villatoro Santos was to be turned over to an ICE agent. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — An undocumented immigrant purportedly connected to MS-13 on Wednesday may have lost his bid to forestall deportation to El Salvador. U.S. District Court Judge Claude Hilton, a Ronald Reagan appointee, affirmed a magistrate's ruling allowing the U.S. Department of Justice to drop weapons charges against Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, 24.