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Erik Uebelacker
Erik Uebelacker covers New York City for Courthouse News. He graduated from DePaul University in 2023 and previously covered breaking news for The Daily Beast.
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Judge blocks Trump’s sweeping freeze on immigration benefits for 39 countries
In a scathing ruling, a federal judge accused the administration of using “pretextual concerns” of national security to “mask anti-immigrant sentiments.”
Harvard slams Trump administration for ‘retaliatory campaign’ against university
The Ivy League university claims it was “singled out” by the DOJ, which sued it in February amid an ongoing anti-white and anti-Asian discrimination probe.
Ex-NRA chief Wayne LaPierre loses appeal of $4 million corruption penalty
A Manhattan jury in 2024 found that LaPierre spent NRA donor funds on designer Italian suits, private flights and insider contracts.
Newark mayor calls for judge to shutter Delaney Hall ICE facility
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested outside of the New Jersey ICE facility last May, floated expanding an existing lawsuit to close Delaney Hall.
At arraignment, accused Iran-backed terrorist rails against US bombing
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is charged with coordinating terror attacks in retaliation for United States military action in the Middle East.
Investment firm accused of ‘surveilling’ AI startup founder
The founder of Cette AI claims Voya Financial used his disability claim to access various devices and accounts without permission.
Inside 26 Federal Plaza: Trial reveals ‘deplorable’ conditions at ICE facility
ICE officials texted about the “gross” health concerns that brewed in the makeshift immigration jail, including a “guy with monkeypox.”
Democratic AGs skip Vance’s ‘political stunt’ fraud roundtable over belated invites
The attorneys general criticized the vice president for reaching out to their Republican colleagues days before their own “afterthought” invitations.