A Louisiana rapper who was convicted on gun charges is now thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him, saying he is “giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist.”  NBA YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, made the statement as Trump issued a number of pardons Wednesday.   Last year, Gaulden was sentenced by a federal judge...

A federal judge in New Jersey ruled that President Donald Trump’s effort to deport anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil is most likely unconstitutional on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz handed down the ruling, though he did not go so far as to order Khalil’s release. Farbiarz argued that the Trump administration’s deportation order was likely to be dismissed as “unconstitutionally vague.” “The district court held what we already...