In an apparent effort to address the millions of backlogged immigration cases, the Justice Department made a rule change to allow attorneys without immigration law experience to act as temporary immigration judges.  The DOJ’s Office of Immigration Review published the rule in the federal register Thursday, which removes the requirement that temporary immigration judges have substantive prior experience in immigration law. Jurists who are approved by Attorney General...

Two children were killed and 17 others were injured when a shooter opened fire during a morning Mass for a Minneapolis Catholic school, with the nation subsequently reeling from the tragedy and reigniting debate about ways to prevent such horror in the future. “This kind of violence is very recent. It’s a new thing in human history,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during...

A controversial pro-Palestinian gathering in Detroit is drawing scrutiny for featuring speakers with extremist views—including two former Israeli prisoners released in a Hamas deal—alongside Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a prominent anti-Israel congresswoman. The conference in Detroit will be the second annual “People’s Conference for Palestine,” which is being organized by a dozen different pro-Palestinian groups. Rep. Tlaib will speak alongside several individuals accused of espousing antisemitic rhetoric, including...