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USA Today
32 minutes ago
- USA Today
Diddy verdict, 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Rosie's rant: The week in review
Diddy acquitted of most severe sex charges A jury in New York cleared music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs of the most severe of the sex trafficking charges against him but convicted him of lesser prostitution-related crimes after a nearly two-month-long federal trial replete with sordid stories of sex parties and physical, sexual and psychological abuse. Had he been convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering, Combs, 55, could have faced life in prison; instead, the jury found him guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which carries a maximum 10-year term on each count. Combs was denied bail and ordered to remain in jail until sentencing, possibly in October. Diddy's life, career in photos: Revisit the rise and fall of Sean Combs Trump opens the gates to 'Alligator Alcatraz' President Donald Trump toured the controversial Florida detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz,' joining Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Chief Kristi Noem to show off the newly opened and refurbished vacant site where the administration plans to detain up to 5,000 migrants. It rests in the Everglades, an area infamously inhabited by alligators, pythons and other exotic and sometimes dangerous wildlife. 'Biden wanted me in here, OK?' Trump quipped to reporters, standing next to the facility's chain-link cages. 'Didn't work out that way.' Opponents have called the facility inhumane and environmentally irresponsible. Buy now, pay later, then check your credit score It should be no surprise that those convenient buy now, pay later purchase plans come with strings attached − namely, the "pay later" part − but soon there will be another string: Come fall, those loans will be factored into your credit score. The credit scoring service FICO announced the change as buy now, pay later has become increasingly popular, especially among Gen Zers and millennials. The risks of overusing BNPL are obvious − miss payments, and your credit score could tank − but there's an upside: Buyers who pay on time stand to boost their scores. The experts' advice: Proceed with caution, check your credit score online, and read the fine print. Rosie did not hold her peace for this union Rosie O'Donnell has long been outspoken on politics, but she turned an especially harsh lens on the lavish, star-studded wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Italy. 'The BEZOS wedding, it turned my stomach. Seeing all these billionaires gathering in the gross excess of it all,' O'Donnell wrote in a poem-style post on Instagram. She called Sánchez the Amazon founder's 'fake fembot wife,' wondered 'why would he choose her,' and suggested Bezos 'sold his soul. … The devil is smiling at all his conquests.' Presumably, Rosie was not on the guest list. Wimbledon shocker: Coco Gauff falls in first round Wimbledon 2025 was turned upside down early as No. 2-ranked Coco Gauff, winner of the French Open just weeks ago, was knocked out in the first round by 42nd-ranked Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 7-6(3), 6-1. Gauff joined No. 3 seed and fellow American Jessica Pegula, who lost to No. 116 Elisabetta Cocciaretta of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in another first-round stunner. It's the first time since 1968 that two of the top three seeds have fallen in Wimbledon's opening round. All told, four women ranked in the top 10 were sent packing in the first round. − Compiled and written by Robert Abitbol, USA TODAY copy chief
CNN
an hour ago
- CNN
Law used to kick out Nazis could be used to strip citizenship from many more Americans
For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to denaturalize, or strip, citizenship from criminals who falsified their records or hid their illicit pasts. That power, under the new Trump administration, may be broadening. According to a memo issued by the Justice Department last month, attorneys should aim their denaturalization work to target a much broader swath of individuals – anyone who may 'pose a potential danger to national security.' The directive appears to be a push towards a larger denaturalization effort that fits with the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies. These could leave some of the millions of naturalized American citizens at risk of losing their status and being deported. People who have committed violent crimes, are members or associates of gangs and drug cartels or have committed fraud should also be prioritized, the memo, issued by the head of the DOJ's Civil Division, said. But for many officials and experts, the real concern, they say, is that it is designed to strike fear in the hearts of legal immigrants across the country – particularly those who are at odds with Trump himself. 'The politicization of citizenship rights is something that really worries me, I think it's just flatly inconsistent with our democratic system,' Cassandra Burke Robertson, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University, told CNN. The statute in question is part of a McCarthy-era law first established to root out Communists during the red scare. But its most common use over the years has been against war criminals. In 1979, the Justice Department established a unit that used the statute to deport hundreds of people who assisted the Nazis. Eli Rosenbaum, the man who led it for years, helped the department strip citizenship from or deport 100 people, and earned a reputation as the DOJ's most prolific Nazi hunter. Rosenbaum briefly returned in 2022 to lead an effort to identify and prosecute anyone who committed war crimes in Ukraine. But the department has broadened those efforts beyond Nazis several times, including an Obama-era initiative called Operation Janus targeting those who stole identities to earn citizenship. In 2020, Trump attempted to expand denaturalization efforts by creating a dedicated office at the Justice Department, but it was quietly disbanded by the Biden administration the following year. One former DOJ official called the office a 'branding opportunity,' noting that it was not particularly effective and did not fit with Trump's successor's priorities. Since returning to the White House, Trump has worked to redesign how the federal government enforces immigration in the country, pushing agencies like the FBI and US Marshals to join deportation efforts and targeting foreign student visas for people abroad hoping to attend a private university in the states. Instead of reinstating the stand-alone office from his first administration, the entire Civil Division is now being told to prioritize denaturalization 'in all cases permitted by law,' according to the memo, which also suggests that US attorneys' offices across the country should flag cases where they may be able to initiate denaturalization proceedings. Trump filed 102 denaturalization cases during his first administration, contrasted with the 24 cases filed under Biden, DOJ Spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said on social media Wednesday. So far, the second Trump administration has filed 5 cases in its first five months. The DOJ told CNN in a statement: 'Denaturalization proceedings will only be pursued as permitted by law and supported by evidence against individuals who illegally procured or misrepresented facts in the naturalization process.' But current and former DOJ officials who spoke to CNN said that the beyond instructing lawyers to file as many denaturalization cases as possible, the memo is so broad that it could allow the Justice Department to invoke vague or unsubstantiated claims to expel people from the country. Robertson, of Case Western, warned that the memo could give way to the Trump administration retroactively searching for missteps in the naturalization process of perceived political opponents, like student activists. Irina Manta, a law professor at Hofstra University, said that the administration's move could have a 'chilling effect' on free speech, both political and otherwise. 'I regularly observe the fear firsthand,' she said. Trump has publicly flirted with the notion of deporting American citizens he doesn't want in the country. Though the seriousness of these statements is highly unclear, he has called for everything from deporting 'bad people … many of them [who] were born in our country' to saying his administration should 'take a look' at removing Elon Musk after his erstwhile ally criticized the president's spending bill. At least one ally has taken a more formal step. Last week, Andy Ogles, a Republican congressman, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani—who was born in Uganda and naturalized in 2018— should be subject to denaturalization proceedings because he 'publicly glorifies' people connected to Hamas in a rap song. Bondi has not publicly responded to the letter.
Washington Post
an hour ago
- Washington Post
The Supreme Court and Congress cede powers to Trump and the presidency
The Supreme Court last week sharply curtailed the ability of federal judges to block a presidential action nationwide, even if they find it unconstitutional. That followed its decision last year granting the president broad immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in the course of his core duties.
