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Trump administration hindering investigation into Epstein’s ranch

The Trump administration is not co-operating with an investigation into crimes committed at Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, the state’s attorney-general said. Raul Torrez has written to acting federal attorney-general Todd Blanche demanding unredacted documents from the Epstein files in relation to their investigation. Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. AP Torrez said he had waited 130 days for the files. “Without complete and prompt access to relevant unredacted records held by the United States Department of Justice, survivors of serious criminal conduct at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico are being denied justice,” Torrez said in his letter. “That harm is a direct consequence of the (US Department of Justice)‘s continued failure to comp...

US citizens file lawsuit against UN agency that provides aid for Palestinians, the agency that Trump seeks to dismantle

Some U.S. citizens who are victims and family members of victims of Hamas and Hezbollah attacks have filed a lawsuit against the largest U.N. agency that provides humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, accusing the aid organization of promoting terrorism. Filed in a Washington, D.C., district court last week, the lawsuit targets the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and its U.S.-based non-profit, UNRWA USA, which is based in Washington, D.C. The 200 plaintiffs accuse UNRWA of violating antiterrorism laws by allegedly providing funds and other methods of support to Hamas and Hezbollah, which are classified by the State Department as foreign terrorist organizations. They also accuse the agency of employing staff who they say were dire...

Judge orders Trump administration to speed up payment of USAID and State Department debts

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to speed up its payment on some of nearly $US2 billion in debts to partners of the US Agency for International Development and the State Department, giving it a Monday deadline to repay the nonprofit groups and businesses in a lawsuit over the administration's abrupt shutdown of foreign assistance funding. US District Judge Amir Ali described the partial payment as a "concrete" first step he wanted to see from the administration, which is fighting multiple lawsuits seeking to roll back the administration's dismantling of USAID and a six-week freeze on USAID funding, which has forced US-funded organisations to halt aid and development work around the world and lay off workers. Ali's line of questioning in a four-hour h...
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