How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations

The Trump administration has systematically pressured the nation’s immigration judges, threatening them with disciplinary action if they do not deport more people and firing those seen as insufficiently supportive of the president’s aggressive enforcement agenda, a New York Times investigation has found. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-miller-immigration-judges-purge.html

Once World Cup outsiders, soccer-scarce nations are crashing the party

Tuanzebe, of Congo, had called this match the biggest of his career. Only the winner of the FIFA World Cup qualifier in Guadalajara, Mexico, would advance to play this summer in the 48-team field comprising the most popular sporting tournament on the planet. https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/soccer/world-cup-outsiders-soccer-scarce-nations-are-crashing-party-rcna266128