Federal Judge Tells Alina Habba to ‘Operate with a Higher Standard’
By Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City. His focus is reporting on immigration and border security. He has covered immigration issues extensively, including the root causes of migration to the U.S., its impact on border communities and responses around the country. Dan joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent and […]
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Alina Habba Announces Criminal Charges Against Democrat
Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, announced on social media that her office has filed criminal charges against Democratic Representative LaMonica McIver, who visited an immigration detention center in Newark this month. Newsweek reached out to McIver’s office for comment via email on Monday. The Context Democratic Representatives McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and […]
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Democrat Warns ‘Red Line’ Was Crossed After Alina Habba Charges Colleague
Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey and former Trump lawyer, announced on social media that Democratic Congresswoman LaMonica McIver has been charged in a May 9 scuffle at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. The charges prompted Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell of California to warn that the Trump administration “has crossed […]
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Alina Habba Asked on TV What She Got Done Last Week Amid Email Controversy
Alina Habba, counselor to President Donald Trump, was asked on live TV by Fox News host Jesse Watters to share one of her bullet points from last week, a poke at Elon Musk‘s email request for all federal workers. Why It Matters Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), announced over the weekend […]
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