Judge Orders Detention of Russian Gun Activist, Siding With Prosecutors Who See Her as a Flight Risk

A federal judge ordered the detention of a Russian gun-rights activist accused of conspiring to cultivate relationships in the U.S. with influential conservatives and gun-rights groups to advance Moscow's agenda. Maria Butina, 29 years old and wearing

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Judge Orders Maria Butina, Linked To Russian Spy Agency, Jailed Ahead Of Trial

Updated at 3:50 p.m. ET. A federal magistrate judge ordered Wednesday that a Russian woman charged with being a Russian agent in the United States must be jailed ahead of her trial after prosecutors said she was a flight risk. The woman, Maria Butina, ... Magistrate orders accused Russian agent tied to NRA to be jailed without bondUSA TODAY Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina had ties to Russian intelligence agency, prosecutors sayWashington Post Prosecutors: Butina a flight risk, has ties to Russian intelligenceCNN Politico -Bloomberg -NBCNews.com -BBC News

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Judge Denies Manafort's Request to Move Trial Away From Washington

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, will stand trial in Alexandria, Va., to face a series charges brought by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times. By Sarah Mervosh. July 17, 2018. A

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Judge refuses to move Paul Manafort trial to Roanoke

Paul Manafort's upcoming trial on bank and fraud charges will continue in Alexandria, Va., despite his efforts to move the proceedings to Roanoke. The former Trump campaign chairman had argued that the jury pool in Northern Virginia is too liberal and

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Pausing deportations, judge reminds officials of stakes of family separations

(CNN) Dozens, if not hundreds, of parents separated from their children at the border may have already been deported. A federal judge said on Monday that, at least for now, more couldn't join them. San Diego-based US District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered ... Federal Judge Orders Temporary Halt to Deportations of Recently Reunited Migrant FamiliesWall Street Journal Judge temporarily halts deportations of reunified familiesLos Angeles Times Judge halts deportations of reunited migrant familiesNBCNews.com NPR -HuffPost -USA TODAY -The Hill

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Federal judge pauses deportations of reunited families

(CNN) A federal judge on Monday ordered the US government to temporarily pause deportations of reunited families to allow attorneys time to debate whether he should more permanently extend that order. San Diego-based US District Court Judge Dana ... Court Orders Temporary Halt to Migrant Family DeportationsNew York Times Judge Halts Family Deportations For NowNPR Judge will temporarily halt deportations of reunited familiesPolitico USA TODAY -Wall Street Journal -HuffPost -Los Angeles Times

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Judge temporarily halts deportations of parents separated from children

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said Monday that he's become "exasperated" by the Trump administration's slow work to reunify more than 2,600 children separated from their parents and ordered the government to halt all deportations of parents for at

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