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The Justice Department this week conceded to a federal judge in New York it had been incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to partially justify arrests at immigration courthouses, calling the oversight a “material mistaken statement of fact.”Justice Department lawyers disclosed in a letter on Tuesday that a May 2025 ICE memo applies to most courthouses, but not federal immigration courts, where agents have been seen over the past year making arrests of those attending their hearings.The government attorneys told U.S. District Court Judge Kevin Castel that they erroneously cited the memo in monthslong litigation challenging the courthouse…

Financial services firms Corebridge Financial and Equitable Holdings have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $22 billion, forming a diversified financial services group with significant scale across retirement, insurance and asset management.The deal will see both companies combine under a new parent entity, which will operate under the Equitable name and brand. Corebridge shareholders will hold a 51% stake in the combined company, while Equitable shareholders will own the remaining portion.Shares of both firms rose around 2% on Thursday, reflecting investor optimism about the strategic rationale behind the merger.Structure and leadership of the combined entityUnder the terms…

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Memory stocks — Shares of memory chipmakers tumbled following the unveiling of Google’ s new AI model, which the company said could reduce the amount of memory required to run large language models. Sandisk dropped nearly 4%, Micron Technology , Western Digital and Seagate Technology each fell about 2%. Qualcomm — The chipmaker moved nearly 2% lower. Bernstein downgraded the stock to market perform from outperform, citing memory headwinds in the industry. Mining stocks — Shares of gold and silver miners fell alongside the drop in precious metal prices…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says the illegal immigrant accused of gunning down Sheridan Gorman in Chicago did so as part of a “gang initiation.”Jose Medina-Medina, 25, allegedly shot and killed 18-year-old Gorman on March 19 at around 1:06 a.m. while she was at a pier with friends in the city’s Rogers Park area. Medina-Medina entered the country illegally on May 9, 2023, and was apprehended then released into the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.In a post on X, Blagojevich said he thinks Gorman’s alleged…

It became harder for Canadians in most major cities to afford a mortgage in February, a new report by Ratehub.ca found on Thursday. The monthly Home Affordability Report by Canadian rate comparison platform Ratehub, which looks at mortgage and home affordability in 13 of Canada’s major cities, found that in 11 of them, it became harder to afford a mortgage.“This is the first time since June of last year where we’ve seen affordability worsen in most cities,” Ratehub’s mortgage expert Penelope Graham said.Only Vancouver and St. John’s, N.L., saw affordability ease in February, while Montreal, Halifax, Hamilton, Victoria, Fredericton, Ottawa,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Yankees shortstop José Caballero made MLB history Wednesday: He became the first player to use the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS).During the fourth inning of the Yankees’ 7-0 Opening Day win over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, Caballero challenged home plate umpire Bill Miller’s strike call after Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb threw a sinker at the top of the zone.Caballero, 29, tapped his head to initiate the challenge and appeal the strike call, but lost the challenge. The 12 Hawk-Eye cameras of the Automated Ball-Strike System displayed that…

Olympic chiefs have agreed a new eligibility policy in which transgender women athletes will be banned from competing in the female category at the Games.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday (Mar 26) he had spoken to the leaders of Iran, Egypt, Turkey and other regional countries and said Malaysian vessels were now being allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.Anwar, in a televised address, thanked Iran’s president for allowing the passage of Malaysian ships.”We are now in the process of releasing the Malaysian oil tankers and the workers involved so that they may continue their journey home,” he said.Anwar said he talked with Iran and other countries as part of efforts to facilitate peace in the Middle East.”But it…