A lawsuit filed Friday in Boston's federal court alleges that the suspension of casework by the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office is not authorized by immigration or administrative law. The pause has stopped people from claiming asylum, getting work authorization, renewing student visas and processing green cards. It has even pulled people out of citizenship ceremonies, the last phase of the naturalization process.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will not receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person at an award ceremony in Oslo but is in the European capital, the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has said. Machado, 58, was due to receive the award on Wednesday at Oslo City Hall in the presence of Norway's monarchs and Latin American leaders including fellow right-wingers Argentine President Javier Milei and Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa.