The Supreme Court ’s decision allowing President Donald Trump's administration to end temporary legal protections for Haitian and Syrian immigrants may affect people from many other countries. Thursday´s decision directly applies to about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians but may be a sign of what´s in store for nearly 1.3 million people from 17 countries on Temporary Protected Status. Many have lived and worked in the United States for decades and have American children. Aside from Haitians, large numbers of beneficiaries are from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Honduras.

A former chief of staff to New York ex-Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested in a bribery case. It's the latest sign that federal prosecutors continue to scrutinize Adams’ inner circle months after the scandal-bruised Democrat left office. Frank Carone pleaded not guilty Wednesday. He's accused of exploiting his position to get over $100,000 in payoffs for steering a lucrative migrant shelter contract to a hotel. His lawyer calls the indictment baseless. Separately, federal authorities searched the homes of current and former New York Police Department leaders Wednesday in connection with a different bribery investigation. Adams was himself indicted in 2024 on bribery and other charges that were later dismissed.

A Philippine senator has been arrested after a court ordered his arrest on a nonbailable charge of plunder. The special Sandiganbayan anti-graft court issued a warrant for Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s arrest on Friday on a graft charge that was bailable. He then surrendered and was released on bail. Estrada, 63, has strongly denied allegations mainly by a former government public works engineer. The engineer claims Estrada received more than 570 million pesos, or $9.3 million, in kickbacks from flood control projects. Estrada continues to deny any wrongdoing.

In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand at his own corruption trial. The trial of the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has lasted three months with meticulous details on the Chicago Democrat’s many alleged schemes in both his public roles and private work as a tax attorney. That’s included hours of secretly-recorded videos and calls from a former city alderman turned FBI mole. But on Tuesday, Madigan, who is famously private and doesn’t own a cellphone or email address, got to control the narrative. He told stories about growing up in a tough household and living a life of public service.