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Groups Sue the Trump Administration Over Its Targeting of the International Criminal Court

The lawsuit is the latest example of organizations pushing back on what they call the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine international law and prevent efforts to combat impunity by governments around the world.

U.S. President Donald Trump boards the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after arriving on one of the older planes operating as Air Force One, to return to Washington, at RAF Mildenhall

New York Times Files Motion To Quash Subpoenas Served on Journalists Over Air Force One Coverage

The subpoenas marked a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on media leaks that free press advocates swiftly condemned as a government effort to intimidate news organizations.