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  • Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans

    Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans

    Court Watch 05/20/2025

    The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law enacted when the nation was just a few years old. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emer...

  • Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities

    Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities

    National News 04/22/2025

    A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders were unc...

  • Trump signs order designating English as the official language of the US

    Trump signs order designating English as the official language of the US

    Legal Events 03/01/2025

    President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer ...

  • Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

    Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

    Headline Legal News 02/20/2025

    Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of federal ...

  • Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection

    Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection

    Recent Cases 02/17/2025

    Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scanda...

  • Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM

    Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM

    Legal Events 02/09/2025

    Two former Albuquerque police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of racketeering, extortion and accepting bribes in a sweeping corruption investigation into a scheme that allegedly allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated ...

  • Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court

    Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court

    Legal Events 02/03/2025

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court, which has issued an arrest wa...

  •  TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech

    TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech

    National News 01/10/2025

    In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United St...

  •  Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

    Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

    Legal Issues 12/28/2024

    A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in Conyers, Georgia, started her business solo as a mob...

  • Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction

    Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction

    Legal Issues 12/20/2024

    A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial.The retired football player was sent...

  • Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote

    Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote

    Headline Legal News 12/06/2024

    A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.The Constitutional Co...

  • ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

    ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

    Legal Events 11/17/2024

    The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaz...