Recent Updates
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Maduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in a $195M money laundering case
Legal Compliance 09/27/2026A close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro long described by U.S. officials as the ousted leader’s frontman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government...
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Federal judge rules Trump DHS plan for 50% FEMA staffing cuts was unlawful
Legal Compliance 09/15/2026A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful.The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who had sued the agency...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
Legal Compliance 09/15/2026The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway.The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ba...
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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall
Legal Compliance 08/15/2026A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Was...
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Court strikes down Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns
Legal Compliance 06/25/2026The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns into stores and hotels on Thursday, in its latest opinion backing Second Amendment rights.The high court's 6-3 decision means people can carry guns onto priva...
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US and Israeli attacks on Iran put further strain on international law
Legal Compliance 03/02/2026As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran, and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire.At the heart of the post-World War II global order...
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Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels’ financial networks
Legal Compliance 02/05/2026The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by increasingly routing drug profits through crypt...
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown
Legal Compliance 01/20/2026A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minnea...
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A South Korean court sentences former President Yoon to 5 years in prison
Legal Compliance 01/18/2026A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.Yoon was impeached, arrested...
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California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March
Legal Compliance 12/25/2025A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licen...
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Kamala Harris leaves door open for 2028 presidential run
Legal Compliance 10/27/2025Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House.In an interview with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a woman will be president in the coming years, and it could “possibly” be her.“I am not done,...
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Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
Legal Compliance 10/15/2025President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he was weighing carrying out land operations on the country.The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela by the U.S....