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President Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and two of its reporters, seeking at least $20 billion in damages. The suit, filed in federal court in Miami, alleges the publication defamed Trump by falsely linking him to a sexually explicit note...
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A federal judge ruled on Friday that immigration agents cannot rely solely on race, language, or job location as grounds for reasonable suspicion to conduct detention stops. Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, issued two temporary restraining orders (TROs) addressing these...
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A federal jury trial began Monday in Miami involving Tesla and the safety of its Autopilot driver-assistance system, following a fatal crash in Key Largo, Florida, in 2019. The lawsuit, filed by the family of Naibel Benavides Leon, 22, who died in the crash, and Dillon Angulo, who was severely...
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A coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, seeking to compel the release of $6.8 billion in education funding withheld just weeks before the new school year.
The withheld funds constitute about 14 percent of all federal money...
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A data broker owned by major U.S. airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected and sold domestic flight information of American travelers to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to internal agency documents obtained by 404 Media. The records include passengers' names, full travel itineraries, and financial information.
The...
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A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its controversial birthright-citizenship executive order, a significant setback for a policy that would deny citizenship to certain children born in the United States. This executive order, issued on Inauguration Day, intended to deny automatic citizenship to children born in...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of a key provision of a controversial Florida law that criminalized entry into the state by undocumented immigrants, delivering a setback to Governor Ron DeSantis's immigration policy.
In a succinct, one-sentence order issued Wednesday, the high court upheld a lower court's ruling without...
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 7, 2025, directing federal agencies to eliminate subsidies and tax incentives for wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources, claiming these measures compromise energy security and impose unfair costs on taxpayers.
The executive order instructs the Treasury Department to enforce the...
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In a legal battle over vaccine policy, major medical organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), have filed a lawsuit against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...
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Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Wednesday in the stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students, accepting a plea agreement that mandates life sentences without the possibility of parole. Under the terms of the deal, Kohberger will serve four consecutive life sentences for the murders, plus an additional sentence of up...
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The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have announced that an exhaustive review of the investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein found no evidence of a supposed "client list" or any indication that Epstein blackmailed prominent associates.
A two-page memo released by the Justice Department outlines findings contradicting previous...
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A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end temporary deportation protections and work permits for approximately 521,000 Haitian immigrants before the scheduled expiration of their Temporary Protected Status (TPS). U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan, in Brooklyn, ruled on Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
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Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer continues to face legal hurdles, with recent setbacks in a lawsuit against Lindsey Hill and ongoing litigation involving an Arizona woman named Darcy Esemonu. Bauer has not pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 2021, after allegations of sexual assault emerged.
Bauer's latest...
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Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one count of sexual assault but acquitted of another in his sex-crimes retrial in New York on Wednesday, marking a significant yet partial victory for the #MeToo movement that contributed to his public downfall.
After two high-profile trials and numerous accusations spanning several years,...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the U.S. Department of Defense, accusing them of illegally federalizing the California National Guard (CalGuard). The lawsuit, announced on June 9, 2025, seeks to reverse Trump's controversial order...
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