Recent Updates
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Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making false statement
US Court Alerts 09/25/2025Former FBI Director James Comey was charged Thursday with crimes connected to his Senate testimony in 2020 about an investigation, a major strike against a high-profile figure who has long been the target of President Donald Trump’s anger.&ldqu...
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Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
US Court Alerts 09/17/2025The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the ot...
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Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court faces critical test of independence
US Court Alerts 09/01/2025Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court will be seated Monday and observers will be watching closely to see whether it will assert its independence from the governing party that held the country’s first judicial elections.Just three of its n...
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House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
US Court Alerts 07/23/2025A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy President Donald Trump and Republican leadersh...
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Virginia Democrats move to round out ticket in key off-year election
US Court Alerts 06/28/2025Former Del. Jay Jones will look to be the face of legal resistance to President Donald Trump in Virginia after winning Tuesday’s closely watched Democratic state primary for attorney general.Jones will face Republican Attorney General Jason Miy...
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Court widens options for vaping companies pushing back against FDA rules
US Court Alerts 06/20/2025The Supreme Court sided with e-cigarette companies on Friday in a ruling making it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market.The 7-2 opinion comes as companies push ba...
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Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to End Protections for Venezuelans
US Court Alerts 05/11/2025The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal...
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Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions
US Court Alerts 03/12/2025Japan’s trade minister said this week that he has failed to win assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from tariffs, some of which take effect on Wednesday.Yoji Muto was in Washington for last ditch negotiations ov...
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Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
US Court Alerts 01/05/2025Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled ...
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
US Court Alerts 01/02/2025President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone ...
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Court hearing set for man accused of fatally burning woman on NYC subway
US Court Alerts 12/30/2024A court hearing is scheduled Friday for the man accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and fanning the flames with a shirt as she burned to death. Sebastian Zapeta has been charged with two counts of murder and one count o...
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US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
US Court Alerts 12/14/2024Fueled by pricier used cars, hotel rooms and groceries, inflation in the United States moved slightly higher last month in the latest sign that some price pressures remain elevated.Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, up from a ...