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Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice announces she is stepping down
Legal Business 02/21/2025The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the court by the end of April, opening the door for the court to have a 6-1 majority of Democratic-backed justices.Elizabeth Clement did not give a rea...
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Trump’s tariffs expose Ukraine’s steel industry to another war
International 02/17/2025The steel mill in a partially occupied region of Ukraine is a dystopian maze of flames, chutes and tentacled pipes, vast enough to be a small city. Thunderous blazes of sparks flash above the open furnaces where workers smelt iron ore into streams of...
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What changes to the CHIPS act could mean for AI growth and consumers
Business Law 02/15/2025Even as he’s vowed to push the United States ahead in artificial intelligence research, President Donald Trump’s threats to alter federal government contracts with chipmakers and slap new tariffs on the semiconductor industry may put new ...
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Senate pushes toward confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI director
Business Law 02/14/2025The Senate was set to vote Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that could place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite concerns from Democrats over his qualifications and the prosp...
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Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
Criminal Law 02/10/2025Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient.“It’s not going to be some sort of backroom secret thing,” Musk said last year. “It will be as transparent ...
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court
Court Watch 02/09/2025President 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...
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As Trump pushes the limits of presidential power, the courts push back
Law Firm News 02/07/2025A familiar pattern has emerged since President Donald Trump returned to the White House less than three weeks ago: He makes a brash proposal, his opponents file a lawsuit and a federal judge puts the plan on hold.It’s happened with Trump’...
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China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google
Business Law 02/02/2025China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect.American tariffs on import...
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Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
International 01/25/2025A Pakistani court Saturday sentenced four people to death for blasphemy, allegedly because they posted sacrilegious material on social media about Islamic religious figures and the Quran. Their lawyer said appeal preparations are underway.Under the c...
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South Korea’s Yoon defends his martial law decree in his first public appearance
International 01/23/2025South Korea’s impeached president denied Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the C...
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Man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark proclaims himself ‘guilty as charged’
Criminal Law 01/21/2025One day after Michael Thomas Lewis was charged with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark, the 55-year-old Texas man shouted “guilty as charged” as soon as he sat down in a courtroom Tuesday.Lewis...
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Impeached Korean president argues for his release as court reviews his formal arrest
Court Watch 01/20/2025South Korea’s impeached president on Saturday argued for his release before a Seoul judge as the court reviewed whether to grant a law enforcement request for his formal arrest.His appearance at the Seoul Western District Court triggered chaoti...