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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
Court Watch 01/17/2025At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage p...
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Fired US Center for SafeSport investigator arrested on new charges
Attorneys in the News 01/13/2025An ex-cop fired from his job as an investigator at the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegedly stealing money seized at a drug bust has been arrested again, this time charged with rape and sex trafficking.Jason Krasley, a former police officer in All...
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TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech
Legal Business 01/10/2025In 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...
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
Criminal Law 01/09/2025President-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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Trump’s sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here’s what could happen next
Bankruptcy Law 01/07/2025Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future U.S. president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump ‘s hush money case made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case t...
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Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
Legal Business 01/06/2025Rudy 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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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Political and Legal 12/30/2024Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 10...
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Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction
Criminal Law 12/26/2024A 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...
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and weapons charges
Legal Business 12/24/2024The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder and terror charges while his attorney complained that comments coming from New York’s mayor would make it tough to receive a fair trial...
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Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden
Political and Legal 12/21/2024Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit...
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block law that could ban site in U.S.
Personal Injury 12/19/2024TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.Lawyers for the company and China-base...
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South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached
International 12/16/2024South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought to reassure allies and markets, a day after the opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach conservative President...