Recent Updates
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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...
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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 ...