Recent Updates
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HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry
U.S. Court News 04/13/2025Hong Kong’s government on Monday defended its immigration procedures after a British member of parliament was denied entry to the Chinese city last week, an incident that has prompted concerns among U.K. officials.Wera Hobhouse, a member of the...
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Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM
U.S. Court News 02/08/2025Two former Albuquerque police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of racketeering, extortion and accepting bribes in a sweeping corruption investigation into a scheme that allegedly allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated ...
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A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty
U.S. Court News 10/29/2024A Colorado man repeatedly made online threats about killing the top elections officials in his state and Arizona — both Democrats — as well as a judge and law enforcement agents, according to a guilty plea he entered Wednesday.Teak Ty Bro...
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Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
U.S. Court News 08/01/2024A corrections officer who helped carry out the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution said in a court document that the inmate had normal blood oxygen levels for longer than he expected before the numbers suddenly plummeted.Another court documen...
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Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush money conviction
U.S. Court News 07/14/2024Donald Trump’s lawyers are imploring a New York judge to overturn his hush money conviction and dismiss the case, arguing his historic trial was “tainted” by evidence that shouldn’t have been allowed because of the Supreme Cou...
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Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
U.S. Court News 03/12/2024Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judg...
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Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
U.S. Court News 02/21/2024The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021.The justices did not comment on leaving in place $500 fines issued in May 2021 to U....
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Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa
U.S. Court News 11/20/2023Former President Donald Trump celebrated a win in a closely watched election case during a return visit to Iowa Saturday, where he blasted his political foes and encouraged his supporters to not move past their grievances with President Joe Biden.A C...
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White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees
U.S. Court News 07/21/2023The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new guidelines for corporate mergers, took steps to disclose the junk fees charged by landlords and launched a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry.The announcements will be discussed as part ...
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Families sue to block Idaho law barring gender-affirming care for minors
U.S. Court News 06/03/2023The families of two transgender teenagers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block enforcement of Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.The ban, which was signed into law in April and scheduled to take effect in January 2024, violate...
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Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands
U.S. Court News 05/25/2023The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, weakening a bedrock environmental law enacted a half-century ago to cleanse the country’s badly polluted waters.A 5-4 majority significantly e...
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Supreme Court rejects Turkish bank’s arguments in Iran case
U.S. Court News 04/19/2023The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Turkish bank’s main arguments for dismissing a lawsuit accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, but the court sent the case back for additional review.Halkbank, a bank owned by Turkey, had argu...