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301 entries in 'Legal Business' |
2025/01/28
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order
2025/01/24
Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews
2025/01/21
Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
2024/12/28
Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the start of the TikTok ban
2024/12/09
US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
2024/12/04
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
2024/11/28
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
2024/11/20
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
2024/11/14
Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
2024/11/08
High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
2024/10/07
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism
2024/10/02
Mississippi asks court to set execution for man on death row since 1976
2024/09/30
New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
2024/09/06
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
2024/09/02
Trial begins over Texas ‘Trump Train’ highway confrontation
2024/08/25
Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
2024/07/28
Biden unveils a proposal to establish term limits for the Supreme Court
2024/07/26
Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
2024/07/17
Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
2024/05/24
Marilyn Mosby to be sentenced for mortgage fraud and perjury convictions
2024/05/19
Hunter Biden arrives at court for a final hearing before his June 3 gun trial
2024/05/12
Justice Clarence Thomas calls Washington a 'hideous place'
2024/05/09
Gardena Employment Law Defense Legal Services
2024/05/05
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions for violating gag order
2024/05/01
Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
2024/04/12
What to know about abortion in Arizona under the near-total 1864 ban
2024/03/12
Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
2024/03/11
Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
2024/03/07
Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
2024/02/14
North Carolina voter ID trial rescheduled again for spring in federal court
2024/02/07
Nevada Supreme Court sides with AP in Wynn defamation suit
2024/02/02
Court says GOP lawmakers who staged walkout can’t run for re-election
2024/01/15
What to know: South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ
2024/01/07
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre announces resignation ahead of trial
2023/12/24
Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case
2023/12/19
Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
2023/12/02
Court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and jail sentence
2023/11/28
New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map
2023/11/20
Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa
2023/11/09
Ivanka Trump Gave Her Testimony in Trump Organization Fraud Trial
2023/10/24
Sydney court postpones extradition hearing of former US military pilot
2023/10/06
Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case
2023/09/25
Judge rules Trump committed fraud while building real estate empire
2023/09/17
A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters
2023/09/15
Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearm-purchasing charges after plea deal fails
2023/09/06
Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies also responsible in Maui fires
2023/08/23
After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
2023/06/25
Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy
2023/06/11
Texas court dismisses GOP donor’s defamation lawsuit
2023/06/02
Federal appeals court overturns 1991 death sentence in Fresno double murder
2023/05/23
Tunisian court releases prominent radio director from prison
2023/05/12
Supreme Court rejects challenge to California pork law
2023/05/04
Donald Trump seeks to move NY criminal case to federal court
2023/03/10
German woman risks tougher sentence over Yazidi girl’s death
2023/03/06
EU legal advisor: Homegrown player quotas clash with EU law
2023/02/26
Panel scolds Wisconsin justice for remarks in Trump case
2023/02/19
Pakistani court acquits parents of activist in treason case
2023/02/16
Maryland mulls ending child sexual abuse lawsuit time limits
2023/02/02
South Korean court says stolen statue must return to Japan
2022/12/06
Former Nazi camp secretary voices regret, seeks acquittal
2022/10/17
Court rejects appeal to give American Samoans citizenship
2022/09/27
Appeals ruling leaves Trump fate in defamation suit in flux
2022/08/11
Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
2022/07/29
Massachusetts governor signs bill protecting abortion access
2022/07/18
Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban
2022/06/14
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
2022/04/18
Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate
2021/10/18
Judge agrees to delay in sentencing for Gaetz friend
2021/09/07
Consumer Protection Law Attorney Website
2021/08/06
West African court to rule on Venezuelan’s extradition to US
2021/08/02
Men ordered to pay back $2.4M in health care fraud case
2021/07/31
How to Make Calls to Action Works
2021/06/21
High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case
2021/04/27
Court to hear appeal of Dallas officer who killed neighbor
2021/04/19
US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
2021/01/18
Groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves
2021/01/10
Louisiana Supreme Court has a new chief justice, John Weimer
2020/12/10
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
2020/11/23
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
2020/11/15
Chapter 7 bankruptcy - The Bankruptcy Means Test
2020/11/10
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law
2020/11/02
Legal armies ready if cloudy election outcome heads to court
2020/09/26
Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
2020/09/19
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
2020/07/14
New Orleans councilman, attorney plead not guilty to fraud
2020/07/03
High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases
2020/06/13
International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions order
2020/05/30
Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services
2020/05/12
Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
2020/05/07
Ginsburg, from hospital, joins in on 'Obamacare' arguments
2020/04/12
Texas clinics ask Supreme Court to abortions during pandemic
2020/03/22
Court affirms conviction in hot-grease injuries to wife
2020/03/17
Australian highest court to rule on Cardinal’s appeal later
2020/02/22
Arkansas candidate's political ties targeted in court race
2020/02/20
Florida can’t bar felons who served their time from registering to vote
2020/02/10
Ruling ends court fight over merger of 2 school districts
2020/01/30
Wood County commissioner reprimanded by Supreme Court
2020/01/11
Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris
2020/01/08
Greek court postpones retrial in US tourist's beating death
2019/12/29
Court: Washington drivers must use turn signals to turn
2019/12/24
Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial
2019/12/18
Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them
2019/12/14
Kansas Supreme Court getting new member, new chief justice
2019/11/25
Supreme Court says Ginsburg released from hospital
2019/11/16
EU court refers doubts on Polish judiciary to national court
2019/10/20
The Latest: EU Parliament to be flexible on ratifying Brexit
2019/10/18
Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations
2019/10/13
Arkansas judge: Court to hear 19 adoption scheme cases
2019/09/30
Egypt court asks religious figure to weigh in on sentences
2019/09/26
Transgender woman in Supreme Court case 'happy being me'
2019/09/22
Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man
2019/08/30
Brazil court overrules Rio mayor on gay kiss book ban
2019/08/22
K-Global @ SiliconValley - Future is on 5G
2019/08/16
Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot
2019/08/12
Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts
2019/08/10
Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder
2019/07/27
Cyprus police frees 5 Israelis, 7 held in hotel rape probe
2019/07/05
Swedish court detains rapper A$AP Rocky on assault charge
2019/06/20
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
2019/06/17
High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding case
2019/05/20
Former Nissan chairman Ghosn appears in Tokyo court
2019/05/14
Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments
2019/04/30
EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
2019/04/26
Kansas court bolsters abortion rights, blocks ban
2019/04/23
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
2019/04/15
6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images
2019/04/06
Parkland sheriff removal case heads to Florida Supreme Court
2019/03/28
Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
2019/03/25
High court won’t referee dispute over Michael Jordan images
2019/03/19
DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing
2019/02/20
Florida school shooting suspect due back in court
2019/02/13
Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/01/01
Court extends detention for Nissan ex-chair Ghosn by 10 days
2018/12/22
NC court: Counties not responsible for school underfunding
2018/12/19
Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
2018/12/04
EU court adviser: Britain could change its mind on Brexit
2018/11/24
Government asks high court to hear transgender military case
2018/10/12
Manhattan DA drops part of Weinstein case
2018/10/11
Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
2018/09/14
Court: British surveillance violates European law
2018/09/07
Court: No review of 100-year sentence for attempted murders
2018/08/28
German court mulls jail for some over Munich air pollution
2018/08/13
Court: EPA violated law on harmful pesticide, orders ban
2018/08/08
Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
2018/08/01
Officer involved in militia leader's death named in court
2018/07/24
Top court: Social media posts violate no-contact order
2018/07/06
The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court
2018/07/06
The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court
2018/06/10
Kansas Supreme Court sends DNA request back to lower court
2018/06/06
Congressional Dems take Trump to court over foreign favors
2018/06/03
High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
2018/06/02
Romania: Court tells president to fire anti-graft prosecutor
2018/05/27
The Latest: Colorado governor announces Supreme Court pick
2018/05/25
Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
2018/05/07
Court asked to toss more cases tied to drug lab scandal
2018/04/29
Bakery appeals to UK Supreme Court in gay-rights cake case
2018/04/25
Court won't reconsider making public family slain autopsies
2018/04/23
Lake County courts to switch to online filing system in May
2018/04/08
Indian court grants bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
2018/03/22
Courts weighing numerous challenges to political boundaries
2018/03/05
Philippine gov't asks Supreme Court to expel chief justice
2018/02/23
Pennsylvania congressional map battle lands in Supreme Court
2018/02/11
Find Lawyers, Law Firms & Legal Services
2018/01/29
Malaysia's top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
2018/01/28
Top Pakistani court orders arrest of escaped police officer
2018/01/24
Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for re-election
2018/01/18
Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia
2017/12/28
State high court won't hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case
2017/12/22
Ohio court to hear big online school's funding case Feb. 13
2017/12/21
Ohio court indefinitely suspends law license of ex-judge
2017/12/04
Russian court keeps theater director under house arrest
2017/12/04
Asbestos Court to resolve hundreds of claims
2017/11/16
Free Speech Is Starting to Dominate the US Supreme Court's Agenda
2017/11/16
Court gives go-ahead for minimum alcohol price in Scotland
2017/11/03
Telescope permit decision appealed to Hawaii Supreme Court
2017/10/30
Court: No right to copy court reporter’s recordings
2017/10/26
Court gives government a win in young immigrants' cases
2017/10/14
Court agrees to take on US-Microsoft dispute over emails
2017/10/01
Supreme Court declines Michigan emergency manager law case
2017/09/24
Protests continue at Spanish court over secession arrests
2017/09/11
Chicago's lawsuit over sanctuary city threat goes to court
2017/09/07
Supreme Court's Kagan says Scalia death forced compromises
2017/08/30
Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
2017/08/20
Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
2017/08/18
Kentucky governor, attorney general clash before high court
2017/08/14
Wyoming raises court fees for courtroom technology updates
2017/08/03
Personal Injury Website Design by Web Promo, Inc.
2017/07/18
Kansas faces skeptical state Supreme Court on school funding
2017/07/11
Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
2017/07/07
More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban
2017/06/21
EU Court: Vaccines Can Be Blamed for Illnesses Without Proof
2017/06/21
High Court ruling may hurt claims of talc link to cancer
2017/06/15
Groups sue seeking court oversight of Chicago police reforms
2017/06/06
Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions
2017/06/03
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore travel ban
2017/05/29
Court: Russian hacker can be extradited to US or Russia
2017/05/22
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses another round in court
2017/05/15
Court likely to question if Trump's travel ban discriminates
2017/05/13
South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court
2017/05/10
Man arrested near UK Parliament in court on terror charges
2017/05/06
Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
2017/05/05
Trump 'absolutely' considered breaking up 9th Circuit Court
2017/05/01
Indiana high court to take up police unreasonable force case
2017/04/29
4th Arkansas inmate executed in 8 days lurches on gurney
2017/04/26
Judge W. Brent Powell Appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
2017/04/22
White officer headed to court ahead of civil rights trial
2017/04/04
Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs
2017/03/30
S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
2017/03/06
Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
2017/02/12
Partisan struggle over NC governor's authority back in court
2017/01/05
Appeals court: Minnesota sex offender program constitutional
2016/12/05
Alabama inmate seeks execution stay from US Supreme Court
2016/10/28
Ted Cruz's Supreme Court remark draws White House criticism
2016/10/24
High court steps into fight on Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion
2016/10/19
As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate
2016/10/17
Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial
2016/10/14
Free-speech rights of panhandlers argued in court
2016/09/28
Suspected people smuggler charged in Australian court
2016/09/12
Appeals court sympathetic to voting rules challenge
2016/08/23
Court considers Kansas rule that voters prove citizenship
2016/07/14
Appeals court orders Utah to fund Planned Parenthood branch
2016/07/13
Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court
2016/07/12
Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat
2016/06/09
Bollywood filmmaker challenges censoring of drug-abuse film
2016/06/07
High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit
2016/05/11
Planned Parenthood shooting defendant returning to court
2016/04/15
Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute
2016/04/06
New York's top court: Parents can legally eavesdrop on kids
2016/03/24
Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
2016/03/15
White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/02/25
Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case
2016/02/10
Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold
2016/01/12
High court rejects appeal over Homeland Security records
2015/12/18
Japan court says requiring same surname in marriage is legal
2015/12/03
Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
2015/11/17
Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension
2015/11/07
Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
2015/11/02
California appeals court rejects right-to-die lawsuit
2015/10/16
Court again considers fate of seized gold coins worth $80M
2015/09/30
El Paso abortion clinic reopens amid Texas court battles
2015/09/23
Court suspends Pennsylvania attorney general's law license
2015/09/22
Court quashes some District of Columbia gun laws
2015/09/04
Clerk in gay marriage case to appear in federal court
2015/08/01
Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court
2015/07/28
Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court
2015/07/22
Crimean Filmmaker Pleads Not Guilty in Terrorism Trial
2015/07/20
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/06/04
Brazil court convicts 2 firefighters in nightclub fire
2015/06/01
High court: Bankrupt homeowners can't void second mortgage
2015/03/31
Court rejects Duncan's death sentence appeal
2015/01/12
High court won't hear challenge to Vermont campaign law
2014/11/08
New York International Criminal Law Attorney
2014/09/04
Texas abortion clinic to reopen after court ruling
2014/07/11
Apple wins EU court case on store design trademark
2014/04/15
SC Supreme Court hears appeal in fatal dog attack
2014/03/05
Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers
2014/02/13
Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban
2014/01/27
Lawmakers push back against Washington high court
2014/01/20
Texas Supreme Court limits insurance exclusions
2014/01/06
Supreme Court Puts Utah Same-Sex Marriage on Hold
2013/12/23
Gay couples wed in Utah after judge overturns ban
2013/12/12
Court: Exec guilty over faulty French implants
2013/12/02
Seattle lawyer left $188 million charitable trust
2013/11/19
Spain court rejects handing pedophile to Morocco
2013/11/08
High court wrestles with prayer in government
2013/11/02
The Mavroudis & Guarino Litigation Group
2013/08/26
SC trial lawyer Ron Motley dies at age 68
2013/08/06
Federal court officials fear budget cuts
2013/07/13
Iowa top court: Firing of attractive aide is legal
2013/06/04
US Supreme Court orders 6 death row cases reviewed
2013/05/14
Court dismisses lawsuits in power plant deaths
2013/01/18
Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser
2013/01/10
Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases
2012/10/27
Fla. to execute mass killer after court lifts stay
2012/10/19
Supreme Court views not 'liberal or conservative'
2012/10/08
Ex-NFL WR Hurd pleads not guilty to new charges
2012/09/29
Federal court upholds Texas open meetings law
2012/09/20
MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case
2012/09/05
W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments
2012/08/29
Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges
2012/08/22
Appeals court affirms oil company polar bear rules
2012/08/08
Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport
2012/08/03
Court spurns religious claim to name change
2012/07/20
Goldman agrees to settle mortgage debt class action
2012/05/07
Fed court reverses order for VA system overhaul
2012/01/31
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Class Action
2011/07/11
Law Firm To Collect $35M In Forfeited Bonds
2011/05/05
Nevada Supreme Court hosting Law Day Live program
2011/04/27
Conn. high court hears death penalty appeal
2011/03/10
Lawyer-legislator says ethics opinion clears Prattville lawmaker
2011/02/02
Too big to stop? Obama's overhaul lumbers on
2010/01/05
UW Madison's patenting arm wins lawsuit
2009/11/23
Lawsuit: Botched Diagnosis Led to 30-Year-Old New York Teacher's Brain Hemorrhage Death
2009/09/21
Microsoft Lawsuit Shows Malicious Advertising a Growing Issue
2008/10/24
GOP argument: Don't give President Obama a blank check
2008/03/19
Mayor Addresses Philadelphia Bar Association
2008/03/09
Upcoming NY Events in the Legal Community
2008/02/29
Upcoming Events in the NY Legal Community
2008/02/28
National Institute on White Collar Crime March 5-7
2008/02/27
Advanced Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Seminar
2008/02/26
Brooklyn Bar Assoc. Hosts New Appellate Justices
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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order
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2025/01/28 02:12
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution promises citizenship to those born on U.S. soil, a measure ratified in 1868 to ensure citizenship for former slaves after the Civil War. But in an effort to curb unlawful immigration, Trump issued the executive order just after being sworn in for his second term on Monday.
The order would deny citizenship to those born after Feb. 19 whose parents are in the country illegally. It also forbids U.S. agencies from issuing any document or accepting any state document recognizing citizenship for such children.Trump’s order drew immediate legal challenges across the country, with at least five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants rights groups. A lawsuit brought by Washington, Arizona, Oregon and Illinois was the first to get a hearing.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is,” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour told a Justice Department attorney. “This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”
Thursday’s decision prevents the Trump administration from taking steps to implement the executive order for 14 days. In the meantime, the parties will submit further arguments about the merits of Trump’s order. Coughenour scheduled a hearing on Feb. 6 to decide whether to block it long term as the case proceeds.
Coughenour, 84, a Ronald Reagan appointee who was nominated to the federal bench in 1981, grilled the DOJ attorney, Brett Shumate, asking whether Shumate personally believed the order was constitutional.
“I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” he added.
Shumate assured the judge he did — “absolutely.” He said the arguments the Trump administration is making now have never previously been litigated, and that there was no reason to issue a 14-day temporary restraining order when it would expire before the executive order takes effect.
The Department of Justice later said in a statement that it will “vigorously defend” the president’s executive order, which it said “correctly interprets the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”
“We look forward to presenting a full merits argument to the Court and to the American people, who are desperate to see our Nation’s laws enforced,” the department said.
The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among them.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, in the aftermath of the Civil War, to ensure citizenship for former slaves and free African Americans. It states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
Trump’s order asserts that the children of noncitizens are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States, and therefore not entitled to citizenship.
Arguing for the states on Thursday, Washington assistant attorney general Lane Polozola called that “absurd,” noting that neither those who have immigrated illegally nor their children are immune from U.S. law.
“Are they not subject to the decisions of the immigration courts?” Polozola asked. “Must they not follow the law while they are here?”
Polozola also said the restraining order was warranted because, among other reasons, the executive order would immediately start requiring the states to spend millions to revamp health care and benefits systems to reconsider an applicant’s citizenship status.
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Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews
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2025/01/24 10:13
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.
It was not immediately clear how much assistance would initially be affected by the Monday order as funding for many programs has already been appropriated by Congress and is obligated to be spent, if not already spent.
The order, among many Trump signed on his first day back in office, said the “foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values” and “serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among countries.”
Consequently, Trump declared that “no further United States foreign assistance shall be disbursed in a manner that is not fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing last week that “every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions:
“Does it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?” he said.
The order signed by Trump leaves it up to Rubio or his designee to make such determinations, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget. The State Department and the U.S. Agency for
International Development are the main agencies that oversee foreign assistance.
Trump has long railed against foreign aid despite the fact that such assistance typically amounts to roughly 1% of the federal budget, except under unusual circumstances such as the billions in weaponry provided to Ukraine. Trump has been critical of the amount shipped to Ukraine to help bolster its defenses against Russia’s invasion.
The last official accounting of foreign aid in the Biden administration dates from mid-December and budget year 2023. It shows that $68 billion had been obligated for programs abroad that range from disaster relief to health and pro-democracy initiatives in 204 countries and regions.
Some of the biggest recipients of U.S. assistance, Israel ($3.3 billion per year), Egypt ($1.5 billion per year) and Jordan ($1.7 billion per year) are unlikely to see dramatic reductions, as those amounts are included in long-term packages that date back decades and are in some cases governed by treaty obligations.
Funding for U.N. agencies, including peacekeeping, human rights and refugee agencies, have been traditional targets for Republican administrations to slash or otherwise cut. The first Trump administration moved to reduce foreign aid spending, suspending payments to various UN agencies, including the U.N. Population Fund, and funding to the Palestinian Authority.
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Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
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2025/01/21 10:13
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A 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 country’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its religious figures can be sentenced to death. Authorities have yet to carry out such a penalty, although the accusation of blasphemy and opposition to the law can incite mob violence or reprisals.
Judge Tariq Ayub in the city of Rawalpindi declared that blasphemy, disrespect to holy figures, and desecration of the Quran were unforgivable offenses and left no room for leniency.
Along with the death sentences, the judge imposed collective fines of 4.6 million rupees (around $16,500) and handed down jail terms to each of the four should a higher court overturn their death sentences.
The men’s lawyer, Manzoor Rahmani, criticized the court’s decision and investigating authorities’ lack of evidence.
“The doubts and uncertainties that arise in such cases are ignored by the courts, likely due to the fear of religious backlash and potential mob violence against the judge if the accused is acquitted,” said Rahmani. “We are preparing our appeals against the decision and will go to the High Court.”
Anti-blasphemy measures introduced in Pakistan in the 1980s made it illegal to insult Islam. Since then, people have been accused of insulting the religion, desecrating its texts, or writing offensive remarks on the walls of mosques. Critics of the law say it is used to settle personal disputes.
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the start of the TikTok ban
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2024/12/28 19:47
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President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.
After President Biden signed a law banning TikTok unless it divests from its China-based owner ByteDance, the viral video app sued to block it, arguing the act violates the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans.
The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk.
"President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case," said Trump's amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case and was written by D. John Sauer, Trump's choice for solicitor general.
The argument submitted to the court is the latest example of Trump inserting himself in national issues before he takes office. The Republican president-elect has already begun negotiating with other countries over his plans to impose tariffs, and he intervened earlier this month in a plan to fund the federal government, calling for a bipartisan plan to be rejected and sending Republicans back to the negotiating table.
Trump has also reversed his position on the popular app, having tried to ban it during his first term in office over national security concerns. He joined the app during his 2024 presidential campaign and his team used it to connect with younger voters, especially male voters, by pushing content that was often macho and aimed at going viral.
He said earlier this year that he still believed there were national security risks with TikTok, but that he opposed banning it. This month, Trump also met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. The filings Friday come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for Jan. 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. The law was was signed by President Joe Biden in April after it passed Congress with broad bipartisan support. TikTok and ByteDance filed a legal challenge afterwards.
Earlier this month, a panel of three federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the statute, leading TikTok to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The brief from Trump said he opposes banning TikTok at this junction and "seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office."
In their brief to the Supreme Court on Friday, attorneys for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance argued the federal appeals court erred in its ruling and based its decision on "alleged 'risks' that China could exercise control" over TikTok's U.S. platform by pressuring its foreign affiliates.
The Biden administration has argued in court that TikTok poses a national security risk due to its connections to China. Officials say Chinese authorities can compel ByteDance to hand over information on TikTok's U.S. patrons or use the platform to spread or suppress information.
But the government "concedes that it has no evidence China has ever attempted to do so," TikTok's legal filing said, adding that the U.S. fears are predicated on future risks.
In its filing Friday, the Biden administration said because TikTok "is integrated with ByteDance and relies on its propriety engine developed and maintained in China," its corporate structure carries with it risk.
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US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
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2024/12/09 01:44
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Fueled 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 yearly figure of 2.6% in October. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices increased 3.3%, the same as in the previous month. Measured month to month, prices climbed 0.3% from October to November, the biggest such increase since April. Core prices also rose 0.3% for a fourth straight month.
Wednesday’s inflation figures from the Labor Department are the final major piece of data that Federal Reserve officials will consider before they meet next week to decide on interest rates. The relatively mild November increase won’t likely be enough to discourage the officials from cutting their key rate by a quarter-point. The probability of a rate cut next week, as envisioned by Wall Street traders, rose to 98% after Wednesday’s inflation report was released, according to futures pricing tracked by CME FedWatch.
“It’s generally in the ballpark of what the Fed would like to see,” said Jason Pride, chief investment strategist at Glenmede, a wealth management firm. Though sharp increases for such items as groceries and hotel rooms increased overall inflation last month, those categories are often volatile. Pride noted that the cost of services, such as rents, car insurance, and airline fares, cooled in November.
Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that with the economy generally healthy, the Fed could reduce its key rate slowly.
“We’re not quite there on inflation, but we’re making progress,” Powell said. “We can afford to be a little more cautious.”
With the job market cooling, growth in Americans’ paychecks has slowed from a nearly 6% annual pace in 2022 to about 4% now, a rate nearly consistent with inflation at the Fed’s 2% target. Powell has said he doesn’t think the current job market is a driver of higher prices.
Randy Carr, CEO of World Emblem, a maker of patches, labels and badges for companies, universities and law enforcement agencies, said he is providing smaller wage increases, in the 3% to 5% range, than his company did during the height of inflation.
“Things have kind of leveled off,” he said.
Carr’s customers, which include the company that makes emblems for UPS uniforms, generally won’t accept price hikes much more than 2% a year. So World Emblem aims to offset the cost of its higher wages through greater efficiencies in manufacturing.
In September, the Fed slashed its benchmark rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, by a sizable half-point. It followed that move with a quarter-point rate cut in November. Those cuts lowered the central bank’s key rate to 4.6%, down from a four-decade high of 5.3%.
Though inflation is now way below its peak of 9.1% in June 2022, average prices are still about 20% higher than they were three years ago — a major source of public discontent that helped drive President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Grocery prices jumped last month, an uncomfortable reminder for consumers that food prices remain a big drag on households’ budgets. Beef prices leapt 3.1% just from October to November and are up 5% from a year earlier.
Egg prices, which have been volatile for more than two years, in part because of outbreaks of bird flu, soared 8.2% just last month. They are nearly 38% higher than a year ago.
Gas prices ticked up 0.6% from October to November, ending a string of declines. Still, gas is down more than 8% from a year earlier. Hotel prices leapt 3.2% from October to November and are 3.7% higher than a year ago.
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
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2024/12/04 20:09
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Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail complex.
Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an “emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,” his attorney, Imran Ansari, said in a statement.
“It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilizes,” the statement continues. “His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.”
A spokesperson for New York City’s Department of Correction did not immediately respond to an email. The agency’s inmate database confirmed that Weinstein had been transferred from Rikers Island to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan.
Weinstein has been in city custody since earlier this year after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction in the state. The case is set to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.
In a legal filing last week, Weinstein’s attorneys accused the city of providing him with substandard medical care for a litany of medical afflictions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes.
“When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV’s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear — hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,” Ansari said in a statement that likened Rikers Island to a “gulag.”
The troubled jail complex, located on an island in New York City’s East River, has faced growing scrutiny for its mistreatment of detainees and dangerous conditions. Last week, a federal judge cleared the way for a possible federal takeover of the jail system, finding the city had placed its incarcerated population in “unconstitutional danger.”
A publicist for Weinstein, Juda Engelmayer, echoed the allegation in a statement Monday.
“Mr. Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not,” he said. “In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”
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Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
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2024/11/28 19:24
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A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election, which was won by a far-right outsider candidate, sending shockwaves through the political establishment.
The Constitutional Court in Bucharest approved the recounting of the more than 9.4 million ballots, and said its decision was final. The Central Election Bureau is expected to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss the request.
Calin Georgescu, a little-known, far-right populist and independent candidate, won the first round, beating the incumbent prime minister. Georgescu was due to face reformist Elena Lasconi, the leader of the Save Romania Union party, in a Dec. 8. runoff.
Georgescu’s unexpected success has prompted nightly protests by people concerned with previous remarks he made in praising Romanian fascist and nationalist leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and believe he poses a threat to democracy.
Without naming Georgescu, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis’ office said following a Supreme Council of National Defense meeting in Bucharest on Thursday that an analysis of documents revealed that “a presidential candidate benefited from massive exposure due to preferential treatment granted by the TikTok platform.”
Earlier this week, Romania’s National Audiovisual Council asked the European Commission to investigate TikTok’s role in the Nov. 24 vote. Pavel Popescu, the vice president of Romania’s media regulator Ancom, said he would request TikTok’s suspension in Romania if investigations find evidence of “manipulation of the electoral process.”
The vote recount was prompted by a complaint made by Cristian Terhes, a former presidential candidate of the Romanian National Conservative Party who garnered 1% of the vote. Terhes alleged that Lasconi’s party had urged people to vote before some diaspora polls had closed on Sunday, saying it violated electoral laws against campaign activities on polling day.
After Thursday’s court ruling, Terhes’ press office posted on Facebook that the court ordered the recount “due to indications of fraud,” and alleged that valid votes cast for Ludovic Orban — who had dropped out of the race but remained on the ballot — had been reassigned to Lasconi.
It is the first time in Romania’s 35-year post-communist history that the country’s most powerful party, the Social Democratic Party, did not have a candidate in the second round of a presidential race. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned as party leader after he narrowly lost to Lasconi by just 2,740 votes. |
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