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318 entries in 'Legal Business' |
2025/08/05
Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch
2025/07/19
A Virginia man accused of stockpiling bombs pleads guilty
2025/06/28
What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling
2025/06/11
Getty Images and Stability AI clash in UK copyright trial testing AI's future
2025/06/07
Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment
2025/06/03
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
2025/05/29
World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
2025/05/20
Arizona prosecutors ordered to send fake elector case back to grand jury
2025/05/13
Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to End Protections for Venezuelans
2025/05/09
Jury begins deliberating in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree
2025/04/15
Ex-UK lawmaker charged with cheating in election betting scandal
2025/03/30
US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection
2025/03/21
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
2025/03/17
Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump’s government cuts
2025/03/10
Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions
2025/03/02
180 fired CDC employees received emails asking them to come back to work
2025/02/23
Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection
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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Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch
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2025/08/05 20:48
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President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The move came shortly after the Justice Department asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Epstein’s sex trafficking case, as the administration seeks to contain the firestorm that erupted after it announced that it would not be releasing additional files from the case, despite previously pledging to do so.
The controversy has created a major fissure between Trump and his loyal base, with some of his most vocal supporters slamming the White House for the way it has handled the case, and questioning why Trump would not want the documents made public.
Trump had promised to sue the Wall Street Journal almost immediately after the paper put a new spotlight on his well-documented relationship with Epstein by publishing an article that described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
Trump denied writing the letter, calling the story “false, malicious, and defamatory.”
The suit, filed in filed in federal court in Miami, accuses the paper and its reporters of having “knowingly and recklessly” published “numerous false, defamatory, and disparaging statements,” which, it alleges, caused “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” to the president.
In a post on his Truth Social site, Trump cast the lawsuit as part of his efforts to punish news outlets, including ABC and CBS, which both reached multimillion-dollar settlement deals with the president after he took them to court.
“This lawsuit is filed not only on behalf of your favorite President, ME, but also in order to continue standing up for ALL Americans who will no longer tolerate the abusive wrongdoings of the Fake News Media,” he wrote.
A spokesperson for Dow Jones, the Journal’s publisher, responded Friday night, “We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit.”
The letter revealed by The Wall Street Journal was reportedly collected by disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell as part of a birthday album for Epstein years before the wealthy financier was first arrested in 2006 and subsequently had a falling-out with Trump.
The letter bearing Trump’s name includes text framed by the outline of what appears to be a hand-drawn naked woman and ends with, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” according to the newspaper.
Trump denied writing the letter and promised to sue. He said he spoke to both to the paper’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, and its top editor, Emma Tucker, before the story was published and told them the letter was “fake.”
“These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures,” the president insisted.
The outlet described the contents of the letter but did not publish a photo showing it entirely or provide details on how it came to learn about it.
In the lawsuit, Trump takes issue with that fact. The defendants, it attests, “failed to attach the letter, failed to attach the alleged drawing, failed to show proof that President Trump authored or signed any such letter, and failed to explain how this purported letter was obtained.”
“The reason for those failures is because no authentic letter or drawing exists,” it goes on to charge, alleging that the “Defendants concocted this story to malign President Trump’s character and integrity and deceptively portray him in a false light.”
Earlier Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche filed motions in a separate federal court urging them to unseal the Epstein transcripts as well as those in the case against Maxwell, who was convicted of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein. Epstein killed himself in 2019 shortly after his arrest while awaiting trial.
The Justice Department’s announcement that it would not be making public any more Epstein files enraged parts of Trump’s base in part because members of his own administration had hyped the expected release and stoked conspiracies around the well-connected financier.
The Justice Department said in the court filings that it will work with with prosecutors in New York to make appropriate redactions of victim-related information and other personally identifying information before transcripts are released.
“Transparency in this process will not be at the expense of our obligation under the law to protect victims,” Blanche wrote.
But despite the new push to release the grand jury transcripts, the administration has not announced plans to reverse course and release other evidence in its possession. Attorney General Pam Bondi had hyped the release of more materials after the first Epstein files disclosure in February sparked outrage because it contained no new revelations.
A judge would have to approve the release of the grand jury transcripts, and it’s likely to be a lengthy process to decide what can become public and to make redactions to protect sensitive witness and victim information.
The records would show testimony of witnesses and other evidence that was presented by prosecutions during the secret grand jury proceedings, when a panel decides whether there is enough evidence to bring an indictment, or a formal criminal charge. |
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A Virginia man accused of stockpiling bombs pleads guilty
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2025/07/19 19:27
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A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and of using then-President Joe Biden’s photo for target practice.
Brad Spafford pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk to possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle and possession of an unregistered destructive device, according to court documents. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for December.
Federal authorities said they seized about 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices last fall at Spafford’s home in Isle of Wight County, which is northwest of Norfolk.
The investigation into Spafford began in 2023 when an informant told authorities that Spafford was stockpiling weapons and ammunition, according to court documents. The informant, a friend and member of law enforcement, told authorities that Spafford was using pictures of then-President Joe Biden for target practice and that “he believed political assassinations should be brought back,” prosecutors wrote.
Two weeks after the assassination attempt of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2024, Spafford told the informant, “bro I hope the shooter doesn’t miss Kamala,” according to court documents. Former Vice President Kamala Harris had recently announced she was running for president. On around the same day, Spafford told the informant that he was pursuing a sniper qualification at the local gun range, court records stated.
Spafford stored a highly unstable explosive material in a garage freezer next to “Hot Pockets and frozen corn on the cob,” according to court documents. Investigators also said they found explosive devices in an unsecured backpack labeled “#NoLivesMatter.”
Spafford has remained in jail since his arrest last December. U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen ruled against his release last January, writing that Spafford has “shown the capacity for extreme danger.” She also noted that Spafford lost three fingers in an accident involving homemade explosives in 2021.
Spafford had initially pleaded not guilty to the charges in January. Defense attorneys had argued at the time that Spafford, who is married and a father of two young daughters, works a steady job as a machinist and has no criminal record.
Defense attorney Jeffrey Swartz said at Spafford’s January detention hearing that investigators had gathered information on him since January 2023, during which Spafford never threatened anyone.
“And what has he done during those two years?” Swartz said. “He purchased a home. He’s raised his children. He’s in a great marriage. He has a fantastic job, and those things all still exist for him.”
Investigators, however, said they had limited knowledge of the homemade bombs until an informant visited Spafford’s home, federal prosecutors wrote in a filing.
“But once the defendant stated on a recorded wire that he had an unstable primary explosive in the freezer in October 2024, the government moved swiftly,” prosecutors wrote.
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What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling
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2025/06/28 18:38
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The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.
Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ensure birthright citizenship remains the law as the Republican president tries to do away with more than a century of precedent.
The high court’s ruling sends cases challenging the president’s birthright citizenship executive order back to the lower courts. But the ultimate fate of the president’s policy remains uncertain.
Here’s what to know about birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court’s ruling and what happens next.
What does birthright citizenship mean?
Birthright citizenship makes anyone born in the United States an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally.
The practice goes back to soon after the Civil War, when Congress ratified the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, in part to ensure that Black people, including former slaves, had citizenship.
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” the amendment states.
Thirty years later, Wong Kim Ark, a man born in the U.S. to Chinese parents, was refused re-entry into the U.S. after traveling overseas. His suit led to the Supreme Court explicitly ruling that the amendment gives citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., no matter their parents’ legal status.
It has been seen since then as an intrinsic part of U.S. law, with only a handful of exceptions, such as for children born in the U.S. to foreign diplomats.
Trump has long said he wants to do away with birthright citizenship
Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It’s part of the hardline immigration agenda of the president, who has called birthright citizenship a “magnet for illegal immigration.”
Trump and his supporters focus on one phrase in the amendment — “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” – saying it means the U.S. can deny citizenship to babies born to women in the country illegally.
A series of federal judges have said that’s not true, and issued nationwide injunctions stopping his order from taking effect.
“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. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said at a hearing earlier this year in his Seattle courtroom.
In Greenbelt, Maryland, a Washington suburb, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote that “the Supreme Court has resoundingly rejected and no court in the country has ever endorsed” Trump’s interpretation of birthright citizenship.
Is Trump’s order constitutional? The justices didn’t say
The high court’s ruling was a major victory for the Trump administration in that it limited an individual judge’s authority in granting nationwide injunctions. The administration hailed the ruling as a monumental check on the powers of individual district court judges, whom Trump supporters have argued want to usurp the president’s authority with rulings blocking his priorities around immigration and other matters.
But the Supreme Court did not address the merits of Trump’s bid to enforce his birthright citizenship executive order.
“The Trump administration made a strategic decision, which I think quite clearly paid off, that they were going to challenge not the judges’ decisions on the merits, but on the scope of relief,” said Jessica Levinson, a Loyola Law School professor.
Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters at the White House that the administration is “very confident” that the high court will ultimately side with the administration on the merits of the case.
Questions and uncertainty swirl around next steps
The justices kicked the cases challenging the birthright citizenship policy back down to the lower courts, where judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the new ruling. The executive order remains blocked for at least 30 days, giving lower courts and the parties time to sort out the next steps.
The Supreme Court’s ruling leaves open the possibility that groups challenging the policy could still get nationwide relief through class-action lawsuits and seek certification as a nationwide class. Within hours after the ruling, two class-action suits had been filed in Maryland and New Hampshire seeking to block Trump’s order.
But obtaining nationwide relief through a class action is difficult as courts have put up hurdles to doing so over the years, said Suzette Malveaux, a Washington and Lee University law school professor.
“It’s not the case that a class action is a sort of easy, breezy way of getting around this problem of not having nationwide relief,” said Malveaux, who had urged the high court not to eliminate the nationwide injunctions.
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Getty Images and Stability AI clash in UK copyright trial testing AI's future
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2025/06/11 20:39
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Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry.
Opening arguments before a judge at the British High Court began on Monday. The trial could last for three weeks.
Stability, based in London, owns a widely used AI image-making tool that sparked enthusiasm for the instant creation of AI artwork and photorealistic images upon its release in August 2022. OpenAI introduced its surprise hit chatbot ChatGPT three months later.
Seattle-based Getty has argued that the development of the AI image maker, called Stable Diffusion, involved “brazen infringement” of Getty’s photography collection “on a staggering scale.”
Tech companies have long argued that “fair use” or “fair dealing” legal doctrines in the United States and United Kingdom allow them to train their AI systems on large troves of writings or images. Getty was among the first to challenge those practices when it filed copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States and the United Kingdom in early 2023.
“What Stability did was inappropriate,” Getty CEO Craig Peters told The Associated Press in 2023. He said creators of intellectual property should be asked for permission before their works are fed into AI systems rather than having to participate in an “opt-out regime.”
Getty’s legal team told the court Monday that its position is that the case isn’t a battle between the creative and technology industries and that the two can still work together in “synergistic harmony” because licensing creative works is critical to AI’s success.
“The problem is when AI companies such as Stability AI want to use those works without payment,” Getty’s trial lawyer, Lindsay Lane, said.
She said the case was about “straightforward enforcement of intellectual property rights,” including copyright, trademark and database rights.
Getty Images “recognizes that the AI industry is a force for good but that doesn’t justify those developing AI models to ride roughshod over intellectual property rights,” Lane said.
Stability AI had a “voracious appetite” for images to train its AI model, but the company was “completely indifferent to the nature of those works,” Lane said.
Stability didn’t care if images were protected by copyright, had watermarks, were not safe for work or were pornographic and just wanted to get its model to the market as soon as possible, Lane said.
“This trial is the day of reckoning for that approach,” she said.
Stability has argued that the case doesn’t belong in the United Kingdom because the training of the AI model technically happened elsewhere, on computers run by U.S. tech giant Amazon.
The judge’s decision is unlikely to give the AI industry what it most wants, which is expanded copyright exemptions for AI training, said Ben Milloy, a senior associate at UK law firm Fladgate, which is not involved in the case.
But it could “strengthen the hand of either party ? rights holders or AI developers ? in the context of the commercial negotiations for content licensing deals that are currently playing out worldwide,” Milloy said.
In the years after introducing its open-source technology, Stability confronted challenges in capitalizing on the popularity of the tool, battling lawsuits, misuse and other business problems.
Stable Diffusion’s roots trace back to Germany, where computer scientists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich worked with the New York-based tech company Runway to develop the original algorithms. The university researchers credited Stability AI for providing the servers that trained the models, which require large amounts of computing power.
Stability later blamed Runway for releasing an early version of Stable Diffusion that was used to produce abusive sexual images, but also said it would have exclusive control of more recent versions of the AI model.
Stability last year announced what it described as a “significant” infusion of money from new investors including Facebook’s former president Sean Parker, who is now chair of Stability’s board. Parker also has experience in intellectual property disputes as the co-founder of online music company Napster, which temporarily shuttered in the early 2000s after the record industry and popular rock band Metallica sued over copyright violations.
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Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment
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2025/06/07 00:29
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A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.
The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination under federal law.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for the court that federal civil rights law draws no distinction between members of majority and minority groups.
“By establishing the same protections for every ‘individual’ — without regard to that individual’s membership in a minority or majority group — Congress left no room for courts to impose special requirements on majority-group plaintiffs alone,” Jackson wrote.
The court ruled in an appeal from Marlean Ames, who has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for more than 20 years.
Ames contends she was passed over for a promotion and then demoted because she is heterosexual. Both the job she sought and the one she had held were given to LGBTQ people.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars sex discrimination in the workplace. A trial court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Ames.
The 6th circuit is among the courts that had required an additional requirement for people like Ames, showing “background circumstances” that might include that LGBTQ people made the decisions affecting Ames or statistical evidence of a pattern of discrimination against members of the majority group.
The appeals court noted that Ames didn’t provide any such circumstances.
But Jackson wrote that “this additional ‘background circumstances’ requirement is not consistent with Title VII’s text or our case law construing the statute.”
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Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
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2025/06/03 00:28
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The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
It’s a process known as “rescission,” which requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously been appropriated. Trump’s aides say the funding cuts target programs that promote liberal ideologies.
The request, if it passes the House and Senate, would formally enshrine many of the spending cuts and freezes sought by DOGE. It comes at a time when Musk is extremely unhappy with the tax cut and spending plan making its way through Congress, calling it on Tuesday a “disgusting abomination” for increasing the federal deficit.
White House budget director Russ Vought said more rescission packages and other efforts to cut spending could follow if the current effort succeeds.
“We are certainly willing and able to send up additional packages if the congressional will is there,” Vought told reporters.
Here’s what to know about the rescissions request:
Will the rescissions make a dent in the national debt?
The request to Congress is unlikely to meaningfully change the troublesome increase in the U.S. national debt. Tax revenues have been insufficient to cover the growing costs of Social Security, Medicare and other programs. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the government is on track to spend roughly $7 trillion this year, with the rescission request equaling just 0.1% of that total.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at Tuesday’s briefing that Vought — a “well-respected fiscal hawk,” she called him — would continue to cut spending, hinting that there could be additional efforts to return funds.
“He has tools at his disposal to produce even more savings,” Leavitt said.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus, among the chamber’s most conservative lawmakers, said they would like to see additional rescission packages from the administration.
“We will support as many more rescissions packages the White House can send us in the coming weeks and months,” the group said in a press release. “Passing this rescissions package will be an important demonstration of Congress’s willingness to deliver on DOGE and the Trump agenda.”
Sen. Susan Collins, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, gave the package a less optimistic greeting.
“Despite this fast track, the Senate Appropriations Committee will carefully review the rescissions package and examine the potential consequences of these rescissions on global health, national security, emergency communications in rural communities, and public radio and television stations,” the Maine lawmaker said in a statement.
Vought said he can send up additional rescissions at the end of the fiscal year in September “and if Congress does not act on it, that funding expires.”
“It’s one of the reasons why we are not putting all of our expectations in a typical rescissions process,” he added.
What programs are targeted by the rescissions?
A spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget, speaking on condition of anonymity to preview some of the items that would lose funding, said that $8.3 billion was being cut from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. NPR and PBS would also lose federal funding, as would the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR.
The spokesperson listed specific programs that the Trump administration considered wasteful, including $750,000 to reduce xenophobia in Venezuela, $67,000 for feeding insect powder to children in Madagascar and $3 million for circumcision, vasectomies and condoms in Zambia.
Is the rescissions package likely to get passed?
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., complimented the planned cuts and pledged to pass them.
“This rescissions package reflects many of DOGE’s findings and is one of the many legislative tools Republicans are using to restore fiscal sanity,” Johnson said. “Congress will continue working closely with the White House to codify these recommendations, and the House will bring the package to the floor as quickly as possible.”
Members of the House Freedom Caucus, among the chamber’s most conservative lawmakers, said they would like to see additional rescission packages from the administration.
“We will support as many more rescissions packages the White House can send us in the coming weeks and months,” the group said in a press release. “Passing this rescissions package will be an important demonstration of Congress’s willingness to deliver on DOGE and the Trump agenda.”
Sen. Susan Collins, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, gave the package a less optimistic greeting.
“Despite this fast track, the Senate Appropriations Committee will carefully review the rescissions package and examine the potential consequences of these rescissions on global health, national security, emergency communications in rural communities, and public radio and television stations,” the Maine lawmaker said in a statement.
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World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
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2025/05/29 14:59
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Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
U.S. futures jumped early Thursday and oil prices rose more than $1. The U.S. dollar rose against the yen and euro.
The court found the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump has cited as his basis for ordering massive increases in import duties, does not authorize the use of tariffs.
The White House immediately appealed and it was unclear if Trump would abide by the ruling in the interim. The long term outcome of legal disputes over tariffs remains uncertain. But investors appeared to take heart after the months of turmoil brought on by Trump's trade war.
The future for the S&P 500 was up 1.5% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.2%.
In early European trading, Germany's DAX gained 0.5% to 24,160.75. The CAC 40 in Paris jumped 0.9% to 7,860.67. Britain's FTSE was nearly unchanged at 8,722.63.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.9% to 38,432.98. American's largest ally in Asia has been appealing to Trump to cancel the tariffs he has ordered on imports from Japan and to also stop 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician examines overseas parcels after they were scanned at the agency's overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Feb. 23, 2024.
The ruling also pushed the dollar sharply higher against the Japanese yen. It was trading at 145.40 yen early Thursday, up from 144.87 yen late Wednesday.
A three-judge panel ruled on several lawsuits arguing Trump exceeded his authority, casting doubt on trade policies that have jolted global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised uncertainty over the outlook for inflation and the global economy.
Many of Trump's double-digit tariff hikes are paused for up to 90 days to allow time for trade negotiations, but the uncertainty they cast over global commerce has stymied businesses and left consumers wary about what lies ahead.
"Just when traders thought they'd seen every twist in the tariff saga, the gavel dropped like a lightning bolt over the Pacific," Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.
The ruling was, at the least, "a brief respite before the next thunderclap," he said.
Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.3% to 23,561.86, while the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.7% to 3,363.45.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.2% to 8,409.80.
In South Korea, which like Japan relies heavily on exports to the U.S., the Kospi surged 1.9% to 2,720.64. Shares also were helped by the Bank of Korea's decision to cut its key interest rate to 2.5% from 2.75%, to ease pressure on the economy.
Taiwan's Taiex edged 0.1% lower, and India's Sensex lost 0.2%.
On Wednesday, U.S. stocks cooled, with the S&P 500 down 0.6% but still within 4.2% of its record after charging higher amid hopes that the worst of the turmoil caused by Trump's trade war may have passed. It had been roughly 20% below the mark last month.
The Dow industrials lost 0.6% and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%.
Trading was relatively quiet ahead of a quarterly earnings release for Nvidia, which came after markets closed.
The bellwether for artificial intelligence overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth thanks to feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more human. Nvidia's shares jumped 6.6% in afterhours trading.
Like Nvidia, Macy's stock also swung up and down through much of the day, even though it reported milder drops in revenue and profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Its stock ended the day down 0.3%.
The bond market showed relatively little reaction after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its latest meeting earlier this month, when it left its benchmark lending rate alone for the third straight time. The central bank has been holding off on cuts to interest rates, which would give the economy a boost, amid worries about inflation staying higher than hoped because of Trump's sweeping tariffs. |
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