Courts & Law
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NC court rules state violated law by allowing nonresidents to vote in federal elections
The Wake County Superior Court sided with the RNC in the ruling Tuesday after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled last year that people who have never lived in the state cannot vote in state elections.
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Ex-DOJ contractor sentenced to 12 months in $1.3 million government phone fraud scheme
King pleaded guilty on Feb. 10, 2026, to one count of mail fraud before Judge Jia M. Cobb.
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Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of different map in midterms
The state currently has two black-majority districts due to a previous court order forcing the creation of the second.
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Defamation lawsuit filed against Candace Owens over statements in Charlie Kirk assassination
The lawsuit states that Owens continued to publish false statements despite have information that proved otherwise.
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Supreme Court allows Voting Rights ruling to take effect immediately
Supporters of the Supreme Court ruling urged the court to allow it to take effect immediately so Louisiana has time to redraw the maps, but opponents urged the court to push it until after the election because voting in the primary had begun.
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Musk to pay $1.5 million civil penalty to SEC in X dispute
The SEC sued Musk last year, alleging he failed to properly disclose his purchase of Twitter stock in 2022, thereby underpaying its investors.
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DC judge apologizes to alleged White House correspondents' dinner shooter for jail treatment
Cole Tomas Allen, a resident of Torrance, California, was placed under suicide watch at the D.C. jail because he allegedly told the FBI that he expected to die during the shooting.
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U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark voting rights ruling ignites redistricting scramble ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court’s April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais narrows the scope of the Voting Rights Act and sends Republican-led states rushing to redraw congressional maps.
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Supreme Court temporarily allows full access abortion drug, including mail orders, amid appeal
Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito on Monday issued an order pausing a ruling that would restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone amid an appeal by the manufacturer.
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Attorneys for WHCD suspected gunman seeking to remove him from suicide watch
At an emergency hearing that is scheduled for Monday, Allen’s attorneys are expected to ask Zia Faruqui to end the suicide precautions, which place him in a “safe cell” under 24-hour lockdown.
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Manufacturer of abortion pill Mifepristone asks Supreme Court to pause limits on mail-orders
The company, Danco Laboratories, based in Delaware, filed an emergency request on Saturday
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Appeals court temporarily blocks access to mail-order abortion drugs
A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that Louisiana would likely succeed in its challenge to the federal rule that was adopted under the Biden administration.
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Court-ordered tariff refunds bypass consumers who paid
Although Trump said $159 billion was at issue, Customs and Border Protection has put the figure at $166 billion, plus interest, in court records.