Courts & Law
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No friends for Comey; judge rules no amicus briefs
He is facing two federal counts of threats against the president.
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Supreme Court nears end of term with several high-profile cases still pending
Perhaps no case this term has attracted more public attention than the challenge to Trump’s executive order purporting to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are unlawfully present or on temporary visas.
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Gun rights, immigration to be decided at the U.S. Supreme Court
The high court has more than 20 cases it has yet to issue rulings on before the end of the term
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Judge sentences former officer involved in Breonna Taylor raid to nearly three years in prison
Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised probation.
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Parents fight secret gender transitions of their children from mid-Atlantic to Supreme Court
Appeals courts divided "over whether nonreligious parents’ rights are limited to the initial enrollment decision" and "how broadly to define school authority over curriculum and administrative decisions."
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Justice Department files statement of interest in Judicial Watch's Illinois voter roll lawsuit
Judicial Watch filed its lawsuit last year, which is part of a larger string of lawsuits against Democratic-led states to clean up their voter rolls to purge residents who have died, or who are otherwise ineligible to vote.
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Court hearing to begin in Harvard's lawsuit against Trump admin over federal funding freeze
The lawsuit's goal is to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funding "as leverage to gain control of academic decisionmaking at Harvard"
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Former utility CEO next defendant to be sentenced in federal corruption case
Prosecutors said Pramaggiore should serve 70 months, or nearly six years in prison and pay a fine of $1.75 million.
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Federal judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Bob Woodward after long delay
Trump sued Woodward in January of 2023 for selling audio recordings of the interviews, which were for the reporter's book titled "Rage." Trump gave Woodward 19 interviews and has admitted that he allowed the interviews to be recorded.
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Justice Department asks court to unseal grand jury testimony in Jeffrey Epstein case
“The public’s interest in the Epstein matter has remained," the filing reads. "Given this longstanding and legitimate interest, the government now moves to unseal grand jury transcripts associated with Epstein."
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Trump officially sues Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch over Epstein story
Trump promised to sue the outlet in an angry social media post, where he claimed the story was "fake" and that the birthday card the outlet claimed he had sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday did not even sound like him.
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Former Andrew Cuomo aide settles sexual misconduct lawsuit for $450K
Cuomo, who is running for New York City mayor as an independent after losing the Democratic nomination, has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Wisconsin Bar Association settles to remove DEI from programs
A December 2023 federal lawsuit alleged the Bar promoted DEI practices, specifically its “Diversity Clerkship Program.”