Courts & Law
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New Mexico judge dismisses child sexual abuse claims against actor Timothy Busfield
Busfield was indicted on four charges of criminal sexual contact of a child in February, over allegations that he touched two children inappropriately on the set of “The Cleaning Lady” TV series while filming in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Judge rejects Trump admin's challenge to NYC's sanctuary laws
Neither could the administration sue the city over a ban on police arresting immigrants on behalf of the federal government, because state law barred the practice.
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MAGA donor at center of Guilfoyle's downfall files defamation suit against ousted Greece ambassador
Donor Eric Deters says Guilfoyle asked him to send her $1K to pay a credit card bill in exchange for access to the Trump White House. His lawyers say ouster Greece diplomat's legal team told media money was owed to client for expenses.
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Hollywood producer David Pearce convicted in murder of two models and sexual assault
Jurors found that Pearce supplied a lethal cocktail of drugs to the women, which included fentanyl, ketamine, cocaine, heroin, MDMA, and the rape drug GHB.
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Two groups of FBI agents sue to prevent DOJ from creating list of agents who worked J6, Trump cases
The lawsuits come after the Trump administration fired roughly a dozen Justice Department attorneys who worked with former special counsel Jack Smith in his prosecutions of Trump.
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US attorney suggests individuals 'targeting' DOGE employees could be prosecuted
Martin sent a letter to DOGE head Elon Musk and said that he was made aware of some employees at the new agency being targeted.
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Iowa attorney general leads 17 other GOP AGs in supporting Trump's end to birthright citizenship
Bird claimed that people visiting the United States on a tourist visa, who then give birth to their children in the U.S., are not part of what the authors intended in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
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NY AG warns hospitals that following Trump's order ending transgender care could violate state law
James in her letter stated that complying with the order could violate the state's anti-discrimination laws by denying care to juvenile transgender patients.
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Obama Presidential Center subcontractor sues engineering firm for $40 million
Robert McGee, the owner who filed the lawsuit in January, argued that the engineering firm, Thornton Tomasetti, imposed rules that contradict American Concrete Institute standards.
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FAA is facing a 10-year-old lawsuit over allegations of race based hiring of air traffic controllers
The lawsuit was filed back in 2015, but resurfaced this week amid concern over hiring practices among air traffic controllers in the wake of the plane collision with a helicopter on Wednesday.
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Number of Trump executive orders nearly matched by lawsuits as judges pause two major ones
Temporary blocks result from multiple lawsuits over plans to halt federal funding and executive order on birthright citizenship.
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CBS, '60 Minutes' owner Paramount ready to settle with Trump and his $10B lawsuit: report
Sources told the Times that Paramount’s controlling shareholder “strongly supports the effort to settle.”
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Prosecutors add two new alleged victims, substances to Sean 'Diddy' Combs' indictment
The updated indictment does not add any new charges to the case, but does add two alleged victims to the transportation to engage in prostitution charge.