Recent Updates
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment
National Legal News 10/16/2025The Infowars host had argued that a judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first grad...
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Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics move leftward
National Legal News 10/15/2025President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull assistance for Argentina — led by a political kindred spirit whose philosophy is similar to that of the Republican administration — if the nation’s internal politics don’t a...
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Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination
U.S. Court Watch 10/13/2025Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of Un...
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Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty
National Legal News 10/01/2025Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 7...
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Government shutdown nears, congressional leaders to meet at White House
Legal Compliance 09/30/2025Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their e...
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams abandons his reelection campaign
Law Review 09/29/2025New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is ending his campaign for reelection. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke with pride about his achievements as mayor, including a drop in violent crime. But he said that “con...
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Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
Legal Compliance 09/20/2025The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the ot...
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Appeals court upholds Florida law barring noncitizens from gathering voter petitions
National Legal News 09/14/2025Provisions of a Florida law restricting the state’s process for getting citizens’ initiatives on the ballot can go into effect, a federal appeals court has decided. The decision issued Tuesday overrules a lower court’s order that bl...
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Man accused of trying to assassinate Trump apologizes to potential jurors
Legal Compliance 09/10/2025The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in a Florida courtroom on Monday and said he was “sorry for bringing you all in here.” Ryan R...
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Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines pleads guilty
U.S. Court Watch 09/05/2025A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him Friday, saying in court that he regretted endangering those on boar...
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Washington, Oregon and California governors form a health alliance
National Legal News 09/03/2025The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the...
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Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
National Legal News 09/02/2025Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they return to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they wi...