Recent Updates
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CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign
Breaking Legal News 08/29/2025The director of the nation’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda ...
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World shares are mixed after Fed chair Powell hints at rate cuts
Business Law 08/25/2025World shares were mixed on Monday after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way. European markets opened lower, with Germany’s DAX down 0.2% at 24,305.67, while the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.6% to 7,918...
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Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties
International 08/24/2025A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that trial outside of detention, the boxer’s lawyer said. Chávez’s lawyer, Rubé...
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Las Vegas tourism is down. Some blame Trump’s tariffs and immigration crackdown
Business Law 08/20/2025Tourism in Las Vegas is slumping this summer, with resorts and convention centers reporting fewer visitors compared to last year, especially from abroad, and some officials are blaming the Trump administration’s tariffs and immigration policies...
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Trump vows to change how elections are run. Constitution doesn’t grant that power
Court Watch 08/19/2025President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own.Relying on false information and conspiracy theories that he’s reg...
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Israel’s growing frustration over the war in Gaza erupts in nationwide protests
International 08/18/2025Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza attempted to shut down the country Sunday in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war. Organizers, representing the families of hostages, asserted that hundreds of thous...
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Man struck and killed on freeway after fleeing immigration agents
Immigration Law 08/15/2025A man fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck and killed by an SUV when he ran across a nearby freeway, officials said.Police in the city of Monrovia about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Los...
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Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement
Immigration Law 08/14/2025Los Angeles students and teachers return to class for the new academic year Thursday under a cloud of apprehension after a summer filled with immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become a target in the Trump administration’s ag...
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Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US
Tax Law 08/07/2025President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, raising the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential products dependent on the processors powering the digital...
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Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files
Court Watch 08/05/2025Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious about the Justice Department’s handling of records related to the convicted sex offender, with some backing more public disclosures as an overdue measure of tra...
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Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents
Legal Business 08/04/2025Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.One of the deputies, Alexander Zwinck, was sued by Colorado...
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Appellate judges question Trump’s authority to impose tariffs without Congress
Law Firm News 08/02/2025Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over President Donald Trump’s legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs.Members of the 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington ap...