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Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots
Breaking Legal News 07/02/2026The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.The 5-4 decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of C...
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Trump Accounts launch July 4, giving newborns $1,000. Here’s what to know
Business Law 07/01/2026On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to launch Trump Accounts, tying the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to an effort to boost financial independence for American kids. Under the program...
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Court Rules Cellphone Location History Is Protected by the Constitution
Court Watch 06/30/2026The Supreme Court held Monday that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court ...
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Former Colorado analyst pleads guilty in DNA testing scandal
Class Action 06/28/2026A former forensic analyst with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation pleaded guilty Tuesday to four felony counts stemming from accusations that she manipulated and omitted data to speed up the DNA testing process, calling into question the validity o...
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Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz
Family Law 06/24/2026A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, accusing the Justice Department of using its investigatory powers to retaliate against state officials for not cooperati...
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Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault
Attorneys in the News 06/22/2026Austrian-Canadian billionaire and automotive business founder Frank Stronach was found guilty Friday of sexual assault and indecent assault of two women decades ago.Stronach, who is 93, had been accused of alleged incidents involving seven complainan...
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Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault
International 06/20/2026Austrian-Canadian billionaire and automotive business founder Frank Stronach was found guilty Friday of sexual assault and indecent assault of two women decades ago.Stronach, who is 93, had been accused of alleged incidents involving seven complainan...
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Supreme Court will decide whether criminal cases must have 12 jurors, in Florida case
Civil Litigation News 06/18/2026The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can use juries made up of only six people in criminal cases, instead of the usual 12. The case puts a Florida chiropractor convicted of practicing with a suspended license in an unlikely lea...
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Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US
International 06/17/2026Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials s...
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Jury convicts the brother of Massachusetts attorney general of sexual assaults
Criminal Law 06/16/2026A jury Thursday convicted the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell of sexually assaulting women while he posed as a rideshare driver. Jurors found Alvin Campbell, 45, guilty of 21 out of 22 counts for sex assaults from 2017 to 20...
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Trump's name is gone from the Kennedy Center's facade after court rulings
Breaking Legal News 06/14/2026The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now.Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court Saturday that the institution ...
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China opposes US move to list top firms as military companies
Legal Marketing 06/13/2026China said Saturday it firmly opposed the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military companies, and that the move ignored the consensus reached during U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jin...