Recent Updates
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Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, Claims Capture in U.S. Drug Case
Court Watch 01/08/2026A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from p...
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Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny
Court Watch 12/27/2025Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind b...
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Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud
Court Watch 12/11/2025Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud. Victims said the 34-year-old financial technology whiz weaponized their trust to convince them th...
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Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions
Court Watch 12/01/2025The Supreme Court is meeting in private Friday with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not A...
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FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
Court Watch 11/25/2025Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter. It would mark the second in...
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Republican US Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York
Court Watch 11/07/2025U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump, announced Friday that she’s running for governor of New York, a place she depicted in a campaign launch video as being “in ashes” because of lawlessness an...
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Judge wants immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras
Court Watch 10/18/2025Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday said she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras, and she also summoned a senior official to court next week to discuss an enforcement o...
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Apple removes apps that allow anonymous reporting of ICE agent sightings
Court Watch 10/05/2025Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by U.S. authorities. ICEBlock, a free iPhone-only app lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by Immigration...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns to court a week before he faces sentencing
Court Watch 09/25/2025Sean “Diddy” Combs returns to court Thursday for a hearing that could help decide how long the Grammy-winning producer will stay in prison. Judge Arun Subramanian plans to listen to arguments from lawyers on points of law that could help ...
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Call of Duty Maker Seeks Dismissal in Texas School Shooting Case
Court Watch 09/18/2025A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by t...
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Trump seeks Supreme Court order to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Court Watch 09/17/2025The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors.The Republican administration turned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go al...
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New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty on corruption charges tied to alleged affair
Court Watch 09/12/2025New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges stemming from an alleged romantic relationship with her bodyguard.The Democrat appeared in federal court for the first time since a grand jury...