Recent Updates
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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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California governor’s primary pitted experience against promises of change
Court Watch 06/02/2026California’s crowded primary for governor remained unresolved early Wednesday after three leading candidates tested voters’ appetites for an experienced politician or promises of sweeping change. Though votes were still being counted, Dem...
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Justice Department targets immigration judges as Trump pushes faster deportations
Court Watch 05/10/2026The Justice Department is aiming to weed out immigration judges who it feels are ruling too slowly or aren’t following the law, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, as the Trump administration seeks to remake the courts and cut ...
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Man who firebombed a demonstration in Colorado is sentenced to life in prison
Court Watch 05/08/2026A judge sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday after he pleaded guilty to killing one person and injuring a dozen others in a 2025 firebombing attack on a demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli...
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Trump shares video of a brutal Florida killing allegedly by Haitian immigrant
Court Watch 04/12/2026President Donald Trump shared a video of a deadly attack allegedly by a Haitian immigrant accused of bludgeoning a woman with a hammer at a Florida gas station, portraying the killing as justification for his administration’s mass deportation a...
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Federal court hears new case against Trump’s latest global tariffs
Court Watch 04/10/2026The centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s economic policy — sweeping taxes on global imports — is under legal assault again.The U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized court in New York, heard oral arguments Friday in an ...
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Federal Judge Says Trump Move to Dismantle VOA Is Illegal
Court Watch 04/04/2026A federal judge has ruled that actions taken to dismantle Voice of America (VOA) were unlawful, finding that Kari Lake lacked the legal authority to carry them out.In a decision issued Saturday, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth determined that L...
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Army sergeant wants to plead guilty in Georgia base shootings that injured 5
Court Watch 03/13/2026An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer is seeking to plead guilty to attempted murder and other charges in a military court, Army prosecutors said Thursday.Authorities say Sgt. Quorne...
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House will vote on an Iran war powers resolution in a test of Trump's strategy
Court Watch 03/06/2026The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump's attack on Iran, a sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad.It's the second ...
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What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health advice
Court Watch 03/01/2026With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions. In January, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Health, a new versi...
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Masks emerge as symbol of Trump’s ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress
Court Watch 02/08/2026Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s im...
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown
Court Watch 01/21/2026A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minnea...