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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
Legal Business 06/05/2025The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked to the release of hostages, saying it would embolden Hamas militants.All 14 other members of the...
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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump sanctuary list
Legal Business 06/03/2025State and local officials blasted the Trump administration’s widely anticipated list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement, with some of the most enthusiastic supporters of t...
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Trump Tells Walmart: Don’t Raise Prices, Absorb Tariff Costs Instead
Legal Business 05/17/2025President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs.As Trump has jacked up import taxes, he has tried to assure a skeptical public that foreign pr...
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Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over vaping products
Legal Business 04/17/2025The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen electronic cigarette use.But the justices’ unanimous decision throwing out a federal appeals ...
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Chief Justice Roberts Rejects Trump’s Call for Judicial Impeachment
Legal Business 03/18/2025In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching judges Tuesday, shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of one who ruled against his depo...
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Michigan mother asks judge to declare 3 missing sons dead nearly 15 years later
Legal Business 03/03/2025A Michigan woman is asking a judge to declare her three missing sons dead, nearly 15 years after their father didn’t return them after Thanksgiving. The disappearance has tormented a small town near Ohio and remains unsolved.Authorities believe...
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Trump signs order designating English as the official language of the US
Legal Business 03/02/2025President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer ...
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Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
Legal Business 02/27/2025The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the ma...
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Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
Legal Business 02/22/2025Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of federal ...
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Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice announces she is stepping down
Legal Business 02/21/2025The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the court by the end of April, opening the door for the court to have a 6-1 majority of Democratic-backed justices.Elizabeth Clement did not give a rea...
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TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech
Legal Business 01/10/2025In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United St...
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Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
Legal Business 01/06/2025Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled ...