Recent Updates
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After just a few hours, U.S. election bets put on hold by appeals court ruling
Top Stories & Analysis 09/14/2024Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order Thursday night temporarily freezing the ...
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‘The Mentalist’ star Simon Baker admits drinking and driving in Australia
Top Stories & Analysis 09/11/2024Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The Mentalist,” avoided a conviction Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol near hi...
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
Courts and the Judiciary 08/31/2024The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an admi...
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
Courts and the Judiciary 08/25/2024Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged.The ruling is the lates...
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Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
Top Stories & Analysis 08/20/2024George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment.Santos, 36, is likely to ...
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X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’
Courts and the Judiciary 08/15/2024Social media platform X said Saturday it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if they did not comply with orders.X is removing all re...
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Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
Courts and the Judiciary 08/09/2024Defense attorneys for Karen Read are expected to argue Friday that two charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend be dismissed, focusing on the jury deliberations that led to a mistrial.Read is accused of ramming into John O’Ke...
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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
Supreme Court News 08/01/2024Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso. Zambada, the longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, eluded authorities for decades until a plane carrying h...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
Courts and the Judiciary 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush money conviction
Top Stories & Analysis 07/14/2024Donald Trump’s lawyers are imploring a New York judge to overturn his hush money conviction and dismiss the case, arguing his historic trial was “tainted” by evidence that shouldn’t have been allowed because of the Supreme Cou...
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Giuliani Disbarred in N.Y. for Wrongdoing During Trump’s 2020 Campaign
Courts and the Judiciary 07/07/2024Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.The Manhattan app...
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Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
Courts and the Judiciary 06/22/2024The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence.In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firear...