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  • World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs

    World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs

    Courts and the Judiciary 05/29/2025

    Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.U.S. futures jumped early Thursday and oil prices rose more than $1. The U.S. dollar rose agains...

  • Senate confirms Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law, as ambassador to France

    Senate confirms Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law, as ambassador to France

    Courts and the Judiciary 05/21/2025

    The Senate has confirmed real estate developer Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. Charles Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty year...

  • Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order

    Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order

    Courts and the Judiciary 05/15/2025

    The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.It was unclear what such a decision might look like, bu...

  • Wisconsin Gov., he’s not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest

    Wisconsin Gov., he’s not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest

    Courts and the Judiciary 05/03/2025

    Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that every American should be concerned about “chilling” suggestions from President Donald Trump’s top border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance the Democrat issued to state employe...

  • Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities

    Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities

    Courts and the Judiciary 04/22/2025

    A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders were unc...

  • HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry

    HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry

    Courts and the Judiciary 04/13/2025

    Hong Kong’s government on Monday defended its immigration procedures after a British member of parliament was denied entry to the Chinese city last week, an incident that has prompted concerns among U.K. officials.Wera Hobhouse, a member of the...

  • US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection

    US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection

    Courts and the Judiciary 03/30/2025

    U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying for benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from President Dona...

  • Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges

    Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges

    Courts and the Judiciary 03/07/2025

    A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.By a 5-4 vote, the court’s co...

  • Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM

    Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM

    Courts and the Judiciary 02/08/2025

    Two former Albuquerque police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of racketeering, extortion and accepting bribes in a sweeping corruption investigation into a scheme that allegedly allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated ...

  • Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court

    Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court

    Courts and the Judiciary 02/03/2025

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court, which has issued an arrest wa...

  • Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat

    Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat

    Courts and the Judiciary 01/18/2025

    Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.Elected as the state’s top law enforcemen...

  • Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds

    Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds

    Courts and the Judiciary 01/14/2025

    At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage p...