Middle East tensions escalated further after U.S. officials said Israel attacked Iran. World leaders called for deescalation amid fears of a widening war.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion aid package cleared a procedural hurdle in the lower chamber thanks in large part to Democratic support.
Multiple potential jurors were excused on Friday after they said they had anxiety and self-doubt about serving for the high-profile trial.
Mainers embrace and dread the yearly onslaught of mud.
How and when the Supreme Court resolves Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim will determine whether voters know if Trump is criminally culpable for election subversion efforts in 2020 before voting in 2024.
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After a jury ruled in February that the former longtime CEO improperly spent NRA funds, self-described reformers are hoping for a shake-up at the controversial nonprofit. Can the group shed its far-right image — and do rank-and-file members even want to?
Thursday’s incident showcases growing tensions in the Middle East as Israel continues its war in Gaza.
The pair of South Caucasus countries have each filed complaints against the other, stemming from a flare-up in violence over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Courts & the Law
Law enforcement authorities said they found no immediate link between the public self-immolation and Donald Trump.
Greater access to medication abortion and protecting access to emergency reproductive care headlined President Joe Biden’s response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court put both policies on its docket this term.
The case stems from the termination of seven Starbucks employees at a store in Memphis as they were trying to unionize.
A three-judge panel heard arguments from a group of Chinese immigrants living in Florida who want to buy homes. They claim the law unconstitutionally discriminates against them based on their national origin.
Ahead of trial, Meta, ByteDance and other social media giants have attempted to once again toss claims that they designed apps to target children.
CVS was aware of complaints and knew that its actions were a violation of a federally protected right, Senior U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled.
An attorney for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley argued that prosecutors conspired with an IRS officer to misrepresent the amount of unpaid taxes owed by the couple, leading jurors to unfairly convict them of bank fraud and tax evasion.
Oakland's plans to change its airports name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport infringes San Francisco International airport's trademark, according to the complaint.
The U.S. Interior Department updated regulations dating back to 1977 to account for the dramatically changing conditions impacting wildlife and resources for Native communities.
Around the Nation
Following the biggest selloff of the year, Wall Street continued to suffer losses as sticky inflation and increasingly hawkish talk from the Federal Reserve frustrated investors.
Counties with the highest unemployment rate include Colusa, Imperial and Tulare, while San Mateo County had the lowest.
The government isn't liable for the removal of the children, who were taken after a false 911 call claiming abuse, the judge said.
The regulation sidesteps the thorny issue of transgender athletes and discards Trump-era policies on sexual assault complaints.
Three Alameda police officers now face charges of involuntary manslaughter for killing a man in 2021 after dodging civil claims from the man's estate.
Rulings
The D.C. Circuit upheld the felony convictions of Jesse Benton, former Ron Paul campaign lead, who contributed $25,000 to the Trump campaign on behalf of a Russian businessman who had actually paid him $100,000 to attend a fundraiser.
The Arkansas Supreme Court held that attorneys, as officers of the court, are authorized to possess handguns in courthouses. One suing attorney is collaterally estopped from pursuing his claims, because he brought the same ones in another suit, but the other plaintiffs may proceed.
The Seventh Circuit denied a class of trans kids and their families’ motion for reconsideration of the appeals court’s decision allowing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, which was signed into law last April. The one-page ruling does not explain the court’s reasoning; four of the judges voted to rehear the matter en banc.
A Texas appeals court upheld the trial court’s decision to grant attorney Sidney Powell’s no-evidence motion for summary judgment in a disciplinary proceeding, in which the Commission for Lawyer Discipline claimed Powell had violated rules of conduct by allegedly filing two exhibits without their dates in a Georgia election lawsuit. The commission’s arguments are meritless, the appellate panel ruled.
The Seventh Circuit ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections may not outright ban parents convicted of sex offenses from speaking on the phone to their children while they are on supervised release. The government may implement call monitoring to minimize the risk of abuse as an alternative to the ban.
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Hot Cases
Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided a counsel for initial bail hearings, one such arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
Nassau County sued the state of New York over the shift of elections from odd to even years, claiming that doing so shaves a year off the terms of officials elected after enactment.
Jeremy Foster died two days after a Home Depot security guard tased and aggressively tried to detain him when he tried to shoplift building materials, Foster's brother charges in a negligence and wrongful death suit.
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