The president agreed with the attorney general that releasing the recordings could make it less likely for witnesses in high-profile investigations to cooperate in the future.
Republicans seeking to cast aspersions on President Biden’s mental acuity are angling to punish the attorney general for refusing to turn over audio recordings from a probe into the president’s handling of classified documents.
Cohen answered for his past statements about Trump, including one tweet in which he called the former president "Dumbass Donald."
While Fico is expected to live, the shooting shocked the EU and added to the pall over upcoming European Parliament elections.
South Africa requested emergency measures for a fourth time since launching proceedings at the court late last year, citing "massive, indiscriminate violence and starvation" in Gaza.
Trump reportedly promised that, in exchange for $1 billion in campaign contributions, he'd roll back Biden's environmental regulations when he's reelected.
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Payday lenders lost a Supreme Court fight to defund a financial watchdog agency aimed at reining in predatory practices.
In a unanimous ruling, the justices found that judges must stay a proceeding when a party requests, an obligation Justice Sonia Sotomayor called "impervious to judicial discretion."
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The complicated legal dispute centers on Château Miraval, the former power couple's French estate and vineyard. Jolie sold her half to a Russian billionaire after the couple divorced, and Pitt is suing to undo the sale.
Surf City can't refuse to plan for more housing because of concerns over violating the California Environmental Quality Act, a judge in San Diego ruled.
A decade after missing a deadline to appeal his furlough, the Supreme Court handed a federal employee an extension.
An artist hired by the hockey organization to build a better relationship with American Indian groups claims she was the victim of fraud and sexual harassment before she was fired.
Prosecutors are having witnesses read excerpts from Trump's books to paint him as a vindictive micromanager obsessed with his image.
California lawmakers debate energy bill a week after utility regulator’s major rate-structure change
The bill now advances to the California Assembly's Appropriations Committee.
The nearly 2,000-mile river that divides Texas and Mexico, Texas deputy solicitor general Lanora Pettit told the judges, is no more than “a creek with an excellent publicist.”
North Carolina is removing a provision that allowed members of the public to wear masks for health reasons as Republican lawmakers attempt to crack down on disruptive protesters.
Enforcing regulations against deepfakes is likely to be challenging, experts say.
John Barrow, a former Democratic congressman, sought to block a state judicial ethics committee from proceeding with an investigation into whether sanctions should be imposed for his campaign statements on reproductive rights.
Police officers claim they were exposed to radioactive material and other hazards while working at Hunters Point.
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The measure, introduced by Florida Representative Byron Donalds, would do away with sentencing guidelines for the capital city allowing lighter penalties for younger offenders.
Officials said Nicaragua is profiting off illegal migration to the United States and is stifling human rights.
Ventura County prosecutors presented evidence at a preliminary hearing that showed Paul Kessler's blood was on the megaphone used by Loay Alnaji.
The $20 billion tunnel in the Golden State's expansive delta is worth the costs and risks because it will improve precious water collection efforts, according to officials.
The change comes as part of a federal court order aimed at addressing the long-term effects of coal mining on the environment. Nonetheless, some Republicans have criticized the Biden administration for complying.
The majority found simply including LGBTQ-inclusive books in curriculum doesn't burden religious freedoms.
The groups say the permitted project will introduce sediment and fertilizer-laden water from the Mississippi River into a vital swamp habitat.
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The Ninth Circuit declined to rehear, en banc, a matter involving a nonprofit’s request for a preliminary injunction that would stop a land exchange allowing copper mining to commence on land that Apache tribes consider sacred.
A federal court in California granted Clovis Community College’s motion to dismiss two professors’ free speech discrimination claims, according to which the school’s anti-discrimination and harassment policies violated the First Amendment. One’s claims are based on “hypothetical and conclusory future and ongoing injuries,” and the other’s censorship claims are based on “self-inflicted injuries,” so they lack standing to sue.
A federal court in Illinois partially dismissed a consumer fraud class action brought by customers who say Walmart deceptively labeled its seafood products as “sustainably sourced,” when in reality its source fisheries both overfish and use unsustainable practices such as bottom trawling. The class representative lacks standing to bring claims over seafood products she did not personally buy. Her Illinois consumer fraud, consumer protection and unjust enrichment claims survive the motion.
A federal court in Pennsylvania granted New York Magazine’s motion to dismiss a self-described criminal profiler’s claims of false light and invasion of privacy after it published an article calling him a “fraud.” The man, who is often flown out to trials as a professional expert witness, says the magazine omitted several critical facts, but he identified no falsehoods in it and has not shown the journalist acted with actual malice.
A federal court in Illinois granted a parent’s motion to join some Nevada doctors as defendants to her complaint against Abbott Laboratories, a bellwether case for the hundreds of lawsuits filed against the baby formula manufacturer over its tainted formula. The product allegedly caused infants to develop necrotizing enterocolitis, and the doctors in Nevada may have been negligent in treating her own child with the condition. The case will be remanded to Cook County court.
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A public library's policy banning new books about sex — and stopping anyone under 17 from accessing current titles about gender and sexuality — violates kids' First Amendment rights, Read Freely Alabama says.
Port of Oakland commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport — and slapped SFO with a counterclaim in their ongoing trademark dispute.
The Ridge Wallet Company, which sells plastic and metal wallets marketed to millennial and Gen Z men, accuses a company based out of Shenzhen, China, of selling knockoff "Ridge" wallets.
The U.S. Justice Department hit the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with a lawsuit after a prison clerk complained she was barred from wearing a head covering for religious reasons.
More than 250 people say the city of San Diego underfunded and neglected its storm drain system for years, causing their homes to flood on Jan. 22, 2024. They are asking for $100 million in damages.
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