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Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, NM
Legal Events 02/09/2025Two 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 ...
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court
Legal Events 02/03/2025President 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...
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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order
U.S. Court News 01/27/2025A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first h...
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Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
Legal Compliance 01/23/2025A Pakistani court Saturday sentenced four people to death for blasphemy, allegedly because they posted sacrilegious material on social media about Islamic religious figures and the Quran. Their lawyer said appeal preparations are underway.Under the c...
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Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews
U.S. Court News 01/22/2025President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.It was not immediately clear how much assistance woul...
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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order
U.S. Law Review 01/22/2025President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.It was not immediately clear how much assistance woul...
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
U.S. Law Review 01/18/2025Florida 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...
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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
U.S. Law Review 01/14/2025At 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...
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TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech
National News 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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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
Litigation Regulations 01/05/2025President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone ...
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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
U.S. Law Review 01/01/2025A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said.The decision puts back on track...
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Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
Legal Issues 12/28/2024A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in Conyers, Georgia, started her business solo as a mob...