Recent Updates
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Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums
Legal Outlook 10/27/2025The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin’s disabled son is at risk of losing the insu...
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The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power
Legal Outlook 10/07/2025The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with a sharp focus on President Donald Trump’s robust assertion of executive power.Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear argum...
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Law Firm News is redefining how law firms share their stories
Legal Business News 10/03/2025Law Firm News is redefining how law firms share their stories with the public. This platform goes beyond traditional press releases - it’s a powerful marketing tool that helps law firms gain visibility across major media outlets. With Law Firm ...
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Government shutdown nears, congressional leaders to meet at White House
Legal Outlook 09/30/2025Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their e...
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US lawmakers push for military dialogue in a rare China visit
U.S. Court News 09/21/2025A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers pushed for more military-to-military dialogue in a meeting Sunday with China’s Premier Li Qiang, a rare congressional visit since the U.S.-China relations soured.The last trip by a group of senators was in 2...
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Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
Legal Outlook 09/16/2025The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the ot...
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New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty on corruption charges tied to alleged affair
Civil Rights 09/08/2025New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges stemming from an alleged romantic relationship with her bodyguard.The Democrat appeared in federal court for the first time since a grand jury...
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Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement
Legal Outlook 08/14/2025Los Angeles students and teachers return to class for the new academic year Thursday under a cloud of apprehension after a summer filled with immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become a target in the Trump administration’s ag...
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Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs, inflation data faces shower of criticism
Legal Outlook 08/11/2025The director of the agency that produces the nation’s jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile.But like so much in President Donald Trum...
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Trump administration asks court to lift restrictions on California immigration stops
Legal Business News 08/08/2025The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to halt a court order restricting immigration stops that swept up at least two U.S. citizens in Southern California.The emergency petition comes after an appeals court refused to lift a tem...
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Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
Legal Outlook 07/27/2025Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.More than 50 immigration judges — from senior leaders to new appointees &mdash...
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Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
Legal Business News 07/20/2025As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the f...