Recent Updates
-
Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, Claims Capture in U.S. Drug Case
Legal Business News 01/08/2026A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from p...
-
Iran executes a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad
Court Watch 01/04/2026Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad, state media reported Wednesday.The official IRNA news agency identified the man as Ali Ardestani, saying he relayed sensitive information to Mossad officers in return for financial re...
-
California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March
Court Watch 01/02/2026A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licen...
-
Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached
Legal Business 12/26/2025States will share $10 billion for rural health care next year in a program that aims to offset the Trump administration’s massive budget cuts to rural hospitals, federal officials announced Monday.But while every state applied for money from th...
-
Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny
Family Law 12/22/2025Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind b...
-
US announces massive arms sales to Taiwan worth more than $10 billion
Legal Outlook 12/19/2025President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China.The State Department...
-
Trump bans travel from 5 more countries, imposes new limits on others
Legal Business 12/16/2025President Donald Trump‘s administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The deci...
-
Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre
International 12/13/2025Australian leaders promised Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fueled criticism that auth...
-
Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud
Legal Outlook 12/11/2025Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud. Victims said the 34-year-old financial technology whiz weaponized their trust to convince them th...
-
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Family Law 12/05/2025Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and “Friends,” to buy its studio and streaming business for $72 billion.The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring two...
-
Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions
Legal Business News 12/01/2025The Supreme Court is meeting in private Friday with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not A...
-
Trump says lax migration policies are top national security threat
Legal Business News 11/25/2025President Donald Trump said Wednesday’s “heinous assault” on two National Guard members near the White House proves that lax migration policies are “the single greatest national security threat facing our nation.”“...