A federal judge in South Florida has ordered the release of long-sealed grand jury transcripts tied to the abandoned 2006–2007 investigation of Jeffrey Epstein—marking the first significant test of a new federal transparency law aimed at exposing how the disgraced financier evaded serious prosecution for years. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith ruled Friday that the…
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) is only two days old, but Washington and America’s allies are already scrambling to interpret a document that could redefine U.S. leadership — or abandon it. Released late on December 4, 2025, with no speech, no rollout plan, and no public briefing, the 29-page strategy marks one…
Washington is firing back. Just hours after the European Union fined Elon Musk’s X €120 million ($140 million) for violating the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), top U.S. leaders blasted the move as an assault on American values — and on America itself. The ruling marks the EU’s first-ever noncompliance judgment under the DSA, a…
In a move that could reshape the foundations of American citizenship and ignite fierce political debates, the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5, 2025, agreed to hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. While no oral arguments were scheduled that Friday, December 5, 2025, adhering to the…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, December 4, 2025, granted Texas Republicans a temporary victory in a high-stakes redistricting battle, allowing the state to conduct next year’s congressional elections under a map drawn to favor the GOP, despite a lower court ruling that the plan likely discriminates against minority voters. The ruling came in response…
In a rare and striking move, Judge Mark Wolf, a Reagan-appointed federal judge who has served on the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts since 1985, announced his resignation, citing what he calls the politicization and weaponization of the law under President Donald Trump. Wolf’s resignation, confirmed by the Washington Post and Reuters, is unusual not…
A federal grand jury has declined to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking the Department of Justice’s second failed attempt to pursue criminal charges against the prominent Democratic official. The legal battle follows a mortgage fraud case previously dismissed by U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, who ruled in November that the federal…
A federal appeals court has upheld a nearly $1 million penalty against President Donald Trump and his legal team for what judges deemed “sanctionable conduct” in a lawsuit targeting Hillary Clinton and other Democrats over the 2016 election. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that many of Trump’s legal…
A coalition of prominent Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), reintroduced ambitious legislation Wednesday aimed at halting discrimination by artificial intelligence in critical areas of American life. The “AI Civil Rights Act” seeks to impose federal guardrails on the opaque algorithms that increasingly determine who gets a job,…
House Democrats unveiled the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act on Wednesday, aiming to curb abuses in U.S. immigration detention and ensure basic civil and human rights protections for those held in custody. Sponsored by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09), the legislation responds to what lawmakers and advocacy groups describe as inhumane conditions…