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  • White House Joins TikTok As Trump’s September 17 Ban Deadline Nears

    The White House has officially launched a TikTok account, marking a new chapter in the Biden-era law and Trump-era enforcement battle over the Chinese-owned social media app’s future in the United States. On Tuesday, the administration debuted its first post — a 27-second montage of former President Donald Trump meeting supporters, accompanied by audio from…

  • Trump’s $250 Visa Integrity Fee Could Cost U.S. $9.4 Billion in Visitor Spending

    The United States has introduced a new $250 “visa integrity fee” for all nonimmigrant visa holders, a sweeping measure signed into law on July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The non-waivable, non-reducible fee applies to tourists, students, business visitors, and temporary workers alike, creating new legal and economic debates over…

  • Trump Linked to 4,725 Wire Transfers to Jeffrey Epstein Totaling Over $1.1 Billion, Treasury File Reveals

    A newly detailed Treasury Department file has shed light on the scale of Jeffrey Epstein’s financial network, revealing that former President Donald Trump made 4,725 wire transfers totaling more than $1.1 billion to Epstein, according to investigators who reviewed portions of the file. The records, described as a “roadmap of leads,” outline thousands of transfers…

  • Ozempic Faces $2 Billion Legal Battle as Thousands of Lawsuits Mount

    Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug, repurposed as a weight-loss trend, is now at the center of one of the largest pharmaceutical litigations in recent years. The legal fallout over Ozempic (semaglutide) continues to escalate, with more than 1,800 lawsuits consolidated into federal multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 3094) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Analysts now…

  • Texas DA Who Once Charged Woman With Murder Faces The Same Charge For Paying A Woman To Abort His Baby

    Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez faces renewed scrutiny after court documents revealed he once paid for a mistress’s abortion in the 1990s—despite later prosecuting a woman for having one. New filings in the $1 million civil rights lawsuit brought by Lizelle Gonzalez against Ramirez and other Starr County officials disclose explosive allegations from depositions…

  • Judge Orders Receiver in Uncle Nearest Case: What It Means and Why It Matters

    A Tennessee federal judge has ruled that a receiver will be appointed over Uncle Nearest, Inc., the whiskey brand founded by Fawn and Keith Weaver, following a motion by creditor Farm Credit Mid-America. The decision comes despite strong objections from the company and its leadership, marking a significant development in an ongoing financial dispute. Both…

  • Judge Dismisses 22 Counts in Sara Rivers’ Lawsuit Against Diddy and Bad Boy Records

    Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has scored a major legal victory after a judge dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit filed against him by Sara Rivers, a former member of the MTV reality show group Da Band. According to TMZ, the court threw out all 22 counts that Rivers filed against Combs, Bad Boy Records,…

  • Attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey Details How Faulty Facial Recognition Led To Wrongful Arrest

    Attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey, Esq., recently highlighted the dangers of over-reliance on technology in criminal investigations after successfully defending a young man wrongly accused in another state due to a flawed facial recognition match. The case began when the client was detained during a traffic stop and informed of an outstanding warrant in another jurisdiction.…

  • Trump’s Request To End Flores Settlement Protecting Immigrant Children Denied By Judge

    A federal judge on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s latest attempt to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA), a landmark policy that has safeguarded the rights of immigrant children in U.S. custody for nearly three decades. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee, who presides over the Central District of California, issued the ruling a week after…

  • From a $10 Check to a Law Degree: How Calvin Duncan Turned a Wrongful Conviction Into a Legal Legacy

    When Calvin Duncan walked out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 2011 after nearly three decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, the state handed him a $10 release check. That was all. No reparations. No apology beyond a judge’s words. But for Duncan, now 62, freedom was only the beginning of…