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In a dramatic moment during federal court proceedings, the judge overseeing Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial directly warned the music mogul that he could be removed from the courtroom if he continues to make facial expressions or engage with jurors. The incident on Thursday, June 5, occurred while the court was in session and the…
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In 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned amid the Watergate scandal, a constitutional crisis that tested the resilience of American democracy. Fast forward to 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration is embroiled in a series of controversies that some legal scholars argue present even more profound challenges to the nation’s legal and constitutional frameworks. This essay examines…
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In a move that could mark a dramatic escalation in post-presidency accountability, President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, June 4, signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering a formal investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of executive powers, raising urgent constitutional questions about who actually exercised presidential authority during Biden’s final years in office. The memorandum…
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A Kenyan woman sentenced to death in Vietnam is at the center of growing diplomatic and humanitarian appeals, as Amnesty Kenya and other advocates urge the Kenyan government to intensify efforts to prevent her execution. Margaret Nduta, 37, was convicted on March 6, 2024, of drug trafficking after being arrested at Ho Chi Minh City…
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A tense exchange during a CBS News interview with David Pogue appears to have triggered Elon Musk’s resignation from his post as Director of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the Trump administration. The billionaire entrepreneur, best known for leading Tesla and SpaceX, was asked a range of policy questions during the recorded conversation, including about tariffs,…
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A former hotel security guard took the stand Tuesday in federal court and testified that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs paid him $100,000 in cash to suppress a 2016 surveillance video that captured Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, inside the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. The video — now a critical piece of…
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The sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs continued Monday, June 2, with testimony from a former assistant, identified only as “Mia”. She told a federal court that she attempted to block out the abuse she allegedly suffered while working for Combs from 2009 to 2017. Testifying under a pseudonym to protect her…
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U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL), an attorney and former public finance litigator, raised serious legal and public health concerns this week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly terminated a $190 million federal grant to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), a move that immediately eliminated 140 full-time positions across county…
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In a significant legal rebuke to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, a federal judge on Friday halted the government’s attempt to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 5,000 Venezuelan nationals, preserving their right to live and work in the United States—for now. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California ruled…
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A newly filed lawsuit claims that filmmaker Tyler Perry and Netflix have infringed upon the intellectual property and mission of a nonprofit organization through their upcoming series She The People. Aimee Allison, founder and president of the national nonprofit She the People, lodged the complaint just ahead of the series’ scheduled release. The suit, filed…
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