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Judge Aileen Cannon reacted skeptically to prosecutors’ request to bar former President Donald Trump from making statements that could endanger law enforcement agents working on his classified-documents case. During a hearing in federal court in Florida, Judge Cannon pressed prosecutors for evidence linking Trump’s false claims—that the FBI had been authorized to assassinate him—to violent…
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In the two years since President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, over 500 individuals, some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime, have faced federal charges for gun trafficking and other crimes. A White House report, obtained by the Associated Press, details the impact of the legislation and its broader…
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Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed a comprehensive rebuttal to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his Espionage Act prosecution should be dismissed due to alleged mishandling of classified documents by federal investigators. The 33-page response counters Trump’s argument that the documents were not preserved in their original order during the Mar-a-Lago search. Smith’s response…
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The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Louisiana families with children in public schools to challenge a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed H.B. 71 into law on Wednesday, making Louisiana the first state to mandate the…
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A court-appointed bankruptcy trustee signaled his intent on Sunday to shut down Alex Jones’ Infowars company, aiming to prevent a “money grab” by families who sued Jones over his false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Trustee Christopher Murray announced that he has begun planning to wind up Infowars owner Free Speech Systems’…
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Sean “Diddy” Combs has decided to drop his lawsuit against Global Brands Group (GBG) regarding the use of his name in relation to his self-founded clothing brand, Sean John. The media mogul originally founded Sean John in 1998 and sold a 90% stake to GBG for $70 million in 2016. Diddy’s legal action alleged that…
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Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri, responding to requests from several Republican-led states, blocked President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday from further implementing a new student debt relief plan that lowers payments. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from implementing parts of a student loan repayment…
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A Black family residing in Accokeek, Maryland, has taken legal action against their white neighbors, alleging a pattern of racial discrimination and harassment that violates their civil rights. Angela and Prince Floyd, represented by Justly Prudent, filed the lawsuit on Juneteenth. The lawsuit claims that since moving into the predominantly white community of Calvert Manor…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty on Wednesday to violating U.S. espionage law, marking the end of his imprisonment in Britain and allowing his return to Australia, concluding a 14-year legal odyssey. Assange, 52, agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense…
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The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The issue has emerged as a big one in the past few years. While transgender people have gained more visibility and acceptance in many respects, half the states have pushed back with…
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