Prosecutors opposed Donald Trump’s request to dismiss the hush money case now that he is president-elect and asked a judge on Tuesday to establish a schedule to litigate the matter. Trump, 78, originally faced sentencing on November 26, but New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan paused all proceedings last week at the request…
Outgoing U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal announced on Monday that she will rejoin her former law firm, Winston & Strawn, as a partner on December 16. Vidal, who previously led Winston’s Silicon Valley office, confirmed her departure from the USPTO last week. President Joe Biden had nominated her for the position…
The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee plans to discuss the next steps on Wednesday in its investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, according to two sources familiar with the panel’s plans. These sources requested anonymity to freely discuss the bipartisan panel’s activities. Several Republican senators, who hold the constitutional responsibility…
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, faced mounting scrutiny from congressional Republicans on Thursday, with Senator John Cornyn leading calls to review an unreleased Ethics Committee report that examines allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use. The pressure on Gaetz grew as John Clune, a lawyer for an alleged victim, urged the…
A divided federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a Texas student’s lawsuit on Wednesday, rejecting his claims that he faced severe bullying for being white and supporting Republican President-elect Donald Trump. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split 9-9 on whether to revive the lawsuit against the Austin Independent School District.…
Republican Donald Trump’s return to the presidency is set to drive a significant shift in the U.S. government’s legal positions on major cases currently before the Supreme Court, including a high-profile dispute over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. Upon Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his administration is expected to alter its…
The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has postponed ruling on whether Trump’s conviction should be dismissed on immunity grounds, allowing prosecutors to consider next steps following his November 5 election victory. Justice Juan Merchan had initially scheduled a Tuesday ruling on Trump’s argument that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision—granting presidents immunity…
The Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate launched an urgent effort on Tuesday to confirm as many of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees as possible, aiming to prevent vacancies that Republican Donald Trump could fill if he takes office on January 20. With Republicans poised to control the Senate starting January 3, Senate Democrats began…
A New York judge will decide this week whether to overturn President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for hush money payments to a porn star, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity. Justice Juan Merchan announced he would make his decision by Tuesday. This ruling marks the first of two critical…
The United States charged an Iranian man on Friday for allegedly participating in a plot orchestrated by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Department of Justice announced. Farhad Shakeri, 51, told law enforcement officials that he received instructions on October 7, 2024, to provide a plan for killing Trump. According…
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