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A federal judge in New York has approved the Justice Department’s request to unseal long-restricted records from Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking case. The move marks one of the first major disclosures mandated under the newly enacted Epstein Files Transparency Act. But the judge cautioned the public not to expect the sweeping revelations many have been anticipating.…
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A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume a deportation protection program for vulnerable immigrant youth—a major legal setback for the Trump administration and a lifeline for thousands of young people who had been left in limbo. In a ruling issued Wednesday, November 19, 2025, U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee directed U.S. Citizenship…
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In a sharply worded decision, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has refused to unseal grand jury transcripts tied to the sex trafficking indictment of Ghislaine Maxwell, accusing the Justice Department (DOJ) of attempting to create an “illusion” of transparency while offering nothing of real evidentiary value to the public. The ruling, issued Monday, underscores…
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Grammy-winning music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail for the second time as he awaits sentencing on federal prostitution-related charges, with a federal judge ruling that the 55-year-old remains a flight ris and that his legal team has failed to meet the burden for his release. In a sharply worded opinion issued Monday,…
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A high-profile defamation case filed by President Donald J. Trump against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal has taken a new legal turn as Judge Darrin P. Gayles, the first openly gay Black man appointed to the federal bench, has been assigned to preside over the matter in the Southern District of…
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In a controversial move, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to sentence former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison to just one day in prison after his federal civil rights conviction related to the botched 2020 police raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Hankison is scheduled for sentencing on July 21, 2025,…
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Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is once again confronting long-standing paternity accusations — this time in federal court — and he’s pushing back hard. In newly filed court documents, the 55-year-old billionaire artist and businessman has asked a judge to dismiss the latest lawsuit filed by 31-year-old Rymir Satterthwaite, calling the claims “fabricated” and part of a…
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by incarcerated R\&B singer R. Kelly against controversial blogger and social media personality Tasha K, marking another legal defeat for the embattled musician as he continues serving a 31-year prison sentence for sex crimes. Kelly—whose legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly—alleged that Tasha K improperly obtained and…
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In a legally and morally charged decision, the Trump administration deported eight foreign nationals held in Djibouti to South Sudan last Friday evening, despite their lawyers’ warnings that the men face a high risk of torture or death in the war-torn African nation. The move came just hours after U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy…
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Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain behind bars until October 3, the date now officially set for his sentencing in the federal prostitution case that has rocked the music and entertainment world. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian confirmed the date on Tuesday, July 8, just days after Combs was found guilty on two counts of transporting…
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