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Sidney Powell conceded defeat in her four-year-old lawsuit that claimed widespread voting fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020 election in Michigan. She took this step after a federal appeals court denied her latest attempt to avoid sanctions in the case. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier on Thursday that Powell and other…
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The U.S. Justice Department accused Boeing (BA.N) of breaching its obligations under a 2021 agreement that prevented the planemaker from facing criminal prosecution after fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, resulting in the deaths of 346 people. The finding suggests that Boeing could face prosecution it had previously evaded, potentially leading to new…
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The Biden administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by international deals broker Blenheim Capital, alleging exclusion from a multibillion-dollar transaction involving South Korea’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets and a satellite. The U.S. Justice Department presented the Biden White House’s views on the case in a filing on Tuesday, as…
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Joshua Cobb, a 23-year-old former Marine from New Jersey, has been charged after making threatening remarks online, including expressing intentions to kill white people. Federal agents arrested Cobb on May 10 following an investigation into his online activities, which revealed alarming plans for a potential mass shooting targeting white individuals. Details of the Threats According…
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Canadian e-commerce provider Shopify (SHOP.TO) sued a subsidiary of Chinese technology company JOYY Inc (YY.O) in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally copying Shopify’s software to build its own e-commerce platform. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Shopify alleged that JOYY’s…
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A recently spotlighted statute in Missouri is causing a stir, particularly among legal circles and advocacy groups, as it restricts divorce proceedings for pregnant individuals, even in cases of domestic violence. The law, originating in 1973, mandates that individuals seeking divorce must disclose their pregnancy status. In effect, pregnant petitioners are barred from legally ending…
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Republican-led states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers. The 18 states filed the complaint in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee, late Monday. They asserted that the federal workplace bias agency lacked the power to assert that federal law requires employers to use…
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s lawyers grilled Michael Cohen about insulting social media posts and television appearances in an attempt to undermine his testimony that Trump authorized a hush money payment to a porn star. Trump attorney Todd Blanche aggressively questioned Cohen, who acknowledged calling the former president a “dictator douchebag” on TikTok and admitted to…
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Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, along with a super PAC supporting him, filed a lawsuit on Monday against Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O), alleging interference in the election after the tech giant blocked a political advertisement. Kennedy and the American Values 2024 super PAC, which funded the advertisement—a 30-minute video about Kennedy’s…
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In a move to safeguard herself and her family, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has initiated legal proceedings by filing a temporary restraining order against an individual accused of stalking her. According to court records from the Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Cantrell alleges that Anne Breaud has engaged in persistent and aggressive behavior, including…
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