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March 6, 2024

New York county exec sues AG James over his trans athletes ban in women's sports

A New York official is suing state Attorney General Letitia James over an order banning him from barring trans athletes from competing against biological females.

March 6, 2024

Hondurans closely follow former president's US drug trafficking 'trial of the century'

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández is on trial in a federal courthouse in Manhattan. He is accused of taking bribes to protect drug traffickers.

March 4, 2024

10-year legal battle rages between Native Americans and mining interests over sacred land atop copper deposit

A years long legal dispute surrounding a piece of national forest in Arizona continues. Native Americans consider it sacred, and a mining group wants the copper beneath it.

March 1, 2024

Actor Terrence Howard ordered to pay almost $1M in back taxes after saying ‘immoral’ to tax slave descendants

Actor Terrence Howard reportedly said that it is "immoral" for the government to "charge taxes to the descendants of slaves" after threatening a Justice Department lawyer.

February 29, 2024

Illinois judge's ruling to remove Trump from primary ballot on hold while he appeals

A ruling by an Illinois judge barring former President Trump from appearing on the primary ballot will remain on hold during his legal team's appeal.

February 29, 2024

Texas law letting police arrest illegal border crossers blocked by federal judge

Federal judge David Ezra has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Texas from enforcing a new law that would make illegal immigration a state crime.

February 28, 2024

Federal court rules Indiana's ban on gender-transitioning treatments for minors is enforceable

Indiana's law banning minors from seeking gender-transitioning treatments is now enforceable following a federal appeals court ruling after a lower judge issued an injunction last year.

February 27, 2024

Federal judge rules $1.7 trillion spending bill passed by Congress in 2022 is unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled the U.S. House of Representatives unconstitutionally passed the $1.7 trillion funding bill in 2022 because a quorum was not present during the vote.

February 27, 2024

Judge says Nathan Wade's divorce lawyer must testify on relationship with Fulton Co. DA Fani Willis

A judge has determined that Nathan Wade’s former law partner and divorce lawyer must tell the court what he knows about the special prosecutor’s relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis.

February 26, 2024

Manhattan DA Bragg requests judge impose gag order on Trump during hush money case

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg submitted three documents to the courts seeking a gag order on former President Donald Trump and other restrictions on the hush money trial.