Ex-Jungler faces trial in US for torture following 2006 coup attempt in The...
DENVER (CN) — U.S. attorneys presented opening arguments to a Denver jury on Tuesday, asking them to convict a former Gambian Jungler on six torture-related charges for acts carried out under The...
View ArticleFederal judge skeptical of national registry for undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge expressed concern on Tuesday that the Trump administration pulled a “big switcheroo” on millions of undocumented migrants in the country by suddenly proposing a...
View ArticleKaiser accused of illegally using clerical staff, algorithms to triage...
SAN DIEGO (CN) — A health care workers union says in a complaint filed Tuesday that Kaiser Permanente violates California law by using unlicensed clerical staff and a computer algorithm to triage...
View ArticleTrump to issue executive order reviving coal power plants to fuel data center...
(CN) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on Tuesday aimed at boosting the declining U.S. coal industry, according to White House officials. “Today at 3PM, President Trump...
View ArticleIran’s foreign minister says he will have indirect talks with US envoy over...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran‘s foreign minister said Tuesday he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt...
View Article‘Zizian’ suspect in attempted murder case claims officers are trying to kill her
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Alexander Jeffrey Leatham, a 29-year-old transgender woman charged with the 2022 attempted murder of her Vallejo landlord, had to be forcibly restrained and removed after she...
View ArticleThousands of intimate images found in hacking investigation of former NFL and...
DETROIT (AP) — Investigators have seized thousands of intimate photos and videos from a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach who is charged with hacking into the...
View ArticleDC Circuit OKs White House press credentialing
WASHINGTON — The D.C. Circuit upheld a federal court’s ruling in favor of the White House and against Cameroonian journalist Simon Ateba, who challenged the White House press office’s credentialing...
View ArticleTrump orders 90-day pause on tariffs as global trade war escalates
(CN) — With an escalating global trade war clobbering financial markets, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly announced a 90-day pause on many tariffs and lowered most import duties, but...
View ArticleJudge blocks Trump from deporting immigrants without notice or hearing
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that the Trump administration must provide notice and a court hearing to immigrants the government seeks to deport under the Alien Enemies Act....
View ArticleDC Circuit grills DOJ over CFPB plans amid shuttering rhetoric
WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel seemed skeptical on Wednesday that the full extent of a federal judge’s order preventing the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial...
View ArticleTrump brings SCOTUS showdown over presidential firing authority
WASHINGTON (CN) — President Donald Trump called on the Supreme Court for help bringing the executive branch to heel on Wednesday, asking the justices to block the reinstatement of independent...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers knock down voter ID bill in committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A California state bill looking to impose voter ID and other requirements on Golden State elections drew a strong rebuke Wednesday from state Democrats. Assembly Bill 25 —...
View ArticleUnions representing federal workers say they still have standing to sue...
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Unions representing thousands of federal probationary workers fired by the Trump administration argued at a hearing Wednesday morning that their clients still have standing even...
View ArticlePhilly nonprofit seeks another shot at supervised injection sites under...
(CN) — A Philadelphia nonprofit clashed with the Justice Department in appeals court on Wednesday over whether it can legally open a supervised drug injection site under religious grounds as the city...
View Article‘Worst case scenario’: Arizona remains hottest, driest in recent history
PHOENIX (CN) — The record-breaking drought affecting Arizona and most of the Southwest is only getting worse, experts fear. Coming out of a La Niña weather system, known for bringing warm, dry...
View ArticleFourth Circuit panel greenlights mass federal layoffs in 19 states
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — An order from a Fourth Circuit panel granted the federal government’s motion for a stay of a preliminary injunction requiring the reinstatement of thousands of federal employees...
View ArticleTrump fails to dismiss ‘Central Park Five’ defamation suit as case against...
(CN) — A defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump can proceed despite his objections, a federal judge ruled, as five Black and Latino men who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated in...
View ArticleFox News loses bid to depose billionaire Reid Hoffman, backer of Smartmatic...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Fox News can’t depose billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman in their $2.7 billion defamation fight with voting technology company Smartmatic, a New York judge ruled Thursday....
View ArticleLive Nation, Ticketmaster can’t shake antitrust class action
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary on Thursday failed to persuade a federal judge to throw out a putative antitrust class action by consumers who claim they...
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