Recent Updates
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Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, Claims Capture in U.S. Drug Case
U.S. Court News 01/08/2026A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from p...
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Iran executes a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad
U.S. Court News 01/04/2026Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad, state media reported Wednesday.The official IRNA news agency identified the man as Ali Ardestani, saying he relayed sensitive information to Mossad officers in return for financial re...
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Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
Legal Issues 01/02/2026U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in Ju...
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California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March
U.S. Court News 12/26/2025A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licen...
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US announces massive arms sales to Taiwan worth more than $10 billion
Legal Issues 12/19/2025President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China.The State Department...
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Trump bans travel from 5 more countries, imposes new limits on others
Legal Events 12/15/2025President Donald Trump‘s administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The deci...
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Trump says he’s terminating legal protections for Somali migrants
Law Firm News 12/01/2025President Donald Trump said Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has ...
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S. Carolina lawmakers look at the most restrictive abortion bill in the US
Legal Events 11/19/2025A bill that would allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison and could restrict the use of IUDs and in vitro fertilization goes before a small group of South Carolina senators Tuesday.This would be the first of at least a h...
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Longest government shutdown in US history ends after 43 days
Legal Events 11/13/2025President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at...
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Dominican appeals court to hear arguments on Franco’s conviction
Law Firm News 11/08/2025Wander Franco’s attorneys pushed to have the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop’s sexual-abuse conviction and sentencing overturned Tuesday.Franco in June was convicted of sexually abusing a minor, and he then received a two-year suspende...
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California voters take up Prop 50, a Democratic push for more US House seats
Law Firm News 11/03/2025The national battle to control the U.S. House shifts to California on Tuesday as voters consider a Democratic proposal that could erase as many as five Republican districts and blunt President Donald Trump’s moves to safeguard his party’s...
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Man pleads not guilty to sparking deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles
U.S. Court News 10/21/2025A 29-year-old man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges.Jonathan Rinderknecht appeared in federal court Thursday afternoon after arri...