In a Virginia courtroom that felt more like a pressure chamber than a legal forum, the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey wobbled under its own weight. A federal judge spent much of the hearing peeling back the layers of the government’s case—only to reveal a troubling procedural tangle that may collapse the prosecution …
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The courtroom in Alexandria felt less like a venue for routine legal sparring and more like a slow unspooling of a case that had begun to wear its own seams thin. The indictment against former FBI Director James Comey—once hailed by the Trump administration as a righteous strike—found itself under the microscope of a judge …
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The legal winds over Chicago’s protest battleground shifted again, this time blowing squarely in favor of the Trump administration. A federal appeals bench stepped in and slammed the brakes on a judge’s far-reaching restrictions that had tried to rein in how immigration agents could confront demonstrators. The now-frozen order had demanded advance warnings before tear …
Court Hits Pause on Chicago Tear-Gas Limits, Handing Washington a Tactical Win Read More »
The White House cracked open a long-sealed door this week as President Donald Trump approved a law compelling the Justice Department to release its trove of Epstein-related investigative records—a cache long whispered about, sparred over, and demanded by voices across the political spectrum. The order arrives after months of uneasy tension. Epstein’s name has hovered …
Trump Throws Open the Vault: Epstein Files Set for Public Light Read More »
The quiet corridors of the Federal Trade Commission gained an unfamiliar echo on Monday—the sound of a commissioner stepping away not in defeat or controversy, but to take on an entirely different battlefield. Melissa Holyoak, long a familiar figure in Utah’s legal orbit, has been tapped as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of …
From Regulator to Prosecutor: Holyoak Takes the Helm in Utah’s Federal Arena Read More »
The U.S. House is gearing up for a high-stakes vote that has ricocheted through Washington all week: whether to force open the long-sealed investigative files tied to Jeffrey Epstein. What looked like a looming clash between Congress and the White House dissolved overnight after a sudden pivot from the Oval Office. For days, Republican lawmakers …
House Marches Toward an Epstein Files Showdown as Trump Abruptly Switches Sides Read More »
The fight over Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s future has taken a sharp new turn, with her legal team rolling out a point-by-point rebuttal to the mortgage-fraud allegations that helped trigger the White House’s attempt to oust her. In a strongly worded letter sent to the U.S. attorney general, Cook’s counsel argued that the supposed …
Fed Governor’s Mortgage Battle Takes Center Stage as Her Lawyer Strikes Back Read More »
A legal echo bounced through a Manhattan courtroom this week, shaking loose a controversy many thought had been sealed shut. More than 500 private lawsuits—once swept aside—may be clawing their way back into the spotlight, all centered on the allegation that Tylenol use during pregnancy is linked to autism and ADHD. The cases were previously …
Judges Signal a Possible Comeback for Tylenol Autism Suits as Market Shivers Read More »
A federal courtroom in Virginia has become the stage for a dramatic unravelling: a judge has concluded that the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey may have been built on shaky—and potentially tainted—ground. In a sharply worded ruling, the magistrate judge declared that the path leading to Comey’s indictment was marred by “profound investigative …
Judge Flags Deep Fault Lines in the Case Against Former FBI Chief James Comey Read More »
The Justice Department has kicked off an unusual internal sweep, asking federal prosecutors to catalogue moments when judges stood in the way of cases tied to immigration, assaults on federal officers, or investigations involving groups the administration labels as antifa. The directive, dispatched from the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, landed in prosecutors’ …
Justice Dept. Goes Hunting for “Roadblocks” as Courtroom Tensions Flare Read More »
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