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Two federal courtrooms—one in Portland, Oregon, and another in Washington, D.C.—became the latest battlegrounds over former President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to send National Guard troops into American cities, testing the limits of presidential power on domestic soil. In Portland, Justice Department attorneys pressed Judge Karin Immergut to roll back her ban on Trump’s troop …

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A prominent American law firm has issued a sweeping apology after artificial intelligence tripped it into a courtroom fiasco. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani — a national firm boasting 1,800 lawyers — confessed it was “profoundly embarrassed” when one of its attorneys submitted a bankruptcy filing riddled with fake citations and legal fabrications conjured by AI. …

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In a move steeped in political controversy, Liberia has agreed—on what it calls a “strictly humanitarian and temporary basis”—to accept Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year became a flashpoint in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. According to a U.S. Justice Department filing, Abrego could be removed to the West …

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When the government shutters, most federal employees wait it out in silence. Isaac Stein, however, took to the streets — with a grill, a grin, and a dream wrapped in a bun. By weekday, Stein is a 31-year-old attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, the kind of mind that untangles retirement plan regulations in a …

From Tax Codes to Hot Dogs: A Furloughed D.C. Lawyer Serves Wit, Mustard, and a Slice of Irony Read More »

New York’s Attorney General Letitia James — the same official who once took on Donald Trump and won a $450 million civil fraud verdict — is now in the crosshairs of a federal prosecution. Standing before a judge in Norfolk, Virginia, she pleaded “Not guilty, judge, to both counts.” The courtroom formality barely ended before …

Letitia James Stands Defiant: NY Attorney General Pleads Not Guilty, Calls Charges a “Weaponized Justice” Read More »

James Comey isn’t quietly enduring the charges against him—he’s fighting back with both barrels. The former FBI Director has asked a federal judge to throw out the criminal case he faces, calling it the product of a vindictive political crusade ordered by Donald Trump himself. In filings submitted this week, Comey accused the government of …

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A federal judge in Oregon signaled she will stop the Trump administration from enforcing a directive that would strip millions in federal grants from states refusing to erase references to “gender ideology” from sex education materials. The case—brought by Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, and a coalition of 16 states plus the District of Columbia—centers on a …

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A U.S. appeals court has granted former President Donald Trump the authority to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon — a decision that deepens the legal and political divide over the federal government’s power to intervene in state affairs. The ruling, delivered by a split three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, …

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A federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit filed by two IRS agents against veteran Washington attorney Abbe Lowell, reinforcing the protections afforded to lawyers advocating for their clients. The case, initiated last year by IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, claimed Lowell defamed them in letters to Congress and media outlets regarding …

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Tesla’s record-shattering $1 trillion pay proposal for CEO Elon Musk is hitting turbulence as influential proxy adviser ISS has urged shareholders to vote it down, calling it an “extraordinarily high” package that could limit the board’s flexibility for years to come. This marks the second consecutive year ISS has recommended against Musk’s compensation plan. Its …

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