A quiet Virginia courtroom became the latest stage in a long-running political feud as James Comey faced federal charges tied not to a speech or a document—but a photograph of seashells. The former FBI chief surrendered to authorities a day after an indictment accused him of posting a coded threat against Donald Trump. At the …
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The courtroom in Oakland turned into a battleground of words as Elon Musk took the witness stand and accused opposing counsel of playing mind games rather than seeking clarity. Facing questions from a lawyer representing OpenAI, Musk pushed back sharply, insisting the line of questioning wasn’t as straightforward as it was being portrayed. “These aren’t …
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In a ruling that could redraw the political playbook ahead of upcoming elections, the U.S. Supreme Court has sharply narrowed the reach of one of America’s most powerful civil rights laws—the Voting Rights Act. By a 6–3 majority, the court stepped in to block a Louisiana congressional map that created a second majority-Black district. But …
A former senior U.S. health official who worked inside the government’s pandemic response apparatus has been criminally charged in a case that thrusts long-running disputes over COVID-era transparency back into the spotlight. Federal prosecutors have accused David Morens, once a senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of conspiring to dodge …
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A legal fight over President Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom took an extraordinary turn after the U.S. Justice Department urged a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit blocking the project, arguing a recent shooting incident underscored the need for the expansion on security grounds. In a sharply worded filing, government lawyers pointed to the …
Virginia’s battle over congressional maps has been pushed deeper into uncertainty after the state’s highest court refused, for now, to lift an order blocking certification of a referendum that backed a Democratic-crafted redistricting plan. The vote, approved by Virginians last week, would reshape the state’s congressional battlefield in a way Democrats believe could dramatically strengthen …
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A beach photograph, two numbers arranged in seashells, and a former FBI chief are now at the center of a politically explosive federal prosecution. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey, alleging an Instagram post featuring the numbers “86 47” amounted to a threat against President Donald Trump. Prosecutors filed charges …
A courtroom battle over the soul of artificial intelligence opened with a familiar force at center stage: Elon Musk, arguing that OpenAI strayed radically from the nonprofit vision he says he helped conceive. Testifying in federal court in Oakland, Musk cast the case not as a billionaire feud but as a fight over whether a …
A sweeping $5.5 billion criminal sentence against Purdue Pharma has moved one of America’s most consequential corporate collapses closer to its endgame, clearing a critical path for the drugmaker’s $7.4 billion bankruptcy settlement tied to the opioid epidemic. The sentencing, handed down in federal court in Newark, stems from Purdue’s 2020 guilty plea over allegations …
A dramatic criminal case is unfolding in Washington after federal prosecutors charged a California man with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, accusing him of carrying out a brazen armed attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — one of the capital’s most high-profile political gatherings. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, made his first appearance …
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