Uber heads into a closely watched courtroom battle in Arizona this week, a case that could ripple far beyond one woman’s claim and into the heart of how the ride-hailing giant answers for passenger safety. At the center of the trial is an Oklahoma woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a driver she …
Phoenix Trial Puts Uber’s Safety Promises on the Line Read More »
The BBC is preparing to ask a U.S. court to throw out President Donald Trump’s sweeping defamation lawsuit, arguing that the case never belonged there in the first place. Court filings released late Monday indicate the British broadcaster will seek dismissal of Trump’s claim, which demands up to $10 billion over the editing of a …
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A coalition of Democratic-led states has taken the Trump administration to court, accusing federal health officials of attaching unlawful strings to massive public funding programs in a move they say targets transgender Americans. Twelve states filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island, arguing that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) …
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A federal courtroom in Boston turned into a reckoning over paperwork, power, and a young life interrupted, after a college student was deported to Honduras even though a judge had ordered that she remain in the United States. At the center of the case is Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College student who …
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The U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to side with states seeking to bar transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, as conservative justices pressed arguments that framed the issue as one of fairness, safety, and legislative authority rather than individual accommodation. The debate unfolded during marathon hearings over laws enacted in Idaho …
The U.S. government has put its enforcement plans on hold for now, agreeing not to push hospitals or clinics out of Medicare or Medicaid over gender-affirming care for minors while a major court challenge moves forward. According to a recent court filing, the Department of Health and Human Services will refrain from issuing exclusion notices …
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Nicolás Maduro’s first steps into a Manhattan courtroom were less about handcuffs and charges than about a far larger question: how far can the United States go when it drags a foreign leader before its judges? Standing before the court, Maduro rejected the accusations of narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking and doubled down on a claim …
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Elon Musk has won the right to take his fight with OpenAI to a jury, after a U.S. judge ruled that his claims over the company’s shift toward a for-profit model raise factual disputes too serious to dismiss. At a hearing in Oakland, a federal judge said the record contains substantial evidence suggesting OpenAI’s leadership …
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Donald Trump has begun the new year by putting names to the bench. Late Tuesday, the U.S. president revealed his first round of federal judicial selections for 2026 through a series of social media posts, continuing his long-running effort to imprint his priorities on the courts during his second term. With only a limited number …
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump has moved a Georgia state court to recover more than $6.2 million, saying the sum reflects what he spent defending himself in a now-defunct case tied to the 2020 election. The request follows the collapse of the high-profile proceedings in Fulton County, which were formally withdrawn late last year. Trump’s …
Trump Seeks $6 Million Payback After Georgia Election Case Unravels Read More »
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