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Robes and Rebukes: Trump’s Tariff Fury Shadows Supreme Court at State of the Union

Robes and Rebukes: Trump’s Tariff Fury Shadows Supreme Court at State of the Union

The chamber was heavy with ceremony, but the tension was unmistakable. When President Donald Trump stepped into the House floor to deliver his State of the Union address, he found himself only a few feet away from members of the very court that had just derailed one of his signature trade policies. Days earlier, the …

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Bloodline in the Dock: Nick Reiner Denies Killing Hollywood Power Couple Parents

Bloodline in the Dock: Nick Reiner Denies Killing Hollywood Power Couple Parents

The heir to a Hollywood legacy stood behind glass in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday and uttered two words that now anchor one of the city’s most jarring crime sagas: not guilty. Nick Reiner, 32, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of his parents — …

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$150,000 Exit Door Opens: Court Clears UPS to Roll Out Massive Driver Buyout Plan

$150,000 Exit Door Opens: Court Clears UPS to Roll Out Massive Driver Buyout Plan

A federal courtroom in Boston has cleared the runway for United Parcel Service to move ahead with an ambitious workforce reduction plan—one that places a $150,000 check on the table for tens of thousands of its drivers. At the center of the clash was a challenge mounted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union …

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Twin Departures at the Top of Federal Appeals Courts Open Fresh Judicial Slots for Trump

Twin Departures at the Top of Federal Appeals Courts Open Fresh Judicial Slots for Trump

Two of the most senior figures in the federal appellate judiciary are preparing to step back from full-time duty — a quiet shift with loud political consequences. Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals …

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Maryland Moves to Block Federal Immigration Lockup, Takes Trump Administration to Court

Maryland Moves to Block Federal Immigration Lockup, Takes Trump Administration to Court

A political and legal standoff is unfolding in the state of Maryland, where officials have gone to court to stop the construction of a new federal immigration detention center backed by the administration of Donald Trump. At the heart of the dispute is a sprawling 54-acre warehouse property in Washington County, acquired for over $100 …

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After Tariffs Fall, FedEx Moves to Reclaim Its Money from Washington

After Tariffs Fall, FedEx Moves to Reclaim Its Money from Washington

The legal aftershocks of Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs have begun — and FedEx is among the first corporate giants to head to court with its hand outstretched. The Memphis-based logistics heavyweight has filed suit before the U.S. Court of International Trade, demanding a full refund of duties it paid under tariffs imposed through the International …

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Oil, Revolution and a Billion-Dollar Reckoning: Exxon’s Cuba Claim Lands Before the Top US Court

Oil, Revolution and a Billion-Dollar Reckoning: Exxon’s Cuba Claim Lands Before the Top US Court

More than six decades after Cuba’s revolution redrew the island’s economic map, the aftershocks have reached the marbled courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court. At the center stands ExxonMobil, arguing that it deserves compensation exceeding $1 billion for oil and gas assets seized by Havana in 1960, in the wake of the revolution that brought …

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Sealed for Good: Federal Court Locks Away Report in Trump Documents Prosecution

Sealed for Good: Federal Court Locks Away Report in Trump Documents Prosecution

A federal courtroom in Florida has drawn a final curtain over a long-simmering chapter of litigation surrounding former and now-serving U.S. President Donald Trump. In a decisive order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon permanently barred the Justice Department from releasing a prosecutor’s report tied to the classified documents case that once shadowed Trump’s post–White House …

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Autopilot on Trial: Court Refuses to Let Tesla Escape $243 Million Crash Verdict

Autopilot on Trial: Court Refuses to Let Tesla Escape $243 Million Crash Verdict

A federal courtroom in Miami has delivered a blunt message to Tesla: the jury’s decision stands. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom declined to undo a $243 million verdict tied to a deadly 2019 crash involving a Model S operating with Autopilot engaged. In a ruling made public Friday, the judge concluded that trial evidence “more …

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$575 Million Wildfire Truce: PacifiCorp Cuts Deal With Washington

$575 Million Wildfire Truce: PacifiCorp Cuts Deal With Washington

A string of wildfires that tore through Oregon and Northern California has now produced a $575 million reckoning. PacifiCorp, the Portland-based utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, has agreed to pay the U.S. government to settle claims that its electrical lines ignited six major fires that scorched vast stretches of federal land. The payment closes a …

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