Appeals Court Blocks Chicago Judge’s Daily Summons for Top Border Official Amid Crackdown Dispute

Appeals Court Blocks Chicago Judge’s Daily Summons for Top Border Official Amid Crackdown Dispute

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has stepped in to halt a striking judicial order that would have required a senior U.S. Border Patrol commander to appear in court every weekday — a move tied to growing tensions over federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. Gregory Bovino, a roving operations commander overseeing the Trump administration’s intensified …

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Prosecutors Pulled from Duty After Calling January 6 Crowd a ‘Mob of Rioters’ in Court Filing

Prosecutors Pulled from Duty After Calling January 6 Crowd a ‘Mob of Rioters’ in Court Filing

In a dramatic twist inside the U.S. Justice Department, two federal prosecutors were abruptly placed on leave after using the phrase “a mob of rioters” to describe Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel White and Carlos Valdivia were preparing to appear in court for the …

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NMDC Energy’s Nine-Month Surge: Profit Climbs to $259 Million as Global Backlog Swells Beyond $12 Billion

NMDC Energy’s Nine-Month Surge: Profit Climbs to $259 Million as Global Backlog Swells Beyond $12 Billion

Abu Dhabi-based NMDC Energy PJSC has powered through the first nine months of 2025 with a sharp financial upswing, reporting a net profit of AED951 million ($259 million) — up 5% year-on-year — on revenues that soared 33% to AED13 billion. The performance underscores the company’s growing influence across global energy markets and its mastery …

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Saudi Arabia Eases Investment Rules, Unlocks Main Market for Foreign Investors

Saudi Arabia Eases Investment Rules, Unlocks Main Market for Foreign Investors

Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has opened a new chapter in its push to attract global investors, approving sweeping amendments to the rules for opening investment accounts — a move designed to simplify access and expand participation in the kingdom’s rapidly growing capital markets. The revised framework, unveiled in CMA’s latest annual report, reflects …

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Saudi Arabia’s Record-Breaking Capital Markets Boom Masks a Race Against Time

Saudi Arabia’s Record-Breaking Capital Markets Boom Masks a Race Against Time

Saudi Arabia’s financial engines are roaring this year, setting records across bond and equity markets as global capital floods in to bankroll the kingdom’s trillion-dollar transformation. Yet beneath the dazzling numbers, deep structural strains hint at a far more fragile reality. Bond issuance has led the charge. Seventy-six transactions have already been executed this year …

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Deutsche Bank Deepens MENA Footprint as Regional Debt Boom Reshapes Capital Markets

Deutsche Bank Deepens MENA Footprint as Regional Debt Boom Reshapes Capital Markets

Deutsche Bank is ramping up its investment banking presence across the Middle East and North Africa, riding a surge in sovereign and corporate debt activity that has turned 2025 into one of the busiest years yet for regional capital markets. The German lender’s deal flow in MENA has jumped 30% year-on-year, with momentum strongest in …

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Judge Duane Benton to Step Aside, Opening Trump’s First Judicial Seat on 8th Circuit

Judge Duane Benton to Step Aside, Opening Trump’s First Judicial Seat on 8th Circuit

U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton, a longtime conservative voice on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has announced he will move to senior status — a semi-retirement that hands President Donald Trump his first judicial vacancy to fill in his second term. Benton, 75, informed the White House of his decision in a letter, …

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Trump Seeks Supreme Court Nod to Fire Copyright Chief After AI Report Sparks Clash Over Presidential Power

Trump Seeks Supreme Court Nod to Fire Copyright Chief After AI Report Sparks Clash Over Presidential Power

Donald Trump’s administration has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to validate his authority to dismiss Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office—an act that has become the latest test of how far presidential power can reach into independent federal institutions. The Justice Department has urged the Court to overturn …

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Google’s $190 Million Legal Bill: Texas’ Privacy Showdown Ends in a Pricey Truce

Google’s $190 Million Legal Bill: Texas’ Privacy Showdown Ends in a Pricey Truce

Google has agreed to cut a hefty check — up to $190 million — to Texas’ hired legal teams as part of a sprawling $1.375 billion privacy settlement that closed one of the state’s biggest battles with Big Tech. The deal, revealed in new court filings, also sets aside $71 million for the Texas Attorney …

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New York and California Step In as Washington Pulls the Plug on Planned Parenthood Funding

New York and California Step In as Washington Pulls the Plug on Planned Parenthood Funding

As Washington tightens the purse strings, two of America’s most populous states are digging into their own coffers to keep Planned Parenthood afloat. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that their states would cover the funding gap left by the federal government’s recent Medicaid cuts — a decision that effectively …

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