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Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial
Breaking Legal News 02/15/2026Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from the plaintiffs and the two remaining defenda...
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Trump administration reaches a trade deal to lower Taiwan’s tariff barriers
U.S. Court News 02/13/2026The Trump administration reached a trade deal with Taiwan on Thursday, with Taiwan agreeing to remove or reduce 99% of its tariff barriers, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.The agreement comes as the U.S. remains reliant on Taiwan for...
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Trump is threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Canada
Litigation Reports 02/10/2026President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge and agree to other unspecified demands in his lates...
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Appeals court affirms Trump policy of jailing immigrants without bond
Breaking Legal News 02/08/2026President Donald Trump's administration can continue to detain immigrants without bond, marking a major legal victory for the federal immigration agenda and countering a slew of recent lower court decisions across the country that argued the practice...
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Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels’ financial networks
Litigation Reports 02/05/2026The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by increasingly routing drug profits through crypt...
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Partial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes
Litigation Reports 01/30/2026With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement th...
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Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs
Litigation Reports 01/27/2026Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been red...
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Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump
U.S. Court News 01/22/2026Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, a...
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown
U.S. Court News 01/17/2026A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minnea...
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok
Legal Compliance 01/14/2026Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit an...
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Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, Claims Capture in U.S. Drug Case
U.S. Court News 01/08/2026A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from p...
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Former school bus aide pleads guilty to assaulting 3 autistic students
U.S. Court News 01/04/2026A former school bus aide pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting three nonverbal students with autism who were unable to report the abuse.Kiarra Jones, 30, entered guilty pleas to 12 charges under a plea agreement as she was about to go on trial in subur...