Trump's lawyer makes surprising move during Supreme Court argument

newsweek.com The decision by D. John Sauer, a lawyer for Donald Trump, to waive his rebuttal during Supreme Court arguments on the former president's immunity claims has surprised legal…

Pro-Palestinian protests deal blow to student loan forgiveness

newsweek.com Amid a wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses around the country, many have been calling into question President Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness. The…

What You Need to Know About Trump's Supreme Court Immunity Case

youtube.com The US Supreme Court has never considered whether former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for acts they took in office. Before Donald Trump, the court never…

On targeting Hillary Clinton, Trump rewrites recent history

msnbc.com It was, by any fair measure, a day unlikely any other for a major party presidential candidate. In the morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case in…

An unsettled contradiction at the heart of Trump’s immunity claim

msnbc.com As Donald Trump’s lawyer, D. John Sauer, tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that his client should have immunity from prosecution, there was a phrase the defense…

School’s out

reason.com The ole college try: Occupy Wall Street-style campus protests of Israel's war in Gaza are officially a thing. Tent encampments that went up at Columbia University have now…

Trump Campaigns at NYC Construction Site Before Court

youtube.com Former US President Donald Trump made a campaign stop in New York on Thursday morning, before was expected to return to court as witness testimony in his hush money trial…

Pressed on the ‘assassination’ question, Team Trump doubles down

msnbc.com As special counsel Jack Smith’s elections case against Donald Trump has progressed, the former president hasn’t just proclaimed his innocence. The Republican and his defense…

Maggie Haberman Reveals Trump Team ‘Feeling Very Good About’ Immunity Hearing Where Assassination Theory Was Raised

mediaite.com New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman revealed that former President Donald Trump’s team is “feeling very good” about the Supreme Court immunity…

Donald Trump's 'Legal Quagmire' Deepening: Mary Trump

newsweek.com Donald Trump's estranged niece has stated that the former president is stuck in a deepening "legal quagmire" as his criminal trial continues in New York City. Former The…

Rachel Maddow Warns the Supreme Court is Trump’s ‘Excellent Accomplice’ After ‘Stunning’ Immunity Hearing

thewrap.com Following oral arguments Thursday at the U.S. Supreme Court over Donald Trump’s argument that presidents have complete immunity from prosecution, even if they murder their…

Newsmax Host Tells Trump, ‘These Democrats Want You Dead

mediaite.com Newsmax host Greg Kelly interviewed Donald Trump on Thursday night and told the former president that prominent Democrats are trying to facilitate his death. Hours earlier,…

SEC Expected To Deny Spot Ether ETFs In May, Consensys Sues Over 'Security' Status

zerohedge.com SEC Expected To Deny Spot Ether ETFs In May, Consensys Sues Over 'Security' Status There are increasing doubts among industry insiders that the SEC will approved Spot Ether…

SCOTUS Weighs the Risk of Presidential Timidity Against the Risk of Presidential Impunity

reason.com Without "absolute immunity" from criminal prosecution for their "official acts," Donald Trump's lawyer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, presidents will be afraid to…

Trump Leaves Court and Curiously Tells Reporters, ‘I Was Forced to Be Here and I’m Glad I Was’

mediaite.com A tired-looking Donald Trump addressed courthouse reporters in a hoarse voice Thursday as he left his hush money trial, claiming, “I was forced to be here and I’m glad I was…

It's coal v clean fuels in the coming power struggle over EPA climate rules

newsweek.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday set strict new limits on greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants from power plants, setting up a high-stakes legal…

The Founding Fathers Couldn't Have Foreseen Trump

newsweek.com Call it a constitutional irony that, on the very day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the limits on the power of a partisan prosecutor to weaponize criminal…

Trump's lawyer says presidents could get away with crimes if they aren't discovered until after they leave office

aol.com None Trump's lawyers say a president can get away with crimes if Congress doesn't find out about it while they're in office. • None If a president leaves before Congress can…

Ex-tabloid publisher testifies at hush money trial about scheme to shield Trump from damaging stories

pbs.org The silver-haired, mustachioed former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker appeared at ease on his third day on the witness stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s hush money…

Trump lawyer tells SCOTUS that president could have immunity after ordering military to assassinate a political rival

aol.com None The Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday over whether to grant Trump sweeping legal immunity. • None Trump's lawyer argued that even ordering the military to kill…

Trump lawyer tells Supreme Court that political assassinations could be covered by presidential immunity

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Business Insider The News The US Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether…

Does Trump Have Immunity? What the Supreme Court Will Decide

youtube.com The US Supreme Court has never considered whether former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for acts they took in office. Before Donald Trump, the court never…

Donald Trump not being indicted in Arizona raises questions

newsweek.com Several legal analysts have questioned why former President Donald Trump was not indicted in Arizona along with 18 of his supporters. Rudy Giuliani and former White House…

New York's highest court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction: 'An abuse of judicial discretion'

fortune.com New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with…

New York's highest court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial, orders new trial

pbs.org New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ‘s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with…

Trump back in New York court for hush money trial while the Supreme Court hears his presidential immunity case

pbs.org A reluctant Donald Trump returned to a New York City courtroom Thursday as his hush money trial resumed at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in…

Donald Trump loses high-profile lawyer in two cases

newsweek.com Donald Trump will temporarily be without one of his most-trusted and high-profile defense lawyers, who is undergoing surgery, new court papers have revealed. Christopher…

Arizona indicts 18 Republicans, including Giuliani, Meadows, over 2020 fake elector scheme

pbs.org An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake…

How TikTok’s Chinese parent company will rely on an American right to keep the app alive

aol.com TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal…

Trump's Presidential Immunity Claim Under Supreme Court Review: 'It's So Fundamental To The Presidency'

benzinga.com The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to review a case on Thursday that questions if former President Donald Trump can assert immunity from prosecution for actions carried out…

Mother describes leaving Idaho for an abortion as Supreme Court considers its ban

nbcnews.com BOISE, Idaho — It was the news that every expectant mother dreads. Twelve weeks pregnant with her second child, Jennifer Adkins learned her developing fetus had Turner…

Supreme Court Takes New Step In Jan. 6 Case, Orders DOJ To Explain Themselves

zerohedge.com Supreme Court Takes New Step In Jan. 6 Case, Orders DOJ To Explain Themselves Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on…

5 things to know about the new federal ban on noncompete agreements

aol.com Employment prospects just got brighter for the estimated 30 million U.S. workers who are currently bound by so-called noncompete agreements. U.S. regulators on Tuesday…

5 things workers should know about the new federal ban on noncompete agreements

cbsnews.com Employment prospects just got brighter for the estimated 30 million U.S. workers who are currently bound by so-called noncompete agreements. U.S. regulators on Tuesday…

Biden Is Trying To Twist the Law To Advance Abortion

newsweek.com When Congress and President Ronald Reagan acted in 1986 to ensure that Americans couldn't be denied care at emergency rooms, no one in their right mind thought they were…

Trump searches in vain for a rescue as his criminal trial unfolds

msnbc.com At around 2 a.m. local time, Donald Trump published another item about his ongoing criminal trail to his social media platform, and while most of it was conspiratorial…

Arizona state House passes a bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban

nbcnews.com On their third attempt in three weeks, Arizona state House lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was…

Kari Lake and the GOP's Clumsy Messaging About Abortion

vanityfair.com Earlier this month, Kari Lake—the right-wing candidate running for the United States Senate in Arizona—tried to distance herself from the Civil War-era abortion ban the…

US Supreme Court divided on whether states can ban emergency abortions

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Washington Post, CNN, The Associated Press The News The US Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on whether Idaho’s…

The Supreme Court’s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state

vox.com An activist with the Center for Popular Democracy Action holds a large photo of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s head as the group blocks an intersection during a…

Donald Trump makes new request in Fani Willis case

newsweek.com Donald Trump's attorneys asked Judge Scott McAfee to quash two more charges against the former president in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election…

Tesla's earnings report was worse than expected, but Elon Musk has a plan

aol.com None This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. • None You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. Hi! Costco shoppers who scooped up…

A cruel and risky abortion ban versus an overreaching interpretation of federal law

reason.com President Biden makes remarks about reproductive freedom during a campaign rally at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Photo by…

Justices Lean Towards Starbucks In Labor Dispute: Report

benzinga.com U.S. Supreme Court justices reportedly signaled support for Starbucks Corp SBUX in a legal battle over rehiring seven workers at a Memphis cafe. The workers were terminated…

Countdown to TikTok crackdown: Popular app could see U.S. ban in 9 months

cbc.ca TikTok now risks becoming a high-profile casualty of the cold-war sequel developing between China and the United States. It's one of the world's social media platforms,…

A new law could ban TikTok in 2025. Here's what happens next

aol.com The Senate voted 79-18 Tuesday evening to advance a landmark bill that gives China's ByteDance up to one year to divest TikTok or face a US ban on the app. The next stop is…

Trump prepares his final pitch on presidential immunity

ft.com US Supreme Court will hear arguments in case that has huge implications for former president — and the presidency

New Jersey is pushing local telecommuters who work for New York companies to appeal their Empire State tax bills

fortune.com Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many people, has some Connecticut and New Jersey employees of New York-based companies…

Oklahoma double murder: new questions raised over women's killing

newsweek.com It was a tow truck driver who discovered the keys to the car where Emily Morgan and Totinika Elix's bodies were found, the day after police had stopped searching the area…

Alina Habba claims judges try to make Donald Trump's attorneys look bad

newsweek.com Alina Habba, lawyer for ex-President Donald Trump, denounced the U.S. justice system, specifically calling out judges presiding over the various cases against her boss. "I…

The alarming implications of Trump’s immunity claim

reason.com When Congress impeaches and removes a federal official, the Constitution says, "the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment…

New Jersey is motivating telecommuters to appeal their New York tax bills. Connecticut may be next

apnews.com Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many people, has some Connecticut and New Jersey employees of New York-based companies…

White House defines reproductive healthcare data as protected under HIPAA

theregister.com A revision to the USA’s healthcare and privacy rules aims to protect abortion providers and patients seeking the procedure — or other types of reproductive care such as in…

White House defines reproductive health care data as protected under to HIPAA

theregister.com A revision the USA’s healthcare and privacy rules aims to protect abortion providers and patients seeking the procedure — or other types of reproductive care such as in…

Biden blames Trump for Florida's "nightmare" abortion law

newsweek.com President Joe Biden went on the attack against Donald Trump while campaigning in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, blaming the former president for the state's six-week abortion…

National Labor Relations Board's authority faces challenge in Starbucks Supreme Court case

pbs.org The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a key case that could have major implications for labor rights. The court looked at a challenge brought by Starbucks…

Congress is finally set to approve a TikTok ban. But it could still be years before it takes effect

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article TikTok’s fate in the U.S. has never been more in doubt after…

LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho abortion ban

pbs.org A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative…

Donald Trump's Trial Will Only Help Him

newsweek.com "The poll numbers are up because people know what's going on," said former and perhaps future president Donald J. Trump before opening arguments began in his New York…