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A 76-year-old woman in Washington, DC just won a lawsuit that forbids her neighbor from smoking marijuana inside his own home. What sounds like a local nuisance case has quietly set a national precedent that could reshape every state where marijuana is legal under local law but still banned federally. For five years, Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd …
The fallout from the federal government shutdown, now in its 17th day, has come to the Supreme Court. Patricia McCabe, the head of the court’s Public Information Office, said in a statement released to reporters by email on Friday afternoon that the court “expects to run out of funding on October 18” and “if new …
NEW from @lukerosiak: The man arrested by DC police on Sunday outside a mass in honor of the Supreme Court had hundreds of explosive devices…and a manifesto suggesting he was targeting both the Supreme Court and Catholics.https://t.co/8grIaaYg0y — Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) October 7, 2025 Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a man with hundreds …
Federal prosecutors investigating former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making false statements to Congress determined that a central witness in their probe would prove “problematic” and likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury, sources familiar with their findings told ABC News. https://abc7.com/post/james-comey-indictment-central-witness-undermines-case-ex-fbi-head-prosecutors-concluded/17962588/ “The indictment followed an extraordinary chain of events that …
President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House. #foxnews #news #us #fox
The justices declined to take up a case that would’ve renewed attention on the Epstein sexual-abuse saga. Trump’s administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case. NOW – Trump says he'll "speak to the DOJ" about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. pic.twitter.com/kBZ3uacSyr — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 6, 2025 President Donald Trump said Monday …
Watch live as Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be sentenced in a Manhattan federal court following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors are urging a New York federal judge to sentence the music mogul to over 11 years in prison. Sean “Diddy” Combs will learn his fate on Friday, when a judge will …
The purge is happening right now. It is fast, deliberate, and ruthless. In just one week, the White House has gone after billionaire donors, state prosecutors, federal agents, and even Supreme Court justices. Each target matters. They are not random. They are symbols of resistance, people who stood in the way before. Now they are …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-204803376.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fiscal year as the Republican president pursues his “America First” agenda. The case raises questions involving the degree to which a president has the …
Michael Popok reports on the breathtaking new federal court filing in which Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal details dozens of instances of Trump’s own sexist and disgusting comments about women, including his own daughter, to argue that not only is the Epstein Trump birthday card true, but Trump’s self-professed womanizing reputation can’t be defamed as …
Thousands of miles from the Élysée Palace, Brigitte Macron is heading to a courtroom in Delaware, and she has to prove she is biologically female. She will show medical records, pregnancy documents, and expert testimony. This is not just embarrassing. It is surreal. A public figure is being forced to defend a basic fact about …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3llj5nxdo Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman. Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted …
Charges against Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson are being announced today and the Utah County Attorney is holding a press conference to talk about the charges. Join us for live coverage of the news conference on the charges against the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect. Charlie Kirk was shot and killed last week during an …
by Martin Armstrong After months of legal turmoil, the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the United States can secure its borders and has the right to end the temporary legal protections granted to migrants under the Biden Administration. Joe Biden provided 430,000 migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua with temporary protected …
Trump did not just push the boundaries of power. He forced the courts to decide if the Federal Reserve’s independence now means protecting one of its own when fraud allegations surface. The statute says a governor can only be removed “for cause.” But it never defined the term. That hole in the law is now …
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to freeze billions in foreign aid payments for now, putting on hold a lower court ruling that required officials to spend $4 billion of that money by the end of the month. Roberts, who handles emergency appeals from federal courts in Washington, DC, issued what’s …
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a civil jury’s finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks and public statements against the longtime advice columnist after she accused him of sexual assault.
The Supreme Court gave ICE the power to act freely in Los Angeles, and the implications are bigger than most people realize. Federal law now takes priority over local rules, meaning ICE can enforce immigration without being blocked. This changes the balance, showing that national enforcement cannot be ignored. “The Supreme Court has lifted restrictions …
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has just appealed to the SUPREME COURT, asking permission to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid. He had to do this because an activist judge declared themselves president and ordered Trump to spend the aid money. OVERTURN. pic.twitter.com/Pt4uZ35afk — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 8, 2025 The Trump administration asked the …
The United States faces an economic fault line few are willing to stare at, yet the cracks are widening visibly under policies that appear deliberately reckless, with consequences that could cascade across every sector of daily life and national finance, destabilizing supply chains, investment confidence, and ordinary household budgets simultaneously. President Trump has warned that …
by Martin Armstrong Trump-appointed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been attempting to freeze $16 billion in federal funds that the Biden Administration granted to climate change NGOs. Project Veritas revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deliberately gave away BILLIONS in funds prior to Trump taking office. In a major win for the American public, the U.S. …
🚨BREAKING: Homan just revealed it's going to be a FULL COURT PRESS of federal assistance. It's not going to be just ICE, but FBI, DEA, ATF, and the National Guard! Criminals and Democrats are about to have a VERY bad time. "President Trump made a promise to the American… pic.twitter.com/R16tHpsYIP — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September …
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to quickly accept and rule on his effort to overturn lower court rulings that found most of his tariffs were not legal. Trump has made tariffs on imports from other countries the central plank of his administration’s trade policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Pressure is on Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Alito. Trump Moans on Truth Social Trump Truth Social Link: ALL TARIFFS ARE STILL IN EFFECT! Today a Highly Partisan Appeals Court incorrectly said that our Tariffs should be removed, but they know the United States of America will win in …
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country’s leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics in a phone call with Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen. (Produced by Luke Garratt).
Trump didn’t just win. He followed the law. “Congress has mandated legal disputes over federal government grants and contracts be pursued only in the Court of Federal Claims,” Solicitor General John Sauer told the justices. That’s not a loophole. That’s jurisdiction. The media buried it. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/08/22/supreme-court-says-trump-can-end-dei-research-at-nih-00518578 🚨 BREAKING – TRUMP WINS AT SUPREME COURT: SCOTUS …
BREAKING: A New York appeals court has STRUCK DOWN the $464 MILLION penalty against President Trump connected to his civil fraud case. BREAKING: A New York appeals court has STRUCK DOWN the $464 MILLION penalty against President Trump connected to his civil fraud case. pic.twitter.com/cdVZHzMsEM — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 21, 2025 Plot twist: …
They didn’t start with Meta. Didn’t touch TikTok. Skipped Reddit. They went straight for 4chan. The anonymous board. No ad budget. No lobbyists. No PR firewall. Ofcom fined it £20,000. Daily penalties began stacking. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/keir-starmer-donald-trump-prime-minister-xi-jinping-truth-social-b2797406.html 🚨Today's Must Read🚨 Keir Starmer's online STASI @Ofcom have levied their first fine under the Online Safety Act on 4chan …
Ten live facial recognition vans will be deployed – but human rights groups argue the tech is “dangerous and discriminatory”. The police’s use of facial recognition technology is to be significantly expanded in an attempt to catch more offenders, ministers have announced. Under the plans, 10 live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be used by …
Wikipedia might soon need a bouncer to keep Brits off the site. https://t.co/JoKSHWGUop — Mr H (@MrHrandomnumber) August 11, 2025 “The High Court has rejected a challenge by Wikipedia to Britain’s online safety rules after the company claimed the laws could force it to block millions of people in the UK from visiting its website.” …