Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
A deadline looms Tuesday for the removal of a fence surrounding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in west suburban Broadview. A judge ordered that the riot fence must come down by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. But new barriers went up on Monday, and they are drawing criticism too. The fence was erected Sept. 23 …
A federal judge allows the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment to Chicago to move forward as state officials decry it as political overreach. Israeli and Hamas officials meet in Egypt to finalize Trump’s proposed peace deal on the two-year anniversary of the October 7 terror attack. Paramount acquires Bari Weiss’s Free Press in a $150 …
BREAKING: South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an apparent explosion. pic.twitter.com/A18oGnlaXT — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 5, 2025 An inferno ripped through the waterfront home of a South Carolina judge and her Democratic ex-senator husband on Saturday, leaving three people hospitalized, according to authorities and reports. Circuit Court Judge …
President Trump voiced his frustration on Sunday morning about the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who he appointed during his first term, that is preventing him as of now from deploying troops to Portland. 🚨 BREAKING: DHS has deployed BLACKHAWKS over the ICE facility in Portland, as rioters get tear-gassed and pepperballed …
Judge sentences Sean Diddy Combs to 4 years and 2 months in prison, citing history of abusing women Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in a case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was …
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 …
Judge gives US president 28 days to refile action after saying original filing is full of ‘vituperation and invective’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/trump-nyt-lawsuit-judge-ruling A federal judge tossed Donald Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, book publisher Penguin and two Times reporters, and said the suit was filled with “vituperation and invective” and violated civil procedure …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu4H9EI37uA A New York judge on Tuesday dropped the state terrorism charges against UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione. Last December Mangione was indicted on 11 criminal counts, including first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, for the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg previously outlined the charges in a statement. …
How can people trust a system where those making life-or-death decisions don’t even need proper training? It keeps on getting worse 🤬pic.twitter.com/loIRkvFGJr — GFY TV (@Viralvid_89) September 10, 2025 I wasn’t aware judges didn’t even have to go to Law School. pic.twitter.com/LxihfQjO2R — The Older Millennial (@teameffujoe) September 9, 2025 Yes, it's real. In the …
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 …
Orem man released on bond after being charged with 41 felonies involving CSAM https://www.abc4.com/news/crimes-against-children/orem-man-released-on-bond-csam/
A federal judge on Wednesday stopped the Trump administration’s attempt to axe $2.2 billion in research funding for Harvard University.
This ruling strips the government of one of the few tools that was actually making cartels afraid. By halting strikes, the courts have signaled weakness, and weakness is always read as opportunity by organized crime. Every cartel boat that slips through will not just carry drugs, it will carry proof that U.S. sovereignty can be …
It started with a ruling. Not a warning. Not a debate. A federal judge declared the president’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles illegal. Not unusual. Not controversial. Illegal. The kind of word that should stop everything. It did not. “A federal judge has declared President Donald Trump’s use of military troops in Los Angeles …
BREAKING: Trump’s use of the National Guard during immigration protests in Los Angeles is illegal, a judge rules. Follow AP's live updates. https://t.co/VpKS0wJN8H — The Associated Press (@AP) September 2, 2025
LaMonica McIver begs her judge to dismiss her charges in a desperate attempt to avoid a lengthy prison sentence.
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Jeffrey Epstein case, writing that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticizing its motion as a “diversion” tactic. “The information contained in the Epstein grand …
WATCH: @USAttyPirro responds to a reporter who says that "crime is down" in D.C.: "Down from what? If we had the 4th highest homicide rate in the country [a year ago] … people want to pat themselves on the back? NO WAY… This is the nation's capital." pic.twitter.com/H3eYSefKBQ — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 11, …
Ghislaine Maxwell tried to sell Trump dirt to Biden’s DOJ. Then said nothing. Her motive wasn’t truth, it was survival. A fellow inmate says Maxwell offered damaging intel on Donald Trump to Biden’s team ahead of the 2024 election. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/5/why-is-ghislaine-maxwell-so-central-to-trump-epstein-conspiracy-theories But when the DOJ interviewed her, she delivered nothing. “Maxwell said nothing harmful to Trump.” …
Boasberg tried to prosecute Trump officials. They kept deporting migrants after his order to stop. He called it “willful disregard.” The appeals court called it overreach. “The order forces a coequal branch to choose between capitulating to an unlawful judicial order and subjecting its officials to a dubious prosecution.” — Judge Neomi Rao https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/appeals-court-scraps-boasberg-s-contempt-order-against-trump-officials/ar-AA1KawAI Trump …
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was denied bail for the fifth time and will stay in jail until sentencing on October 3. The judge ruled that he is a flight risk and a danger because of evidence showing violence and threats against former girlfriends and escorts. The defense said he was just living a swinger lifestyle, but …
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes now wears a new label in Washington: sanctioned for human rights abuses. The U.S. government accuses him of abusing power to silence dissent, targeting Americans through secret court orders that pressured major social media companies to ban voices critical of the regime. His judicial overreach includes authorizing pre-trial …
Ohio teacher starts panicking and crying in court after being sentenced to a week in jail for stalking her ex-boyfriend. 27-year-old Hannah Freeman was accused of following her ex-boyfriend to work at least 33 times in a single month. She was also accused of breaking into his car and stealing over $1000 worth of items. …
by Martin Armstrong The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may no longer remove medical debt from credit scores, a federal judge has ruled. This is yet another example of political cycles dictating economic policy, as the Trump-era judge dismissed the Biden-appointed mandate. Today, regulators expand; tomorrow, courts shrink. Millions of Americans will be affected by …
Here’s some breaking news: 10 juveniles were found at this marijuana facility – all illegal aliens, 8 of them unaccompanied. It’s now under investigation for child labor violations. This is Newsom’s California. https://t.co/Z1XoRMtBSN — CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott (@CBPCommissioner) July 11, 2025 These are the juveniles found in the marijuana facility – almost all unaccompanied, …
https://imgur.com/BBSPvqc An 18-year-old named Dantr Wright was sentenced to 285 years in prison on July 7 after a courtroom incident that stunned observers and shifted the tone of the entire proceeding. Wright had originally faced 25 years for his role in the fatal robbery and shooting of high school student Jordan Cle. But during the …
A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered CVS Health’s Omnicare division to pay $948.8 million in penalties and damages after a jury found the company liable for submitting over 3.3 million false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare between 2010 and 2018. The ruling, issued July 7, stems from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a …
A federal judge just stepped into the immigration ring and threw a punch at the executive branch. On July 2, Judge Randolph D. Moss issued a ruling that blocks President Trump’s January proclamation suspending asylum access at the southern border. Moss says the president cannot override asylum laws passed by Congress. The ruling runs 128 …
