Regulation
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Witness testimony in the trial regarding former President Trump’s hush money is set to kick off for a third week on Monday. So far, the jury has received testimony from key players involved in the investigation, such as ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, attorney Keith Davidson, and Hope Hicks, who was once a close political confidante of the former president.…
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his spouse were charged Friday with accepting almost $600,000 in bribes and moving the money illegally. The legal document brought by the Justice Department (DOJ) describes payments Cuellar purportedly received from an oil business owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico. “The bribe payments were purportedly laundered,…
The judge handling former President Trump’s hush money case clarified Friday that Trump is allowed to testify during the trial, correcting the former president’s assertion a day earlier that a gag order prevented him from doing so. Judge Juan Merchan at the start of Friday’s proceedings in the case said it had come to his…
Many Democratic lawmakers have submitted a legal document to the Supreme Court opposing the enforcement of criminal penalties on homeless individuals. Led by Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), 18 Democrats argue that it is unconstitutional to arrest or fine people who have no alternative but to sleep outdoors, and that it will trap homeless people in a repetitive cycle.
A judge has halted the use of New Jersey’s “county line” ballot, which could have a big impact on the state’s political system. U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi issued the order on Friday, ruling that Kim’s lawsuit against the system used in 19 of New Jersey’s 21 counties to…
The GOP strategist who sued Conservative Political Action Conference Chair Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes Schlapp over allegations of sexual assault and defamation has dropped his lawsuits against the couple, attorneys for both sides confirmed to The Hill. “I am discontinuing all of my lawsuits. The claims made in my lawsuits were the result of…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will have to pay just under $300,000 in a deal that keeps him out of federal court. The deal — which also requires the attorney general to perform 100 hours of community service and take continuing legal education classes — allows Paxton to avoid a trial for securities fraud, for…
Texas and New Mexico had a court showdown with the US government on Wednesday in the ongoing ten-year disagreement about how to divide the water from the decreasing Rio Grande river. The Supreme Court listened to arguments about whether an agreement made by the two states, along with Colorado,…
Former President Trump’s campaign criticized a CNN report about increasing concerns over his $454 million bond as “pure bullshit.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported Tuesday night that the former president is in “panic mode” over the high bond amount set for his New York civil fraud case, citing sources familiar with Trump’s thinking. Steven Cheung, the communications…
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