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Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
Business Law 01/02/2026U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in Ju...
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China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn ‘external forces’ after US
Legal World 12/27/2025China’s military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against separatist and “external interference” force...
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California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March
Lawyer Blogs 12/22/2025A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licen...
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Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached
Headline News 12/17/2025States will share $10 billion for rural health care next year in a program that aims to offset the Trump administration’s massive budget cuts to rural hospitals, federal officials announced Monday.But while every state applied for money from th...
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The BBC, Both Beloved and Maligned, Faces a $10 Billion Trump Lawsuit
Headline News 12/12/2025U.S. President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a television documentary he claims was “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory and malicious.”Britain’s national broadcaster has apologized to Trump ...
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Former Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
Court Alerts 12/03/2025Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from Presid...
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Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions
Court Alerts 12/01/2025The Supreme Court is meeting in private Friday with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not A...
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Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
Court Alerts 11/28/2025A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeo...
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Court official dismisses Justice Department’s misconduct complaint
Business Law 11/25/2025A court official has dismissed a Justice Department complaint that accused a federal judge of “hostile and egregious” misconduct during hearings for a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops serving in...
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UAB football player accused of stabbing 2 teammates before game
Bankruptcy 11/21/2025A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player stabbed two teammates Saturday morning hours before the team’s game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement.The two wounded players were in stable conditi...
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S. Carolina lawmakers look at the most restrictive abortion bill in the US
Legal World 11/18/2025A bill that would allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison and could restrict the use of IUDs and in vitro fertilization goes before a small group of South Carolina senators Tuesday.This would be the first of at least a h...
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Longest government shutdown in US history ends after 43 days
Latest News 11/13/2025President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at...