Recent Updates
-
Washington, Oregon and California governors form a health alliance
Verdicts & Settlements 09/03/2025The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the...
-
‘Ketamine Queen’ pleads guilty to selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry
United States Courts 08/28/2025ㅍA woman branded as the “Ketamine Queen” pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, becoming the fifth and final defendant charged in Perry’s overdose death to admit guilt.Jasveen Sangha pleaded guil...
-
Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs, inflation data faces shower of criticism
State Bar & Other Associations 08/10/2025The director of the agency that produces the nation’s jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile.But like so much in President Donald Trum...
-
Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
State Bar & Other Associations 07/27/2025Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.More than 50 immigration judges — from senior leaders to new appointees &mdash...
-
Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits
United States Courts 06/15/2025A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.The girl’s family says that ...
-
Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
State Bar & Other Associations 11/12/2024Republicans and Democrats awaited the outcome of vote-counting for crucial U.S. House districts in California on Wednesday, as the GOP clinched majority control of the chamber next year with a race call in neighboring Arizona.In a rematch from 2022, ...
-
Nebraska high court to decide if residents with felony records can vote
State Bar & Other Associations 10/15/2024Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they’ll be able to vote in next month’s hotly contested elections after the state Supreme Court issues its ruling on a lawsuit seeking to restore their votin...
-
Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
State Bar & Other Associations 08/05/2024Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...
-
What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
United States Courts 01/11/2024Appeals court judges signaled Tuesday that they will likely reject Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. The outcome seemed clear during arguments that touched on a range of political and le...
-
Biden faces more criticism about the US-Mexico border, one of his biggest problems
State Bar & Other Associations 10/07/2023The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a senator’s work with Republicans to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S., getting tough on Chinese interests helping smugglers, and notin...
-
A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters
State Bar & Other Associations 09/17/2023The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections.New congressional maps would have to include more districts in ...
-
Adnan Syed’s lawyer appeals to Maryland Supreme Court
United States Courts 05/25/2023Adnan Syed’s lawyer asked Maryland’s highest court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reinstated his murder conviction from more than two decades ago — after he was freed last year in a legal case that gained...