(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up two cases over whether individuals with felony records can be permanently disarmed under the Second Amendment.
The court declined to hear Zherka v. Bondi and Duarte v. U.S. Each challenge targets laws banning individuals with...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday to decide whether President Donald Trump can fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case over whether states can prevent concealed carry holders on private property that is open to the public…
(Dave Mason, The Center Square) The second in-person pretrial hearing for Tyler James Robinson, charged with the murder of conservative leader and Arizona resident Charlie Kirk, took an extraordinary turn mid-Friday afternoon when the chief prosecutor took the witness stand.
Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray, the elected official who oversees...
(Headline USA) Manhattan's top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer was told in a letter signed by...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company countersued one of his baby mothers Thursday after she accused the platform of enabling sexualized AI-generated images of her.
Filed Thursday in federal court in Texas, the lawsuit came after Ashley St. Clair sued xAI in New York, claiming social media users exploited the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The man convicted of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at his Palm Beach golf course in September 2024 has asked for a lenient sentence. While the government seeks life imprisonment, Ryan Routh’s attorney has asked for 20 years.
In a Thursday motion for a downward departure...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court decided three cases Wednesday about political candidates' standing to sue, warrantless searches, and double convictions.
The justices marked Jan. 14 as the first day in 2026 where they released multiple opinions.
Here are summaries of those opinions.
Case v. Montana
In a 9-0 decision,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been accused in a lawsuit of having sex with her security guards and breaking up the family of one of them in the process.
The lawsuit against Sinema was filed Monday in North Carolina federal court by Heather Ammel, who...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A federal judge is prohibiting police from releasing footage of officers arresting the man who allegedly stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on a Charlotte train on Aug. 22.
In a Friday order, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell agreed that publicizing the footage of Decarlos Brown Jr.’s...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The defense attorney for the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest says that President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon for Jan. 6 offenses should apply to his client.
Brian Cole...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Tennessee lawmakers will consider a bill that would allow voluntary prayer and Bible studies in state schools and public charter schools.
House Bill 1491, by Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, said the prayer time could be silent or groups could have a designated prayer time. Parents...