(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The embattled federal judge reprimanded for engaging in sexual intercourse inside her taxpayer-funded chambers was identified Thursday as U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross, whose jurisdiction includes parts of Georgia.
Nonprofit organization Marco Polo first publicly identified Ross as the judge at the center of the sexual scandal....
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) For years, the North Carolina Board of Elections maintained that state law allowed certain non-residents to vote in federal elections. On Tuesday, a state court ruled that this interpretation was unconstitutional.
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee against the North Carolina...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who won $88 million in civil judgments against President Donald Trump after accusing him of sexual assault.
Citing two anonymous sources, the Times reported that the DOJ...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An unnamed federal judge in the South was disciplined earlier this year after admitting to disturbing accusations of judicial misconduct, including claims she engaged in a sexual relationship with an officer inside her taxpayer-funded chambers.
The allegations were revealed in a judicial filing released Friday by the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former senior CIA official has been implicated in a scheme to apparently steal some $40 million in gold bars that he has obtained from the government for unspecified “work-related expenses.”
The ex-CIA official, David Rush, was arrested on May 19, a day after the FBI...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny.
Parent company Meta Platforms Inc. appealed after Vermont’s highest court allowed a suit filed by its...
(Headline USA) A federal judge in Brooklyn agreed Wednesday to dismiss charges against a former Fox executive and South American sports media company in a corruption case related to TV rights for international soccer tournaments.
Judge Pamela K. Chen accepted an explanation provided by U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. that...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Birthright citizenship, transgender athletes in female sports and federal firing powers are among more than two dozen cases yet to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court as the term draws to a close.
Traditionally, justices on the nation’s high court finalize decisions in cases...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) A federal judge dismissed Tennessee charges against a man who, at one time, was at the center of the immigration debate.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was charged with human smuggling in connection with a Tennessee traffic stop. Garcia was driving an SUV with eight passengers. One...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Michael Spitze, the father of admitted child abuser Kyle Spitze, was sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Wednesday for tampering with one of his son’s victims.
The son, Kyle, was arrested in March 2024 for a slew of child...
(Headline USA) Members of the "Return to the Land" project in Arkansas say they want to live peacefully as an all-white community while the rest of the country becomes more diverse. But a woman of Jewish ancestry is asking the federal government to stop them.
A real estate broker says...
(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government.
The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes...