Recent Updates
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Bolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election
Breaking Legal News 10/05/2026Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil's incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America's powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday's...
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Attorney says woman will plead not guilty in killing of son-in-law at California park
Breaking Legal News 10/02/2026The attorney for a Northern California woman who was charged along with her husband in the killing of their son-in-law said Thursday that she plans to plead not guilty and focus her defense on the abuse allegedly perpetrated by the victim.Shili Chen ...
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Maduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in a $195M money laundering case
Breaking Legal News 09/27/2026A close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro long described by U.S. officials as the ousted leader’s frontman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government...
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David Crowley wins Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
Breaking Legal News 08/12/2026Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short while trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state.Crowley, the Milwaukee county executive, is vying to ...
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Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots
Breaking Legal News 07/02/2026The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.The 5-4 decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of C...
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US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China
Breaking Legal News 06/08/2026Linda Sun, a former aide to New York governors, was accused of selling her influence to the Chinese government. Sun pleaded not guilty to charges that she failed to register as an agent of a foreign government, conspired with her husband to launder m...
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Supreme Court Blocks California Transgender Student Disclosure Law
Breaking Legal News 03/03/2026The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.The order blocks for now a ...
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Trump bans travel from 5 more countries, imposes new limits on others
Breaking Legal News 12/15/2025President Donald Trump‘s administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The deci...
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Budget airline begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations
Breaking Legal News 05/10/2025A budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendan...
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Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah
Breaking Legal News 05/20/2024The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. Although Israel is unlikely to comply with the ord...
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Man convicted of fraudulently seeking $13M in COVID-19 loans
Breaking Legal News 02/28/2022A Massachusetts businessman has been convicted of fraudulently seeking more than $13 million in federal coronavirus pandemic relief loans, federal prosecutors said. Elijah Majak Buoi, 40, of Winchester, was convicted Thursday of four counts of wire f...
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US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
Breaking Legal News 02/04/2022The Biden administration on Monday slapped sanctions on top members of Myanmar’s judiciary and one of its main revenue-producing ports over rights abuses since last year’s coup. The sanctions on the country’s attorney general, supre...