Signing Epstein Files Act ‘Won’t Be Enough,’ Legal Analyst Says
A former federal prosecutor has rounded on President Donald Trump for calling a journalist “piggy,” and has invoked the spirit of a fierce Muppet to demand the release of the case files on the investigation into former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Why It Matters Trump’s comment to a female journalist from the […]
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Donald Trump Suffers Two Major Legal Setbacks Within Hours
President Donald Trump faced two major legal setbacks on Monday as courts in New York and Tennessee moved to constrain key parts of his domestic enforcement agenda. Within hours, a federal judge upheld New York’s limits on courthouse immigration arrests, while a state judge in Nashville blocked the deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops to […]
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Donald Trump ‘May Not Outlast’ Epstein Files Scandal: Legal Analyst
President Donald Trump “may not outlast” the scandal surrounding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the files related to investigations of the disgraced financier who died in jail six years ago, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance said on Wednesday. Newsweek reached out to a legal analyst via X for additional comment on Wednesday night. Why It […]
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Trump-appointed judge hands admin legal loss on National Guard in Portland
President Donald Trump and his administration were handed a new legal loss on Friday regarding National Guard troop deployments in Portland, Oregon, from a judge he appointed. White House Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson to Newsweek via email on Friday night, in part, “President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities […]
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Historian Won’t Back Down at Prince Harry Legal Threat But Makes Key Change
Stories about Prince Harry getting into a fist fight with Prince Andrew have not been removed from a biography despite Harry saying it never happened, the author told Newsweek. Historian Andrew Lownie’s new book Entitled charts the rise and fall of Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson with eye popping details about Jeffrey Epstein, mistreatment […]
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Donald Trump’s Bid To Make Key Data Secret Hit by Major Legal Blow
A federal appeals court has rejected a bid by the Trump administration to keep a public database of federal spending under wraps, ruling that the move defied Congress‘ constitutional authority over government appropriations. In a unanimous order issued on Saturday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit gave the […]
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Trump Administration Suffers Double Legal Blow Within Hours
The Trump administration suffered two legal defeats within hours on Friday. A judge in California ordered the release of a Syrian national it has been seeking to deport while a federal Rhode Island judge blocked the imposition of new conditions on domestic violence programs as part of the president’s campaign against “gender ideology.” Details of […]
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Could South Park’s Trump Attack Cost Paramount? Legal Experts Weigh In
The animated sitcom South Park made a return to screens this week with a wild satirical portrayal of President Donald Trump, prompting questions about potential legal blowback on the makers. Following a near two-and-a-half-year hiatus, the premiere episode shows a naked Trump trying to seduce Satan, and came a day after the show’s creators Trey […]
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Donald Trump Suffers Major Legal Blow: ‘Grave Constitutional Violations’
On Friday, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump‘s executive order targeting legal firm Susman Godfrey, ruling it was “unconstitutional from beginning to end.” This is the fourth defeat in court Trump has suffered since imposing punitive measures on a number of law firms that either were involved in legal cases against him or represented […]
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Donald Trump Hit With Major Legal Blow in Harvard Fight
A federal judge on Monday blocked another effort by President Donald Trump‘s administration to keep international students from attending Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued a preliminary injunction that extends a temporary order she issued earlier this month preventing the administration from enforcing a proclamation Trump signed on June 4 blocking foreign students […]
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