As President Trump moves unilaterally to slash the federal bureaucracy and upend longstanding policies, Republicans in Congress have embarked on a spree of deregulation, using an obscure law to quietly but steadily chip away at Biden-era rules they say are hurting businesses and consumers. In recent weeks, the G.O.P. has pushed through a flurry of […]
US president Donald Trump signed two memoranda on Wednesday directing the justice department to investigate former officials Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, while also targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey involved in litigation against his allies.The move marks a sharp escalation in Trump’s campaign to punish critics from his first term. Taylor and Krebs had […]
As a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Wall Street’s oldest law firm, Todd Blanche had represented people close to President Trump over the years. But in 2023, when Mr. Trump was facing multiple criminal investigations and Mr. Blanche wanted to represent him, most of the firm’s leadership balked at the idea, according to people […]
President Trump’s campaign of retribution has turned out to be far more expansive, efficient and creative than many expected. Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what Mr. Trump has done in his first months in office and how his targets have reacted. Source link
The European Union regulators are preparing to impose significant penalties on Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark law aimed at curbing illicit content and disinformation, according to a report by The New York Times. The penalties, expected to be announced this summer, could include a fine […]
File photo of Luigi Mangione California voters may soon weigh in on a controversial new healthcare measure named after Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate accused of murdering the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in cold blood.The proposed legislation, dubbed the “Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act,” was introduced by retired Los Angeles attorney Paul Eisner, […]
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump faced back-to-back legal blows by judges. After the CFPB, the judges temporarily blocked key parts of Trump’s executive orders targeting Jenner & Block and WilmerHale on Friday The legal firms challenged the Republican president’s actions in court, while Skadden Arps negotiated an agreement with the White House […]
File photo of US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under the rarely invoked 18th-century Alien Enemies Act, while ongoing legal battles continue. The emergency appeal follows a rejection by the federal appeals court in […]
Appeals court won’t halt order barring Donald Trump administration from deportations under wartime law A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to lift an order barring US President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a rarely invoked wartime law.In a 2-1 decision, the US […]
South Korea, a beacon of democracy and innovation, recently found itself embroiled in an extraordinary political storm. What began as a seemingly benign act of receiving a luxury handbag escalated into a controversy that shook the nation, culminating in an unprecedented—albeit short-lived—declaration of martial law. The scandal, centered on First Lady Kim Keon-hee and a […]
