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Home Daily News ‘Is this a throwback to the McCarthy era?’… Law Firms ‘Is this a throwback to the McCarthy era?’ Judges consider injunction bids by firms targeted in Trump orders By Debra Cassens Weiss April 24, 2025, 10:57 am CDT Then-Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of the District of Columbia listens during an investiture ceremony in April 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Two federal judges sharply questioned a government lawyer Wednesday as they considered bids by Perkins Coie and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to permanently enjoin executive orders that target them…

It will be the Middle East’s first and only hotel and tower by Trump…The Dubai skyline is gorgeous as is, but thanks to the addition of new towers such as the Ciel Tower, Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower, and Burj Azizi to name a few, it’s about to level up. And we have just received news that yet another tower will be added to the grand skyline: Trump International Hotel & Tower.It will be the Middle East’s first and only hotel and tower by Trump. The tower is set to join many of the skyscrapers soaring to the sky at the…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ProPublica on Monday won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service for the series “Life of the Mother,” which the judges described as “urgent reporting about pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague ‘life of the mother’ exceptions in states with strict abortion laws.” The prize is given to the staff of a news organization that performed “meritorious public service.” This is the second consecutive year the organization was awarded…

Katy Watson & Simon AtkinsonReporting fromMorwell, VictoriaBBCIan Wilkinson, a local pastor, survived after weeks of treatment in hospitalThe only surviving guest of the deadly beef wellington lunch at the heart of a high-profile Australian court case says he and his wife had been “very happy” to get an invitation to the gathering.Ian Wilkinson was left seriously ill after the meal, which led to the deaths of his wife and two other relatives.Erin Patterson – who is charged with the murder of three relatives and the attempted murder of another, has pleaded not guilty and her defence team says she “panicked”…

U.S. President Donald Trump claims he wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house criminals.The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the U.S. government sent notorious gangsters Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly, as well as lesser-known men who were considered too dangerous to lock up elsewhere.Infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger served time in Alcatraz, as did Canadian bank robber Alvin Karpis, and Soviet spy Morton Sobell.Canadian-born Alvin Karpis, seen above during an arrest…

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices on Monday afternoon that Congress has given the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the power to appoint members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, while the lawyer for a group of individuals and small businesses challenging the constitutionality of that group’s structure countered that Congress failed to do so. The arguments came in relatively rare supplemental briefs filed at the justices’ request two weeks after the oral arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management.  Under the Affordable Care Act, the task force – an independent panel of experts…

Home Daily News SCOTUSblog will expand offerings, keep ‘unbiased… U.S. Supreme Court SCOTUSblog will expand offerings, keep ‘unbiased coverage’ after acquisition by Dispatch Media By Debra Cassens Weiss April 24, 2025, 11:52 am CDT Dispatch Media Inc. has acquired SCOTUSblog, the website with in-depth and breaking news coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court that was founded by Tom Goldstein and Amy Howe, a husband-and-wife legal team. (Photo by Rob Crandall/Shutterstock) Dispatch Media Inc. has acquired SCOTUSblog, the website with in-depth and breaking news coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court that was founded by Tom Goldstein and Amy Howe, a husband-and-wife…

Better start writing these down, folks…For those of us who use the Dubai Metro, every so often we get the news that a Dubai Metro station has been renamed. And if you don’t keep in the loop, you’re definitely going to have a confused look on your face when the metro station gets announced or if you see the new signage.We’re here to help you stay updated, and have yet another Dubai Metro name change to announce: The UAE Exchange Metro station will be renamed to Life Pharmacy.Dubai Media Office announced the name change in a report on their official…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration has eliminated or stifled critical data at dozens of federal agencies. Now the administration’s actions are hitting a new realm: the energy industry. For decades, the Energy Information Administration, an independent agency housed inside the Department of Energy, has provided crucial reports on everything from oil and gas to the future of alternative energy. Relied on by oil company CEOs and government policymakers alike, the EIA’s data has been called the “gold standard” by Daniel…

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsReutersForensic teams gathered evidence at the siteProsecutors in Mexico have arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán in western Jalisco state as part of their investigation into a nearby cartel training site. The mayor, José Murguía Santiago, is suspected of colluding with the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG), which he has denied. The investigation was launched after activists discovered bone fragments and hundreds of discarded shoes, backpacks and items of clothing at the Izaguirre ranch outside the town in March. Rights groups said that they feared the ranch had been used as an “extermination camp”, where people were forcedly recruited…