Recent Updates
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Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 students
Court Watch 09/24/2026A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from U.S. and Israeli ...
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House approves sweeping Russia sanctions bill, sending it to Trump
Court Watch 09/18/2026The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.The bill is ...
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Jerry Sandusky appears remotely ahead of federal bid for new trial
Court Watch 09/09/2026Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky appeared in court remotely Tuesday where he said he agreed with his lawyers not to go forward with testimony from an accuser who wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him y...
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Supreme Court Asked to Review Texas Ten Commandments Law in Public Schools
Court Watch 08/18/2026Civil rights advocates on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, teeing up a potential new test of state-sponsored religious expression in classrooms.Posters featuring the T...
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David Crowley wins Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
Court Watch 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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Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him
Court Watch 07/21/2026Donald Trump fired the new top federal prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between the courts and the president over the powerf...
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US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China
Court Watch 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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Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions
Court Watch 05/27/2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers.The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that had allowed t...
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Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights
Court Watch 05/16/2026President Lyndon B. Johnson knew the legislation he was about to sign was momentous, one that took courage for certain members of Congress to pass since the vote could cost them their seats.To honor that, he took the unusual step of leaving the Oval ...
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Alleged white supremacist pleads guilty in fire at Tennessee center
Court Watch 04/11/2026A man linked to white supremacist movements pleaded guilty on Monday to setting a fire that destroyed an office at a historic social justice center in Tennessee, a court document shows.Regan Prater also pleaded guilty to attempting to aid a foreign t...
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Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated books
Court Watch 09/08/2025Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as s...
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Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win
Court Watch 11/08/2024The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential vi...