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14:51 A battle looms over rule of law as some courts start to flex their muscles against Trump

Whether federal courts can force Trump to comply with their orders is an essential question for US democracy

11:22 Attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie to be sentenced for attempted murder

Hadi Matar was convicted over 2022 attack in western New York that left author partially blinded

22:40 Sarah Palin loses retrial of defamation case against New York Times

Jury finds newspaper not liable for allegedly defaming former Alaska governor in 2017 editorial about gun control

22:05 Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial to open with majority-female jury in New York

Process yielded seven-woman, five-man jury, more females than the group that convicted media mogul five years ago

21/04 Wyoming clinic resumes abortions after judge suspends state regulations

State’s only clinic stopped operations in February after state laws sought to control licensing and requirements

20/04 Sarah Palin’s defamation suit retrial against the New York Times raises first amendment concerns

She lost the first trial in 2022, but she gets ‘second bite of the apple’ due to a judge’s procedural errors

18/04 Menendez brothers’ bid for shorter sentence and possible parole delayed again

Prosecutors filed motion to delay hearings so court could obtain part of risk assessments ordered by governor

17/04 What is a ‘criminal’ immigrant? The word is an American rhetorical trap | Jonathan Ben-Menachem

Labels like ‘gang members’ and ‘terrorist supporters’ are an easy way to make humans disposable

17/04 Google illegally monopolized online advertising markets, US judge rules

Federal judge deals blow to tech giant and paves way for government to break up company’s advertising products

17/04 Foreign students sue Trump officials over revoked visas as 1,000 affected

Actions by state department to terminate students’ legal status place them at risk of deportation and detention

17/04 Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industry

15/04 The return of the firing squad is a defeat for death penalty supporters | Austin Sarat

The method is a vivid reminder of the brutality of state killing. That undermines the pro-capital-punishment narrative

14/04 Trump administration sued over tariffs in US international trade court

Liberty Justice Center filed lawsuit on behalf of five US businesses declaring that Trump’s tariffs overstep authority

14/04 The Trump administration trapped a wrongly deported man in a catch-22

The US says it can’t aid in his return as he’s in El Salvador; El Salvador says if it helped it’d be like ‘smuggling’ him back

12/04 The case against Mahmoud Khalil is meant to silence American dissent | Moustafa Bayoumi

The open door of American democracy is slamming shut faster and louder than we could have imagined

11/04 Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders

Cadwalader and Latham & Watkins among major firms to provide $600m in pro bono work to Trump-backed causes

11/04 US law firms quietly scrub DEI references from websites to appease Trump

Changes at two dozen prestigious firms underscore Trump’s successful intimidation campaign against legal profession

11/04 Trump ICC sanctions order challenged in US court by human rights advocates

Exclusive: Lawsuit says ‘unconstitutional’ order violates right to share information with court’s chief prosecutor

10/04 US House passes bill requiring people to prove citizenship in order to vote

Supporters say bill is aimed at preventing noncitizens from voting in US elections, but critics say it’s voter suppression

09/04 Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit

Order punishes Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion voting systems get millions from Fox for 2020 election lies

09/04 US intensifies crackdown on peaceful protest under Trump

Forty-one anti-protest bills in 22 states have been introduced since start of 2025, according to law tracker

08/04 Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation

Jamee Comans said if evidence does not support deportation, she may rule for Columbia graduate’s release

08/04 US supreme court blocks ruling that 16,000 fired federal workers must be rehired

Probationary employees laid off in Trump administration’s purge lose reinstatement in 7-2 ruling over legal standing

07/04 Bernie Sanders: law firms that cut deals with Trump administration ‘sell out their soul’

Firms that were targeted by president after representing his political rivals show ‘absolute cowardice’, says US senator

06/04 ‘Deception, fraud and coercion’: the Miami property magnate brothers accused of rape

Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander used their money and influence to build a sex-trafficking network, prosecutors say

05/04 Film-maker Paul Schrader accused of sexually assaulting personal assistant

Writer and director behind Taxi Driver and American Gigolo accused by former employee in lawsuit

05/04 Girl Scout cookies contain heavy metals beyond safe limits, lawsuit alleges

Suit seeking $5m based on study finding controversial herbicide and lead in most cookies across 25 US states

05/04 US supreme court allows Trump administration to freeze teacher-training grants

Millions in grants that would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives may be frozen following ruling

04/04 I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll

Using the platform was dangerous and wrong – but officials appeared to prioritize shielding themselves from litigation

03/04 US health secretary and agency sued by 23 states and DC over $11bn funding cut

Lawsuit alleges department’s ending of wide array of grants is ‘unlawful’ and poses ‘serious harm to public health’

02/04 Two more law firms reach deals with Trump to avoid executive orders: ‘They’re all bending’

Settlements, one with Doug Emhoff’s firm, come as many fear Trumps’s effort to target firms affiliated with his rivals

02/04 ‘Loser’: Musk endures wave of gloating on X after liberal judge wins Wisconsin race

Democrats seize on result as a referendum on Musk and an emphatic repudiation of Trump’s richest supporter and ally

02/04 US justice department drops corruption case against New York mayor Eric Adams

Trump administration had been pressing Adams to crack down on immigration but both parties denied quid pro quo

02/04 Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

The temporary restraining order is another setback in less than a week for Trump’s immigration crackdown

02/04 There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan

It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’

02/04 Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history

01/04 Pro-Palestinian British Cornell student says he will leave US citing fear of detention

Momodou Taal, who had been asked to surrender by immigration officials, says he has ‘lost faith’ that favourable court ruling would protect him

31/03 Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race

Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’

30/03 The Guardian view on attacks on lawyers: democracies must stand up for justice | Editorial

Editorial: From Russia to the US, those who seek to uphold the law are coming under increasing pressure

29/03 Murky dolphin deaths at Florida theme park prompt law enforcement raid

State investigation under way at Gulf World after four dolphins have mysteriously died in past six months

28/03 Trump targets another law firm over its ties to Robert Mueller

President issues proclamation taking aim at WilmerHale in latest attack on firm with connections to his opponents

28/03 I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking | Steven Donziger

Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial

27/03 Judges rule against Trump in several cases including trans military ban

Court rejects administration appeal in fired federal workers case amid series of legal setbacks for White House

27/03 Fired FTC commissioners sue Trump administration over ‘indefensible’ terminations

Democrats Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya said White House violated laws and constitution in firing them

27/03 US court upholds block on deportation of some Venezuelans in blow to Trump

Three-judge panel votes 2-1 to uphold original decision by James Boasberg, with Trump appointee dissenting

25/03 Trump asks supreme court to halt ruling ordering the rehiring of federal workers

Appeal argues US judge William Alsup can’t force executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employees

23/03 Hegseth suggests judge who blocked trans troops ban abused her power

US defense secretary joins mounting criticism of federal judges by Donald Trump and others in administration

22/03 White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by Trump

Paul, Weiss’s chair hung former partner out to dry after a series of attacks on US legal community by president

22/03 Trump ramps ups retribution campaign against legal community

President ordered attorney general to refer partisan lawsuits to White House and recommend sanctions against firms

22/03 Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge

Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration’s judiciary clash intensifies

21/03 Judge blocks Elon Musk’s Doge from accessing social security records

Ellen Hollander calls Trump aide’s hunt for supposed fraud a ‘fishing expedition’ in temporary restraining order

20/03 Judge dismisses copyright suit against Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You

Country singer Vince Vance had alleged Carey copied his band’s 1988 Christmas tune of the same name

20/03 Greenpeace verdict is ‘weaponization of legal system’, advocacy groups say

Campaigners condemn North Dakota jury’s ruling as Greenpeace must pay Energy Transfer at least $660m

19/03 Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law

J Michael Luttig said a constitutional crisis is brewing due to Trump’s defiance of a court order over deportations

19/03 Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil case to be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey

New York judge denies Trump administration attempt to dismiss legal challenge and rules on jurisdiction

19/03 Prince Harry US visa documents released in redacted form over harassment fears

US thinktank made FoI request for Harry’s visa form after California-residing royal wrote about drug use in memoir Spare

18/03 Musk and Doge’s USAid shutdown likely violated US constitution, judge rules

Judge halts efforts to fire USAid workers, a major setback in administration’s attempts to bulldoze federal government

18/03 Family of girl recovering from brain surgery describes ‘serious abuses’ while detained in US

US citizen girl deported with mixed-status family, who filed complaint over denied healthcare and poor conditions

18/03 Trump administration rehiring nearly 25,000 fired workers after court order

Trump appealed judge’s decision that said mass firings of probationary workers were likely illegal

18/03 Chief justice rebukes Trump for call to impeach judge hearing deportation case

President’s demand represents breach of constitutional separation powers between executive and judiciary

18/03 John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy | Steven Greenhouse

The supreme court judge has emboldened and enabled Trump, but the president’s second term must surely have him worried

18/03 Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban

Maria Margarita Rojas charged with illegal performance of procedure, considered a second-degree felony in the state

16/03 Jury awards $50m to man injured by scalding-hot tea from Starbucks

Delivery driver said he was disfigured when improperly secured drink spilled after he picked it up at a drive-through

16/03 Mahmoud Khalil’s case is setting up an epic first amendment battle with Trump

Trump administration’s interpretation of immigration law paves way for high-stakes legal clash after activist’s arrest

15/03 Court lifts block on Trump order to end federal support for DEI programs

Panel halts block on day-one executive order directing government agencies to end diversity grants and contracts

15/03 Trump vents fury about his criminal cases in extraordinary speech at DoJ

In hourlong victory lap, president railed against Biden officials and their ‘bullshit’ case while boosting his lawyers

15/03 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to new indictment

Ex-music mogul accused of forcing long hours on workers and threats to those not compliant in sex-trafficking scheme

13/03 Trump asks supreme court to allow order against birthright citizenship

Acting solicitor general Sarah Harris asks court to override district judges in Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington

13/03 Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted in Oklahoma on five counts over alleged misconduct in 1982

13/03 Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations

The documents would ultimately inform whether Musk has been operating unconstitutionally to the extent Doge’s activities should be halted

12/03 Trump is using Mahmoud Khalil to test his mass deportation plan | Heba Gowayed

The Palestinian student’s arrest at Columbia University is a harbinger of what’s to come on college campuses

12/03 Judge blocks Trump administration plan to cut millions for teacher training

Eight states had requested a temporary restraining order, which judge granted saying ‘programs ... will be gutted’

11/03 Changing US law keeps victims’ families – and people on death row – waiting decades for closure

Marcia Fulton has waited 37 years for David Wood to be executed for her daughter’s murder, but lawyers who believe he’s innocent keep filing appeals

10/03 Doge takeover of social security seemed ‘based on myth’, says ex-senior official

Tiffany Flick claims agents from Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting unit assailed staff with questions about fraud

09/03 ‘Nothing like this in American history’: the crisis of Trump’s assault on the rule of law

Even if the supreme court were to resist the president’s onslaught, it has little means to enforce its decisions

08/03 Louisiana death row inmate challenges nitrogen gas as execution method

Jessie Hoffman Jr, who would become first person state killed this way, says his religious rights would be violated

08/03 The pink protest at Trump’s speech shows the Democrats aren’t coming to save us

The general reaction is that this was yet another stunning example of how spineless and performative the Democrats are

08/03 Will Trump put a Fox News host on the US supreme court? Mark Tushnet can’t rule it out

In his new book, the Harvard law professor argues against originalism and for putting non-judges on the highest court

08/03 Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order

Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’

08/03 Trump fires two DoJ senior career officials including pardon attorney

Liz Oyer’s former office leads reviews of clemency requests and makes pardon recommendations to White House

07/03 US DoJ to investigate University of California over alleged antisemitism

Justice department to determine whether UC violated Civil Rights Act of 1964 amid pro-Palestinian campus protests

06/03 Court rules Trump’s firing of labor board chief illegal, saying president is no king

Judge orders reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox to National Labor Relations Board after her removal by US president

05/03 Florida attorney general opens criminal investigation into Andrew Tate and brother

Inquiry launched after pair was able to fly into state despite facing trial in Romania on rape and trafficking charges

04/03 US justice department to review conviction of former election clerk

Republican Tina Peters of Colorado was sentenced to nine years for her role in voter interference data-breach scheme

25/02 Julianne Moore’s freckles? How Republican bans on ‘woke’ books have reached new level

Trump administration escalates movement forged by US states to censor literature in full-scale DEI crackdown

25/02 US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction

Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandal

22/02 US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office

Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel

22/02 DoJ investigation into cases against Trump marked by vested interests

From Pam Bondi to Ed Martin, the tangle of possible conflicts of the investigators is acute

22/02 Judge clears Trump administration to put over 2,000 USAid workers on leave

Order by Trump-appointed judge setback for government employee unions who have filed lawsuit against firings

21/02 Associated Press sues Trump officials over barred access for not using ‘Gulf of America’

News agency claims White House blocking journalists from press events is unconstitutional effort to control speech

21/02 Judge rejects DoJ call to immediately dismiss Eric Adams corruption case

Outside lawyer appointed to present arguments against prosecutors seeking to drop case against New York mayor

21/02 South Carolina man to be killed in US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years

Brad Sigmon, 67, chooses to be shot dead amid concerns that lethal injections have caused ‘excruciating’ pain

21/02 How do we defend free speech – without falling prey to extremism? | Kenneth Roth

JD Vance says Europe should not shun far-right parties. He seems to have forgotten 1933, but hits a key conundrum

21/02 US transfers 177 deportees from Guantánamo Bay to Honduras en route to Venezuela

Move comes after lawsuit by ACLU seeking access to migrants detained at US naval base in Cuba

20/02 Six New York prison workers indicted for murder in beating death of inmate

Assault on Robert Brooks in December caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice

20/02 Judge rules Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers

US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led Doge

20/02 US Senate narrowly confirms Kash Patel as next FBI director

Patel, who was confirmed 51-49, aligns with Donald Trump on a range of issues

20/02 The little-known Gullah Geechee politician who pushed for the 14th amendment

As Trump tries to revoke birthright citizenship, a civic group looks to the Black lawmaker who helped establish it

20/02 Appeals court denies Trump’s plea to reinstate birthright citizenship ban

President signed executive order on day one ordering end to citizenship for children of non-legal permanent residents

20/02 Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’

Experts warn victory for Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a Trump donor, could have a ‘chilling’ effect on free speech

19/02 Climate advocacy groups file two lawsuits against Trump administration

Groups from Sierra Club to Greenpeace take aim at Trump’s drilling orders in term’s first environmental legal battles

19/02 Trump administration cuts off legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children

Snatching funds from vulnerable minors will endanger those already at risk of being abused, advocates say

19/02 Emil Bove takes leading role in implementing Trump takeover of DoJ

Dismissal of case against Eric Adams reflects new directive for prosecutors to toe line on White House’s policies

18/02 ‘X-rays into the president’s soul’: Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, Biden and the pardon power

A new book examines controversial recent decisions and the lasting effects of Ford’s pardoning of Nixon in 1974

18/02 ‘The path forward is clear’: how Trump taking office has ‘turbocharged’ climate accountability efforts

‘Make polluters pay’ laws, led by blue states AGs, and accountability suits will be a major front for climate litigation for the coming years

16/02 The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them?

Thus far, the administration has pursued appeals. But remarks from JD Vance and Elon Musk echo authoritarians worldwide

15/02 The courts are a crucial bastion against Trump. What if he ignores their orders?

Experts warn ‘this isn’t normal’, as administration defies rulings and Vance expresses contempt for legal constraints

15/02 Woman who accused Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of rape drops case

Combs is in a Brooklyn jail and still faces dozens of other civil lawsuits, while this was the first to mention Carter

14/02 Trump ordered to temporarily lift USAid freeze and allow foreign aid funding

Judge challenges administration’s dismantling of US foreign assistance and sets five-day deadline to prove compliance

13/02 Judge pauses Trump’s order restricting healthcare for transgender youth

President’s directive placed on hold after families and doctors sue over access to gender-affirming care

13/02 Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption

Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to Office of Special Counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs

13/02 Trump’s illegitimate power grab brings US closer to dictatorship

Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances

13/02 Rape under wraps: how Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner chose profits over safety

Match Group has known for years about abusive users on its dozen dating apps, but leaves millions of people in the dark

12/02 Video evidence of January 6 Capitol attack missing from US government website

Press organization submitted legal filing about missing video related to case against Glen Simon

12/02 ‘On the brink of a dictatorship’: Democratic state attorneys general condemn Trump’s actions

President’s power grabs, disregard of rule of law and alliance with Elon Musk elicit condemnation during LA conference

11/02 Judge blocks Trump from cutting billions in medical research funding

Major universities and 22 states sued over administration’s proposal to slash National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants

11/02 Donald Trump has declared war on international justice. Australia must speak up | Geoffrey Robertson

The ICC sanction is designed to intimidate and stop it from working against war criminals, Geoffrey Robertson writes

10/02 Elon Musk’s gutting of US agencies is illegal, experts say. How do you muzzle Doge?

World’s richest man has unleashed a flurry moves ranging from compromising Americans’ private data to nearly upending USAid. Where does it stop?

10/02 Fraud trial of Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ honoree set to lift lid on startup culture

Case against Frank founder Charlie Javice for allegedly defrauding JP Morgan has been compared to that of Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes

09/02 Trump’s sanctions against the ICC are disgraceful | Kenneth Roth

Netanyahu and Gallant could show up and contest the charges against them. Obstructing justice is not the answer

07/02 Pardoned January 6 rioter on run from solicitation of minor charge arrested

Texas authorities arrest Andrew Taake in connection with charges filed before the US Capitol attack

05/02 US judge temporarily blocks transfer of incarcerated trans women to men’s prisons

Judge rules Trump’s executive order discriminates against trans people and violates their constitutional rights

05/02 Trump’s Gaza plan could amount to war crime, say experts

Academics fear US president’s lack of reference to international law could lead to global breakdown of peace and security

05/02 Second judge orders temporary halt to Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship

Judge said no US court had endorsed Trump’s reading of the 14th amendment and her court ‘will not be the first’

03/02 Some January 6 pardonees not actually free from law due to other convictions

Even Republicans express concern about Trump’s blanket pardons as some pardonees will remain in prison

01/02 FBI agents who worked on Trump and January 6 cases could face dismissal

Trump loyalists to consider purge of potentially thousands of agents as senior bureau executives also under threat

31/01 South Africa and Malaysia to launch campaign to protect justice

Formation of Hague Group comes amid challenges to ICJ and ICC rulings

30/01 FBI pick Kash Patel to face scrutiny over Trump loyalty at Senate hearing

Key ally Patel expected to be grilled over whether allegiance to president would mean end to bureau’s independence

29/01 Trump notches legislative win with passage of Laken Riley Act

New law mandates detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes, among other provisions

29/01 Donald Trump appeals his New York hush-money conviction

President seeks to overturn conviction of falsifying records in alleged scheme to hide payment to adult film actor

27/01 Woman jailed for helping Chinese women travel to give birth in US

California woman gets 41 months as birthright citizenship is thrust into spotlight with Trump’s return to White House

27/01 How a young Chinatown cook helped establish birthright citizenship in the US

Wong Kim Ark’s fight to be recognized as a US citizen 127 years ago led to an expansion of the 14th amendment

27/01 A Montana town is waging war on its unhoused citizens. One shelter is fighting back

Kalispell, Montana, has blocked residents from using the bus and parks, but a federal injunction has stopped it from closing a shelter

26/01 Democratic lawmakers devising legal obstacles to fight anti-immigration push

California, New York and other states resist by expanding healthcare and education and limiting detention centers

24/01 Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

24/01 What is DEI and why is Trump opposed to it?

What the pushback against a more equal society could mean for a world fraught with power imbalances

24/01 Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration

President has thrown weight of justice department behind two politically charged reviews into his personal grievances

24/01 As Trump returns, state lawmakers pursue bills that would treat abortion as homicide

Red state legislators have also introduced a slew of bills targeting abortion pills and minors’ access to the procedure

23/01 Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says

Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

23/01 Former ‘Maga Granny’ refuses to accept Trump’s pardon for actions on January 6

Pamela Hemphill insists on taking responsibility for role she played in trying to overturn the 2020 election results

23/01 Man pardoned for role in January 6 attack rearrested on federal gun charges

Daniel Ball granted clemency by Trump over riot-related offenses but remains in jail under separate gun charge

22/01 ‘So much of this seems vengeful’: alarm as Trump recommits to death penalty

President says he’ll help states execute people but experts skeptical of bold pledge to expand capital punishment

21/01 Eighteen Democratic-led states sue over Trump birthright citizenship order

Eighteen states and District of Columbia file lawsuit arguing president’s order is violation of US constitution

21/01 What is US birthright citizenship and what does Trump’s executive order do?

Trump signed an order trying to end the right to citizenship for some children born in the US – here’s what to know

21/01 Trump issues 1,500 ‘unconditional’ pardons over January 6 Capitol attack

President makes good on campaign promise and issues pardons and commutations over deadly 2021 insurrection

18/01 ‘It’s a PR battle’: inside the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits

The director and star of hit summer romance It Ends With Us are facing off with lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and defamation

17/01 Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

Whether the popular video app ends up sold, banned or untouched, the ruling in favor of the government’s national security claims has implications for free speech.

17/01 US supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTok

App will become unavailable in the US on 19 January, unless Trump directs justice department not to enforce the law

17/01 Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders

Total number of pardons and commutations issued by US president is now higher than any of his predecessors

16/01 Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds for $400m

It Ends With Us director accuses Hollywood power couple of seeking to ‘destroy’ him with false allegations in latest filing

16/01 Democrats push for release of second part of Jack Smith’s Trump report

Merrick Garland pressed to use final days to release report on president-elect’s retention of classified documents

16/01 The greatest celebrity anecdote of all time! How David Schwimmer triggered Rod Stewart’s divorce

According to a recent chatshow appearance, the Friends actor’s pre-fame job landed him a run-in with a rock megastar – and he’s glad he’s not met him since

16/01 Donald Trump weighing up TikTok ban delay, reports claims

President-elect ‘has warm spot’ for platform and wants political solution to ‘preserve app but protect data’

15/01 Trump trying to rewrite history in battle to bury Smith report, legal experts say

Ex-prosecutors alarmed by attempt to hide 2020 election subversion effort and by pledge to pardon January 6 rioters

15/01 Trump’s attorney general pick to face scrutiny on first day of Senate hearing

Pam Bondi, first female Florida attorney general and Trump loyalist, will answer if she can resist White House pressure

14/01 Five key takeaways from Jack Smith’s report on alleged Trump election crimes

Trump’s win scuppered inquiry, but special counsel’s report says president-elect would probably have been convicted

14/01 Donald Trump ‘would have been convicted’ over 2020 election had he not won in 2024 – US politics live

Jack Smith’s report detailing his team’s findings about Trump’s efforts to subvert democracy has been released

13/01 US supreme court allows Hawaii lawsuit against fossil fuel firms’ misinformation

Honolulu officials had filed a lawsuit against the companies for an alleged decades long misinformation campaign

13/01 Special counsel report into Trump effort to overturn 2020 election to be released

The judge who handled Trump’s classified documents case allows the first part of Jack Smith’s report to be public

10/01 Rudy Giuliani found to be in contempt of court again for 2020 election lies

It’s the second time this week that the former NY mayor has been found to be contempt for defaming election workers

10/01 Trump’s conviction is the latest twist in the Maga story | Lloyd Green

The supreme court order may also be a harbinger of what awaits the US over the next four years: litigation that again divides the judiciary and the nation

10/01 ‘A political sham’: Republicans defend Trump amid hush-money sentencing

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson claims case was ‘witch hunt’ to prevent president-elect’s return to White House

10/01 Trump’s scot-free sentencing is proof of special treatment throughout trials

President-elect gets unconditional discharge for hush-money conviction – a rare sentence that cements impunity

10/01 New Mexico supreme court strikes down local abortion pill restrictions

Justice rules against ordinances in counties and towns on Texas border that sought to limit access to mifepristone

10/01 Why are US supreme court justices starting to sound like Trump? | Moira Donegan

The justices are increasingly operating by the sheer force of raw power. That should trouble us all

10/01 Donald Trump to be sentenced in New York hush-money case

Trump, who was found guilty of committing 34 felonies, is first ever US president to face a criminal trial and sentencing

10/01 US supreme court rejects Trump bid to call off sentencing in hush-money case

President-elect had sought to overturn New York appeals court ruling allowing sentencing to go ahead

09/01 Biden’s Title IX expansion protecting LGBTQ+ students struck down

Judge in Kentucky finds rules overstepped president’s authority and scraps entire 1,500-page regulation

09/01 New Orleans truck attack victims sue city for neglecting to protect them

Lawsuit claims contractors and city failed to implement an effective system for deterring a known threat, the suit says

09/01 New York court declines to block sentencing in Trump’s hush-money case

The president-elect has now asked the supreme court to call off the sentencing, which is scheduled for tomorrow

08/01 Jay-Z files new motion to dismiss lawsuit accusing him of raping girl, 13

Rapper alleges inconsistencies in woman’s accusation that he and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assaulted her at 2000 afterparty

08/01 DoJ to release part of report on Trump’s attempt to overturn 2020 election

Justice department intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings from investigation

07/01 Two death row inmates reject Joe Biden’s commutations

The men are seeking to block the commutations, saying they would disadvantage their ongoing legal appeals

06/01 Giuliani found in contempt of court over response to defamation judgment

Judge makes ruling after Trump ally fails to comply with requests for information as he turns over assets

05/01 ‘We have our country back’: convicted January 6 rioters anticipate Trump pardons

The president-elect has vowed to hand out pardons to non-violent offenders convicted for the assault on the US Capitol

04/01 Asian American woman sues PayPal for racial bias in investment program

Nisha Desai is part of growing conservative push to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in corporate US

30/12 Justin Baldoni to reportedly file counterclaim against Blake Lively

Dispute between It Ends With Us co-stars escalates further with Baldoni’s lawyer claiming lawsuit will ‘shock everyone’

30/12 Donald Trump loses appeal against E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict

Federal appeals court upholds $5m sexual assault and defamation verdict in setback for president-elect

27/12 ‘Who knows what they’re going to do?’: US cannabis industry braces itself for Trump administration

The industry looked back wistfully on a past year of promise but little delivery, and wonders what next under Trump

23/12 Suspect in CEO shooting expected in court to face murder and terror charges

Man accused of killing Brian Thompson to be arraigned in New York state case running parallel to federal prosecution

21/12 OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company

Suchir Balaji, listed in court filing as having ‘relevant documents’ about copyright violation, died on 26 November

21/12 Trump and allies are waging campaign against media to stifle dissent – experts

Lawsuits against Iowa paper and settlement with ABC signal beginning of aggressive legal action to silence critics

21/12 Only 35% of Americans trust the US judicial system. This is catastrophic | David Daley

American confidence in the courts has hit a record low across party lines. This is worrying – if not surprising

19/12 Fani Willis disqualified from prosecuting Trump in Georgia election case

State court of appeals ruling to remove DA signals death knell for last standing criminal case against president-elect

19/12 LA’s outgoing district attorney on the Menendez brothers and prison reform: ‘people could be safely released’

George Gascón rode a wave of progressivism into office here before his recent ouster by a ‘hard middle’ candidate

19/12 UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect to appear at hearing on extradition to New York

Luigi Mangione, 26, faces charges of forgery and firearms in Pennsylvania and murder as an act of terrorism in New York

19/12 Biden reportedly considering preemptive pardons for Trump critics

Adam Schiff, Liz Cheney and Nancy Pelosi among those who could be spared from Trump legal attacks by pardons

18/12 Trump lawyers ask for hush-money case conviction to be thrown out over jury’s ‘pervasive misconduct’

Attorneys say ‘grave juror misconduct’ in felony case involving payout to adult film star violated Trump’s rights

17/12 Trump rails against New York judge who refused to overturn hush-money conviction

President-elect went on tirade against Juan Merchan on his Truth Social platform posting baseless claims against the judge

17/12 TikTok turns to US supreme court in last-ditch bid to avert divest-or-ban law

Firm and parent company ByteDance file request for injunction to halt ban of app used by 170 million Americans

15/12 Trump plan to end birthright citizenship is more conceivable in second term

Given the conservative majority on the supreme court, it’s not a certainty that the right will remain in place

15/12 ABC News and George Stephanopoulos agree to $15m payout in Trump case

Network and anchor agree to settlement in defamation lawsuit Trump filed against network earlier this year

14/12 ‘Only one viable defense’: how might the CEO murder case play out in court?

Lawyers weigh suspect’s options to fight charge he murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

14/12 TikTok loses emergency bid to pause law that could lead to US ban

Ruling means short-video app and Chinese parent ByteDance must appeal to supreme court by 19 January

13/12 Texas sues New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills across state lines

Lawsuit filed by state attorney general Ken Paxton against Dr Megan Carpenter will be first to test power of shield laws

13/12 US founder of neo-Nazi network sentenced to two years of time served

Robert Rundo, 34, leader of Rise Again Movement and ‘Active Clubs’ will also serve two years of supervised release

12/12 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of drugging and raping three men in lawsuits

John Does claim rapper fed them spiked drinks and sexually assaulted them while unconscious as recently as 2022

12/12 Lawyer of suspect in healthcare exec killing explains client’s outburst at jail

Thomas Dickey said Luigi Mangione was irritated about his treatment and lack of representation but is calmer now

10/12 Trump first-term inquiry into leakers led to invasive searches, report finds

Justice department says lawyers overreached in aiming to discover who was leaking classified information in 2017

10/12 Trump picks Maga darling Harmeet Dhillon to lead civil rights cases at DoJ

Ardent Trump supporter took on culture-war cases as San Francisco lawyer and filed lawsuits over election ‘integrity’

10/12 The Guardian view on Trump’s threat to the media: time to pass the Press Act

Editorial: Bipartisan legislation offers historic protections for journalists, banning secret surveillance and ensuring source confidentiality

10/12 Jay-Z accuses lawyer behind Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs joint rape allegation of trying to ‘extort exorbitant sums’

Rapper says the plaintiff’s attorney has made ‘a terrible error in judgment’ but the opposing side say Jay-Z is ‘orchestrating a conspiracy of harassment’

07/12 Connecticut court upholds $965m verdict against Infowars’ Alex Jones

Family members of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting were awarded the damages by a jury

07/12 Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry

Thousands of Americans go bankrupt, lose their homes or die every year due to medical insurer practices

06/12 How did transgender children in the US become so politicized? | Moira Donegan

The US supreme court seems poised to uphold a flimsy and bad-faith Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors

05/12 Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office

In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump’s plan for mass deportations

05/12 Tracking abortion laws across the United States

Abortion is now banned in more than a dozen states, while four have banned the procedure past roughly six weeks of pregnancy

04/12 US supreme court to hear arguments in pivotal trans youth healthcare case

US v Skrmetti challenges Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical treatments for trans minors

04/12 Mom sues Mattel over Wicked doll packages with porn site link

Holly Ricketson of South Carolina files proposed class action after daughter shows her hardcore photographs

03/12 Musk’s legal battle for his $56bn goes on. Tesla’s board still looks supine | Nils Pratley

The craven stance of Tesla’s board should not be lost in the legal back-and-forth

02/12 What is a presidential pardon and how has it been used in the US?

The US is somewhat unique in letting its chief executive pardon without having to get signoff – here’s what to know

02/12 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs could have settled Cassie Ventura’s suit privately but didn’t

Public settlement led to music mogul’s career downfall and set stage for federal charges against him, podcast reveals

02/12 Joe Biden issues ‘full and unconditional’ pardon to son Hunter

Decision marks reversal for US president, who had said he would not use executive authority to pardon son’s charges

30/11 Inmates burn themselves in protest at ‘inhumane’ Virginia prison conditions

Officials acknowledge prisoners have harmed themselves but say they did not set themselves on fire or self-immolate

26/11 Rudy Giuliani tells judge he can’t pay his bills in courtroom outburst

Former New York mayor voices frustrations in hearing over order to pay $150m to Georgia election workers he defamed

26/11 Trump transition team signs agreement to begin takeover from Biden

Officials sign memorandum of understanding although details suggest some breaks with standard practice

26/11 Marilyn Manson drops defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

Shock rocker, who denied Wood’s accusations of ‘horrific’ abuse and filed lawsuit, to pay her $327,000 in attorneys fees

26/11 Trump camp rivalries come to fore over efforts to oust top adviser

Boris Epshteyn accused of asking potential administration nominees to pay monthly fee for lobbying president-elect

25/11 Criminal case dismissed against Trump over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Withdrawal in the case marks end of years-long legal battle between Trump and the special counsel, Jack Smith

25/11 We must defend elective abortions, not just the most politically palatable cases | Moira Donegan

After Dobbs, pro-choice advocates have emphasized women in medical crises. But those tragic cases are a limited picture

24/11 Biden must Trump-proof US democracy, activists say: ‘There is a sense of urgency’

President can secure civil liberties, accelerate spending on climate and healthcare, and spare death row prisoners

22/11 Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuse

Jon and Carie Hallford are accused of piling bodies in a room-temperature building and giving out fake ashes

22/11 Jury convicts two men for smuggling of family who froze crossing Canadian border

Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, were part of operation bringing increasing numbers of Indians into US

22/11 Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency

From confirming judges to closing detention centers, six experts address how the president can limit Trump’s impact

22/11 Democrats strike deal to confirm more judges before Trump term

Senate will not vote on four Biden appellate court nominees to allow for other nominations to proceed more quickly

22/11 Fani Willis’s prosecution of Trump looks shaky post-election

Fulton county DA has pledged to go ahead in prosecution of Trump but appeals court abruptly canceled oral arguments

22/11 Who is Pam Bondi, Trump’s new pick to lead the US justice department?

Florida’s first female attorney general is perhaps best known in recent years as a loyalist to the president-elect

22/11 McKinsey nears $600m settlement with US government over role in opioid crisis

Consultancy firm accused of helping opioid makers boost sales, which allegedly contributed to deadly epidemic

21/11 Police report details sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth

Trump’s Pentagon pick accused of 2017 sexual assault after Republican women’s conference in California

21/11 Revealed: trans rights case at US supreme court features doctors previously discredited by judges

Tennessee relied on doctors rebuked by courts for inexperience and bias to defend its trans healthcare ban

21/11 Philadelphia jury awards $11m to man whose Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself

Model sold to police departments and civilians does not have external safety to prevent unintended discharges

20/11 Trump’s cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance | Sidney Blumenthal

With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountable

19/11 Update expected in Trump hush-money case as post-election filing due

New York judge delayed ruling on immunity bid and gave prosecutors until 19 November to indicate next steps

18/11 DoJ and FBI officials consult lawyers amid threats of Trump legal retribution

Matt Gaetz nomination as AG intensifies concerns that president-elect will prosecute former political enemies

18/11 Gaetz pick raises fears that Trump will seek ‘retribution’ on political foes

With president-elect likely to use DoJ to crush enemies, only hope lies in staffers refusing to carry out illegal orders

17/11 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of reaching out to prospective witnesses from jail

Prosecutors ask judge to deny $50m bond after recorded calls in which music mogul asks family to create ‘narratives’

16/11 Rudy Giuliani turns over property to former election workers he defamed

Items include watches, a ring and a Mercedes once owned by Lauren Bacall, and an undisclosed sum of money

15/11 Judge orders hearing to review Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’s InfoWars

Judge to audit if conspiracy theorist’s bankruptcy auction was fair, which could delay buying process for satire site

15/11 Trump sues for billions from media he says is biased against him

President-elect intensifies longstanding media hostility by filing lawsuits against New York Times, CBS and others

14/11 Calls mount for Biden to spare federal death row inmates before Trump retakes office

Advocates implore Biden to ‘commute the row’ of prisoners sentenced to death before Trump restarts executions

13/11 US intelligence official charged after Israel’s plan to attack Iran leaked

CIA’s Asif W Rahman will appear in court over espionage offenses following a release of highly classified documents

12/11 Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to Pentagon leaks

Massachusetts air national guard member admitted leaking classified military documents about Ukraine over Discord

12/11 Kentucky woman seeking abortion files lawsuit challenging state’s bans

Woman argues both near-total ban and six-week ban violate state constitution’s rights to privacy and self-determination

12/11 Trump hush-money judge delays ruling on whether to throw out conviction

Postponement follows numerous successful attempts to delay case in which he was convicted on 34 felony counts

11/11 California voters reject measure to ban forced prison labor

Prop 6, which would have banned involuntary servitude in prisons, fails in blow to criminal justice reform advocates

10/11 Trump’s wild threats put press freedom in the crosshairs in second term

Free press advocates are alarmed by Trump’s talk of revoking broadcast licenses and jailing journalists – but express hope in the US’s first amendment

09/11 Pentagon to appeal ruling that plea bargain of alleged 9/11 mastermind is valid

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants agreed to pleas that would spare them the death penalty

09/11 Trump’s ‘golden age of America’ could be an unrestrained imperial presidency

Emboldened by a strong mandate, the Republican will bring his dark Maga vision to the US with little resistance

08/11 Judge pauses Trump proceedings as special counsel seeks to wind up case

Jack Smith is ending his prosecution of Trump over efforts to overturn 2020 election and classified documents retention

06/11 US special counsel to wind down criminal cases against Donald Trump

Jack Smith’s case would not be finished before inauguration, after which Trump could prohibit prosecutors from pursuing it