Supreme Court appears likely to uphold TikTok ban unless China-owned ByteDance divests

by admin | Jan 10, 2025 | Politics

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — A majority of justices on the Supreme Court on Friday appeared inclined to uphold a federal law that would ban the video-sharing app TikTok in the U.S. after Jan. 19 unless its Chinese-owned parent company...

Appeals court denies effort to block release of Jack Smith’s final report on Trump probes

by admin | Jan 10, 2025 | Politics

Jefferson Siegel-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A panel of judges on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a ruling Thursday night, denied an effort to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his two investigations into...

Federal court stays alleged 9/11 mastermind’s guilty plea hearing

by admin | Jan 9, 2025 | Politics

FBI/Getty Images/Handout(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after a federal court issued an administrative stay of a hearing set for Friday.The alleged 9/11 mastermind was expected to plead guilty...

“Pizzagate” gunman dies in officer-involved shooting in North Carolina

by admin | Jan 9, 2025 | Politics

Alex Wong/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The man who in 2016 showed up to a popular pizza restaurant with a gun, claiming there were children being trafficked in the basement, died in an officer-involved shooting on Thursday outside of Charlotte, North...

Raskin asks Alito to recuse himself from Trump case after phone call between the two

by admin | Jan 9, 2025 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, on Thursday urged Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from any consideration of President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to block...