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An appeals court in New York lowered the $464 million bond imposed on former President Donald Trump in his civil fraud case on Monday. The five-judge panel ordered the bond be reduced to $175 million, and the payment date extended another ten days. The decision stayed a previous court order that Trump post the $464 [...]

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Israel made a public request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), released Monday, to reject additional measures filed by South Africa to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza. Israel stated that South Africa “fundamentally” misrepresented the reality or situation on the ground, the root cause of the problems and the efforts already undertaken to address [...]

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The US Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s attempt to bar Donald Trump from appearing on its election ballot on Monday. In a unanimous per curiam decision, the court reversed a Supreme Court of Colorado decision that barred the former president from seeking election in the state due to an alleged violation of Section 3 of [...]

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A judge in Illinois on Wednesday ordered former US President Donald Trump to be removed from the state’s primary election ballot. The decision reversed a previous Illinois State Board of Elections ruling allowing Trump to remain as an official candidate. The order was based on Section 3 of the US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. The provision [...]

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The New York County District Attorney’s Office requested on Monday that a New York state court place a gag order on former President Donald Trump. The order would bar Trump from making “prejudicial extrajudicial statements” during his upcoming falsified business records criminal case. In the 331-page request, District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. argues that the [...]

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An Alabama Senate committee advanced a bill to define an individual’s sex based on reproductive anatomy. Senate Bill 92 “would define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female, and sex for purposes of state law” and require state agencies to “identify each individual as either male or female at birth.” The bill, which passed through [...]

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Kentucky’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically transfer children charged with certain violent felonies to adult court. The bill passed the chamber by a vote of 25-9. Senate Bill 20 stated that children age fifteen or older charged with a “Class A, B, or C felony” will face trial as adults if [...]

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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that it discovered a tunnel in Gaza linking two buildings belonging to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians in the Near East (UNWRA). The IDF claims that the tunnel was used by “terrorist” in the ongoing war with Hamas. The 700-meter tunnel [...]

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday a review of whether the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians in the Near East (UNRWA) is “ensur neutrality” and properly responding to allegations of possible breaches. The announcement came after Israel accused UNRWA of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attacks. The accusation caused several countries, [...]

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A federal judge in Florida dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Secretary of Commerce on Wednesday for lack of standing and failure to state a claim. Disney sued DeSantis, the Secretary and and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) for alleged violations of the company’s First Amendment right to free [...]

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