Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference hosted with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on unaccompanied minors and prosecuting their sponsors, at the Justice Department, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Department of Justice rebuffed a federal judge’s request to attest in writing…
A yearslong legal brawl between Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to court in Northern California on Monday in a dramatic showdown between two of the most high-profile names in the tech industry. In his $134 billion lawsuit, Musk claimed that OpenAI, Altman and the company’s president, Greg Brockman,…
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, walks on the day of an arraignment hearing, at New York Supreme Court in New York City, Dec. 23, 2024. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Luigi Mangione will not face a possible death penalty sentence in the New York federal criminal case where…
Lindsey Halligan, outside of the White House, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin | AP President Donald Trump is pressing to get Lindsey Halligan confirmed as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, weeks after criminal cases against his foes James Comey and Letitia James were dismissed because of Halligan’s involvement in their…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Yuri Gripas | Reuters Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., filed a 19-page lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte abused his authority to make “fanciful” mortgage fraud allegations against him and other critics of President Donald Trump. The lawsuit asks the court…
A judge ordered that X and xAI’s lawsuit accusing Apple and OpenAI of trying to maintain monopolies in artificial intelligence markets must remain in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, despite “at best minimal connections” to that geographic area by any of the companies. Judge Mark Pittman, in a sharply ironic four-page order on Thursday,…
U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to announce an agreement with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) between the two countries, at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on Sept. 18, 2025 in Aylesbury, Britain. Leon Neal | Via Reuters A federal judge in Tampa, Florida, on Friday dismissed President Donald Trump‘s $15…
