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Jimmy Lai Faces Up to Life in a Hong Kong Jail After Guilty Verdicts

15 décembre 2025 à 06:22
Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a Hong Kong tabloid and pro democracy campaigner, was convicted of national security charges on Monday in a court where some supporters watched on, anonymously.

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Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.
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Hong Kong Court to Give Verdict on Media Mogul Who Took on China

14 décembre 2025 à 19:53
Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, has spent years fighting the landmark national security case brought over his support of the city’s now vanquished pro-democracy movement.

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Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.

Hong Kong Court to Give Verdict on Media Mogul Who Took on China

14 décembre 2025 à 05:02
Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, has spent years fighting the landmark national security case brought over his support of the city’s now vanquished pro-democracy movement.

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Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong, in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, will find out the verdict in his national security trial on Monday.
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Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday

13 décembre 2025 à 18:41
While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.

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President Trump deployed about 4,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June.

Judge’s Order Complicates Justice Dept. Plans to Again Charge Comey

12 décembre 2025 à 22:59
Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him.

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A judge’s order suggested that sloppiness by the Justice Department had helped to sabotage President Trump’s demands to use the criminal justice system to go after James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.

Government Can Withhold Funds From Planned Parenthood, Appeals Court Rules

12 décembre 2025 à 22:24
A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers.

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Planned Parenthood has said that if allowed to take effect, the provision could lead to closures of the organization’s health clinics and decimate its budget.

U.S. Lifts Sanctions Against Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil

12 décembre 2025 à 19:23
A senior Trump administration official said that maintaining sanctions against Justice Alexandre de Moraes was no longer in the interest of the United States.

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Justice Alexandre de Moraes reading the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro during the opening session of the trial in Brazil in September.

In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss

13 décembre 2025 à 09:46
This week demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.

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The White House was served a legal rebuke this week when federal grand jurors in Alexandria, Va., rejected the Justice Department’s push to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, on mortgage-related charges for the second time in a week.

A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James

12 décembre 2025 à 09:46
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.

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Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, and President Trump have clashed for years, in part because of the civil suit she brought against him, his company and his family members.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is Released From ICE Detention After Judge’s Order

11 décembre 2025 à 17:53
The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a vigil in Baltimore on Aug. 25. He was detained again later that day and has been in custody since.

Judge in Oregon Blocks Arrest of Protesters for Noise

11 décembre 2025 à 05:22
Federal agents outside an ICE detention facility in Eugene, Ore., had sought to enforce a new rule that prohibits “creating a loud or unusual noise” outside federal property.

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In October, federal agents arrested a person outside of a federal ICE detention center in Portland.

Judge Says Trump Must End Guard Deployment in Los Angeles

10 décembre 2025 à 09:40
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had illegally kept troops in Los Angeles after emergency conditions had ended. The administration is expected to appeal.

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California National Guard troops guarding a federal building in Los Angeles in June.

Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says

10 décembre 2025 à 00:00
The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

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On a production line of the Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, last year. Dutch officials seized the company in September.

Russian Court Sentences 4 Soldiers to Prison for Killing Texan

8 décembre 2025 à 17:07
Russell Bonner Bentley III, 64, who was living in the occupied Donbas region of Ukraine, was beaten and tortured to death after he was suspected of being an American saboteur, investigators said.

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Russell Bonner Bentley III visiting a memorial to victims of Nazi killings, in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2017.

Clerk in Murdaugh Trial Is Sentenced to Probation for Perjury and Other Charges

8 décembre 2025 à 16:04
Becky Hill helped manage the 2023 trial in which Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife and younger son.

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Becky Hill, the former clerk of courts in Colleton County, S.C., in court on Monday. She had been accused of perjury, misuse of public funds and sharing court information under court seal with a reporter.

What will the court’s ruling mean for the Federal Reserve Board?

8 décembre 2025 à 11:19
The justices have indicated that they will try to find a way to protect the independence of the Fed, even as they let presidents remove leaders of other agencies.

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President Trump has mused about trying to fire Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but he has not followed through.

Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies

7 décembre 2025 à 09:25
President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and other conservatives on the Supreme Court have embraced the so-called unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitution vests all executive power in the president and that he must be able to control everything the executive branch does.

For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle

7 décembre 2025 à 05:02
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.

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The battle between William E. Humphrey and Franklin D. Roosevelt has resurfaced in a blockbuster case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday,

Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment

7 décembre 2025 à 07:34
The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from using evidence in its efforts to seek a new indictment against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.

Judge Rules Trump Exceeded Authority by Holding Deportees at Guantánamo

5 décembre 2025 à 21:20
Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan stopped short of ordering the shuttering of the detention operation. But a lawyer for the challengers said they would soon seek a closure order.

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Deportees from El Paso being transported to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on a military cargo plane early this year.

The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In

5 décembre 2025 à 17:25
The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.

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A map of Texas’ congressional districts during a hearing in Austin in August.

Supreme Court Clears Way for Texas Redistricting Maps Pushed by Trump

4 décembre 2025 à 19:26
Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.

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State Representative Matt Morgan, a Republican, holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in Texas in August.

Appeals Court Pauses, for Now, Order Blocking National Guard in Washington

4 décembre 2025 à 16:32
A week after the president surged more members of the National Guard to Washington, an appeals court halted an order that would have required the Guard to pull out after Dec. 11.

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Members of the National Guard on the National Mall in August.

Why Harvard Has Not Reached a Deal with Trump

3 décembre 2025 à 05:02
President Trump promised a deal last summer. Other universities have agreed to pay millions to settle with the federal government since then, but Harvard, which was asked to pay much more, has not.

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To end the monthslong fight with the Trump administration, Harvard has signaled a willingness to commit $500 million to work force training programs.

Court Puts Hold on Decision Requiring Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate

2 décembre 2025 à 19:15
The West Virginia Supreme Court said that the vaccine mandate for children would remain while it considered the case.

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For nearly 90 years, West Virginia’s vaccine law allowed exemptions only for medical reasons. That changed earlier this year.

Supreme Court Hears Copyright Battle Over Online Music Piracy

1 décembre 2025 à 13:35
At issue is whether internet providers can be held liable for repeated copyright infringements of users, with potentially billions of dollars on the line.

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Several justices said Cox Communication’s “mere knowledge” of illegal downloads was not sufficient to hold the company liable.

With Judge's Ruling, a New Tool for Charging Crime in D.C.

1 décembre 2025 à 05:02
The U.S. attorney’s office says it may use local grand juries for serious federal crime in Washington “when appropriate” after a judge signed off on the unusual procedure.

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The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House in Washington.

Worker Cleared of Stealing Snacks From Office Fridge After 2 Years in Court

28 novembre 2025 à 05:32
A South Korean man accused of stealing a Choco Pie and a mini custard cake was acquitted after a prosecution that drew widespread criticism.

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Boxes of Choco Pies on a shelf of a convenience store in Seoul, in October.

Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants

26 novembre 2025 à 15:18
The ruling that immigration agents are acting illegally is the latest to rebuke the Trump administration’s tactics, but earlier orders have been blocked on appeal.

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Law enforcement officials during a raid at an apartment complex in Denver in February.

Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Trump’s Effort to Oust Copyright Official

26 novembre 2025 à 13:25
An appeals court panel had said that Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, could remain in her role as an adviser to Congress.

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Shira Perlmutter, who was appointed in 2020 by the librarian of Congress, oversees the government’s copyright office and administers the nation’s copyright system.

State Court Rules School Vaccine Law Can’t Bar Religious Exemptions

26 novembre 2025 à 12:16
The decision was handed down by a judge in West Virginia, which has one of the country’s strictest school vaccination laws and one of the highest vaccination rates.

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Requests for vaccine exemptions involving children have increased in the United States in recent years.

Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, Loses Corruption Appeal

26 novembre 2025 à 13:19
France’s highest court has upheld a conviction against Nicolas Sarkozy, who led France until 2012. It comes weeks after he was jailed in a different fraud trial.

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Nicolas Sarkozy, a former president of France, at a soccer match in Paris on Saturday. He had spent 20 days in jail on another case, but was freed after filing an appeal.

The ‘Wild Card’ in the Comey and James Cases: Will Judges Pick the Next Prosecutor?

25 novembre 2025 à 17:45
The dismissal of indictments that President Trump sought against his perceived foes opens the door for federal judges to pick a new U.S. attorney to replace a Trump loyalist.

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There is a wide range of legal scenarios that could further derail President Trump’s quest for retribution.

Bolsonaro To Start Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Over Coup Plot

25 novembre 2025 à 15:54
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.

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Jair Bolsonaro during an interview in January.

Abortion Is Once Again Illegal in North Dakota

22 novembre 2025 à 16:36
On Friday, a state Supreme Court ruling reinstated a near-total abortion ban, reversing a judge’s earlier decision.

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The Red River Women’s Clinic, once the only abortion provider in North Dakota, was forced to move across state lines to Minnesota as a result of new state laws in 2022.

Texas A&M Wrong to Fire Professor Melissa McCoul Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules

22 novembre 2025 à 07:51
The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.

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The professor taught a lesson that recognized more than two genders. After a student questioned her and notified officials, the professor was fired.

Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map

21 novembre 2025 à 23:21
State officials have asked the justices to allow it to use a newly redrawn map for the 2026 midterms, part of a nationwide redistricting push by President Trump.

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Protesters in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol in August as lawmakers debated a redrawn congressional map. The map created five new Republican-favored seats.
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