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8 hours agoStan Woodward's Many Terrorist-Defending Hats - emptywheel
Kelly Meggs received a 12-year sentence with a terrorism enhancement after convictions for seditious conspiracy and related conspiracy offenses.
Raskin responds that this is indeed happening and represents a fundamental threat to constitutional governance. Raskin explains the core constitutional violation: if Trump can create a $1.776 billion political slush fund without restriction, what prevents him from creating a $1.776 trillion slush fund and bankrupting the nation? The president is limited to his salary under the Domestic Emoluments Clause and cannot fund insurrection under Section 4 of the 14th Amendment. Congress, not the executive branch, establishes programs and appropriates money. The courts decide cases and controversies.
“Establishing oversight of our program across the firm's global footprint was our biggest hurdle,” said Jeannine Zito, the firm's Senior Manager of Knowledge Solutions. “We needed analytics to show us who should be involved and when, what strategies were working, and where we had gaps. Foundation helped us define the right data to measure our success, and that visibility created momentum for expansion.”
Prosecutors say that between 2019 and 2025, the Ous allegedly used a Worcester-based check-cashing business to cash more than $57 million in payments received from client companies. Of that amount, more than $48 million was allegedly used to pay workers in cash without reporting the wages to the IRS or paying required employment taxes, according to officials.
Sgt McDonagh told the court that gardaí were carrying out a checkpoint when they stopped Ralawe at 8:57am, who was not accompanied as a learner driver and had no L plates displayed. On August 22, 2025, at 2:25pm, gardaí were carrying out a checkpoint at the same location when they stopped Ralawe, who was driving unaccompanied as a leaner driver again. The defendant was issued with a Fixed Charge Penalty Notice which went unpaid.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and his brother, Muhammad Amaad, had both denied using unlawful violence against Pc Zachary Marsden during the chaotic incident at Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport in July last year. But after a second jury failed to reach a verdict on the allegation, Liverpool Crown Court heard that prosecutors would not seek a further retrial, bringing an end to one of the most politically charged and publicly scrutinised criminal cases of recent years. The decision means neither man will be convicted over the accusation relating to Pc Marsden.
On May 21, 2025, the Arizona Department of Gaming sent Kalshi a cease-and-desist letter. Regulators claimed the company was illegally offering "event wagering" without "licensure and compliance with Arizona statutes and regulations." Kalshi responded by filing suit in federal court on March 12, 2026, against Arizona gaming director Jackie Johnson and Attorney General Kristin Mayes. The company argued that federal law preempts Arizona from regulating contracts traded on federally approved Designated Contract Markets.
Complicity requires knowledge. To be legally complicit in a crime, you have to know you are helping to commit it. To be morally complicit, the bar is lower. You don't even have to play an active part. To have knowledge of the crime and do nothing is enough. But how do we know what someone knows? I think of all the times I've closed my eyes or shut down a thought or turned away from something wrong, large or small, a planet-level ecological harm or a sub-fiver theft in the supermarket right in front of me.
“The events described in the complaint caused profound and lasting harms to me and my family that no amount of money can fully repair. In addition, the ongoing smear campaign against me has now placed at least thousands of false publications online in an effort to cause further harm. By seeking justice in the courts, I hope to bring appropriate transparency to what happened and to ensure that others do not suffer in the way that we did.”
U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley ordered that Farwell, 40, remain in custody ahead of his trial. His trial is set to begin Oct. 5. In March, Farwell's lawyers filed a motion arguing for his release. Prosecutors filed three supplemental memorandums in support of detention both before and after his April 28 hearing. Kelley cited the evidence against Farwell in her order, describing it as "very strong, if not overwhelming." She also considered the seriousness of the murder charge, which, "in and of itself, weighs in favor of a finding of dangerousness."
Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes are asking a federal judge to let them join the government's legal fight over sports prediction markets, arguing the outcome could reshape gambling oversight and threaten a major stream of tribal income.
For years, Kars4Kids has used a famous ( or infamous) jingle to promote its charitable efforts, offering people a quick and easy way to donate an unused car to support the charity, which in turns helps children. But back on May 8, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian ruled that the charitable organization had violated false advertising and unfair competition state laws in a case originally brought forth by California resident Bruce Puterbaugh in 2021. The judge found that Kars4Kids' jingle, which is played frequently on local radio and TV airwaves, failed to properly disclose that most of the money raised from the charity goes to a program for Orthodox Jewish teenagers in New York and New Jersey.
Washington man Igor Lytvynchuk, 38, threw a rock at an endangered monk seal earlier this month, drawing immediate fury from locals and a pending criminal case. His attorney, Myles Breiner, told the Seattle Times Lytvynchuk has been brutally assaulted, doxxed, and has received hate mail since the incident. He said his client recently received a package of what appeared to be feces.
Judge Raymond Finnegan accused Bendera Abekyamwale (25) of "poisoning children" who was only interested in making a "handy buck" when officers found over €4,000 of cannabis herb and almost €1,400 in cash following a planned search at The Oaks, Lough Na Glack, Carrickmacross, Monaghan on March 13 last year.
Gabriela Teixeira, 51, married wealthy London property investor and restaurateur Abbas Moaven in 2002 after first meeting at one of his restaurants in Notting Hill in 2000. They had two children and lived at a series of high-end properties around some of the capital's most desirable neighbourhoods, including Holland Park and Kensington. But after Abbas died, aged 45, in 2012, Gabriela was shocked to learn that his estate - which she and her two children, who are now adults, were due to share - could be worth nothing.
Teenagers have said that the pressure to use social media is stronger than the pressure to drink and smoke - what does that mean for the companies that are accused of ramping up how addictive they are to use? Meta is one of the big names being drawn into court over their algorithmic choices.
“We’re pretty certain we will bring the full firm operationally to our clients on day one. We have the expertise, because Hogan Lovells was created through a merger 16 years ago. Our business team is quite solid, and a lot of people were involved in that [prior] merger who are helping us here. There are fewer challenges now than in that deal.”
A federal judge denied Amtrak’s request for a preliminary injunction forcing Metro-North Railroad to once again allow it to use tracks they share for non-passenger train movements. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff dismissed Amtrak's plea for the court to force Metro-North, which is part of the MTA, to give the federal rail service access to its tracks to run trains not carrying passengers in the Bronx, upstate, and Connecticut while its suit, filed last month, plays out.
A Swedish prosecutor has called for a 10-year prison sentence against a man on trial for allegedly prostituting out his wife to around 120 clients. The court proceedings against the 62-year-old defendant, in the town of Harnosand, were largely being conducted behind closed doors.