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First LookSam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year sentence shows crypto schemers can't hideSam Bankman-Fried started the second most popular digital currency exchange – until it collapsed three years after it began. Now, he’s been sentenced to 25 years in prison for misusing billions of customer dollars.
Courts cut Trump’s bond to $175 million, but set April trial dateDonald Trump faced a huge bond – nearly half a billion dollars – to appeal a verdict in a civil fraud case. He got a reprieve Monday when an appeals court lowered the bond to $175 million.
First LookSupreme Court might limit mifepristone – the drug used in two-thirds of U.S. abortionsThe Supreme Court will hear a case this week on whether to limit access to mifepristone, an abortion pill. Medicine abortions accounted for 63% of the more than 1 million abortions in the U.S. last year. The case’s result could impact political races this year.
First LookJustice Dept. takes aim at Apple’s digital fortress with antitrust suitThe Biden administration accuses Apple of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones in the U.S. The move escalates an antitrust siege that has already triggered lawsuits against Google and Amazon.
First LookSocial media fills Supreme Court schedule. First up, disinformation control.During the pandemic, the Biden administration encouraged social media platforms to remove posts that it viewed as disinformation. Now, the Supreme Court will review whether that encouragement was a form of coercion that targeted conservative voices.
First LookJudge delays Trump's hush money trial, citing new evidenceManhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan delayed former President Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial for at least 30 days after a last-minute evidence dump.
First LookCan cities bar people from sleeping outside? Supreme Court to decide.Can unhoused individuals camp out on streets when shelters are full? As homelessness reaches record highs, the Supreme Court is set to weigh in.
First LookCan Texas arrest migrants entering illegally? Supreme Court to decide.Texas’ controversial new law allowing police to arrest migrants is headed to the Supreme Court. The case represents a battle between state and federal powers, and a win for Texas could set a new precedent.
Supreme Court’s ruling keeps Trump on state ballots. Then what?The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states can’t kick Donald Trump off presidential ballots. The alternative, it wrote, would be “chaos.”
Is a president above the law? Supreme Court to decide.The Supreme Court’s move to hear Donald Trump’s immunity case delays his criminal trial, but doesn’t dismiss it. How the justices rule will set precedent.
First LookSupreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s bid for legal immunityThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide if former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges of interfering with the 2020 election. The timing could raise doubts about whether a trial can finish prior to the November election.
First LookAlabama IVF providers pause programs in wake of court rulingA second in vitro fertilization provider in Alabama is pausing services after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. They are evaluating whether patients or doctors could face criminal charges or punitive damages.
Cover StoryWhy Oklahoma’s tough-on-crime lawmakers no longer trust death penaltyOnly five states executed people last year. Oklahoma was one of them – and some GOP state lawmakers worry they cannot trust their system to get it right.
First LookTrump fined $355 million in New York financial fraud caseJudge Arthur Engoron ruled that Donald Trump and his co-defendants “failed to accept responsibility” for years of inflated financial statements that misrepresented the former president's wealth.
First LookFBI informant, central to Biden impeachment probe, charged with lyingThe informant who levied allegations of bribery against the Bidens has been charged with lying to the FBI. His testimony was central to Republican impeachment efforts.
First LookOn government drone use, privacy advocates say: Not in my backyardA case in the Michigan Supreme Court is raising new questions about the right to privacy: Can a township’s unmanned drone surveil a homeowner's property without violating the Fourth Amendment?
First LookWhy Trump will stand trial for handling of documents but Biden won’tIn contrast to former President Donald Trump, President Biden will not stand trial over his mishandling of classified documents. Those involved in the case say the difference comes down to transparency.
In historic case, justices look ready to return Trump to ballotCan a Civil War-era provision barring insurrectionists from public office push Donald Trump off presidential ballots? The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical during oral argument.
Can Trump run? Historic case will test Supreme Court.On Thursday, the Supreme Court – for the first time in its history – will be asked to determine if the Constitution disqualifies a presidential candidate.
Should parents be responsible for child’s mass shooting? Jury says yes.For the first time, a U.S. jury found the parent of a school shooter criminally responsible for the murders their child committed.
