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518 headlines found.
- Theranos' Elizabeth homes found guilty
January 4, 2022 - Edward Colston statue: Trial verdict Not Guilty
January 6, 2022 - Stephen Breyer to retire from supreme court
January 26, 2022 - Biden confirms intention to pick Black woman for Breyer's supreme court seat
January 27, 2022 - Canada truck blockade court order to end
February 12, 2022 - Former President Donald Trump, as well as his children Ivanka and Donald Jr., must sit for depositions in the New York attorney general's civil investigation of their business practices.
February 17, 2022 - The senators to watch as questioning of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson begins.
March 22, 2022 - The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making her the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court.
April 7, 2022 - US judge throws out Biden mask mandate for planes and trains.
April 19, 2022 - Judge holds former President Trump in civil contempt for failing to comply with document subpoenas from New York attorney general.
April 26, 2022 - Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court may overturn abortion law, leak suggests
May 3, 2022 - First Russian soldier goes on trial in Ukraine for war crimes.
May 13, 2022 - Supreme Court blocks state's 'de-platforming' law.
June 1, 2022 - Britons sentenced to death after "show trial" in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
June 9, 2022 - Rwanda asylum: Government plans new flight after cancellation: The government says officials are already preparing for the next flight to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, despite a court ruling stopping the first plane from taking off.
June 15, 2022 - Japan: Osaka court rules ban on same-sex marriage constitutional.
June 20, 2022 - Aung San Suu Kyi trial 'moved to prison in Myanmar's capital'.
June 23, 2022 - Supreme Court says Constitution protects right to carry a gun outside the home.
June 23, 2022 - The US Supreme Court overturns a 50-year-old ruling known as Roe v Wade that guaranteeing nationwide abortion rights for women.
June 24, 2022 - Roe v Wade: Abortion clinics start to close after Supreme Court ruling.
June 25, 2022 - The supreme court ruled 6-3 in favor of a former football coach who clashed with his public school district over his practice of praying with players after games.
June 27, 2022 - Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking.
June 28, 2022 - Breyer makes it official: He’s leaving the Supreme Court on Thursday at noon.
June 29, 2022 - Supreme Court curbs EPA’s ability to fight climate change.
June 30, 2022 - Russian trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner opens.
July 1, 2022 - House January 6 panel subpoenas Secret Service for allegedly deleted text messages.
July 16, 2022 - Twitter-Musk takeover dispute heading for October trial.
July 20, 2022 - Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress for resisting January 6 subpoena.
July 22, 2022 - the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by Russia.
July 28, 2022 - Samuel Alito: Top US judge mocks world leaders over abortion ruling.
July 29, 2022 - Paraplegic shooting suspect can avoid trial and end his life, Spanish court says. Man who allegedly injured former co-workers before being shot by police is entitled to assisted dying
August 5, 2022 - A jury in Texas ruled the Alex Jones, radio host must pay $45.2m in punitive damages, in addition to $4.1m in compensatory damages they awarded a day earlier
August 6, 2022 - Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 6 more years in prison
August 16, 2022 - US supreme court backs Black voters challenging Georgia election rules.
August 20, 2022 - Hong Kong court sentences speech therapists to 19 months in prison over 'seditious' children's books.
September 11, 2022 - Judge orders release of Adnan Syed after more than two decades in prison
September 20, 2022 - New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business.
September 21, 2022 - A 12-member jury has voted not to give the death penalty to the gunman responsible for the Parkland shooting.
October 13, 2022 - Capitol attack panel votes to subpoena Trump – 'the central cause of January 6'.
October 14, 2022 - Steve Bannon given four months in prison for contempt of Congress.
October 21, 2022 - Appeals court temporarily halts Biden's student debt cancellation scheme.
October 22, 2022 - Swedish prosecutor does not name suspects but confirms sabotage [of Nord Stream pipeline]; nearly one in four Ukrainians cut off from grid as first snow falls.
November 18, 2022 - Trump taxes: Supreme Court clears Democrats to see returns.
November 23, 2022 - Scotland cannot hold new independence referendum without Westminster approval, says Supreme Court.
November 23, 2022 - US appeals court denies Trump 'special master' request in documents case
December 2, 2022 - Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney general
December 4, 2022 - Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds
December 7, 2022 - Kari Lake: defeated governor candidate challenges Arizona election result. Trump-backed Republican files lawsuit asking court to throw out certified results of her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs
December 11, 2022 - Boris Becker: Former Wimbledon champion released after serving eight months of prison sentence.
December 15, 2022 - UK's controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda ruled lawful by court.
December 19, 2022 - Harvey Weinstein found guilty in second sex crimes trial.
December 20, 2022 - 97-year-old former Nazi secretary sentenced for involvement in more than 10,000 murders.
December 20, 2022 - Movie fans can sue over misleading trailer, US judge rules.
December 24, 2022 - The suspect accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in their beds was linked to the slayings after authorities tested his family's household trash for DNA and found a match on a knife sheath at the scene, according to court documents released on Thursday
January 5, 2023 - Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's presidential palace and Supreme Court
January 8, 2023 - Brazil's Supreme Court to investigate Bolsonaro over January 8 attacks
January 14, 2023 - Trump and lawyer ordered to pay $1m for bringing 'frivolous' lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
January 20, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes made an 'attempt to flee the country' after her conviction, prosecutors say
January 21, 2023 - Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead
January 25, 2023 - Five former Memphis officers involved in the arrest were charged with murder and kidnapping, the district attorney announced Thursday.
January 27, 2023 - Trump pleaded the fifth more than 400 times in fraud deposition
February 1, 2023 - Elon Musk found not guilty of fraud over Tesla tweet
February 4, 2023 - South Korean court grants gay couple health benefits in landmark ruling
February 22, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes wants to delay her prison sentence after giving birth to her second child
March 2, 2023 - Alex Murdaugh verdict: Disgraced lawyer guilty of killing wife and son
March 3, 2023 - German prosecutors searched boat Nord Stream saboteurs may have used
March 8, 2023 - Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defaming Narendra Modi
March 23, 2023 - Judge reportedly orders Trump aides to testify in January 6 special counsel investigation
March 24, 2023 - Dominion Voting takes on Fox News in defamation trial
April 18, 2023 - Fox News settles Dominion defamation case for $787.5m
April 19, 2023 - Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access
April 22, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes delays start of prison sentence with last-minute appeal
April 27, 2023 - Pence gives historic testimony to grand jury
April 27, 2023 - Jury hears closing remarks in Donald Trump civil rape case
May 9, 2023 - Donald Trump rages at sexual abuse verdict after being told to pay E Jean Carroll $5m in damages
May 9, 2023 - US Rep. George Santos is in federal custody on 13-count indictment
May 10, 2023 - Arrest of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was illegal, top court rules
May 11, 2023 - George Santos admits to theft in Brazil court
May 12, 2023 - Court orders Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison
May 17, 2023 - Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
June 1, 2023 - Donald Trump indicted over classified documents case
June 9, 2023 - Donald Trump leaves court after pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges at Miami indictment hearing
June 13, 2023 - US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases
June 29, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year prison sentence shortened by two years
July 11, 2023 - Judge throws out Donald Trump's $475m 'big lie' defamation lawsuit against CNN
July 30, 2023 - Niger junta says 'high treason' evidence gathered to prosecute ousted president Bazoum
August 14, 2023 - Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot
August 31, 2023 - Peter Navarro: ex-Trump adviser found guilty of contempt of Congress
September 7, 2023 - Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of last tax evasion charge
September 12, 2023 - US special counsel Jack Smith asks judge to place gag order on Donald Trump
September 16, 2023 - Bob Menendez steps down as US Senate foreign relations chairman after indictment
September 23, 2023 - New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud
September 26, 2023 - Climate change: Six young people take 32 countries to court
September 27, 2023 - One of last living witnesses and ex-gang leader indicted in Tupac Shakur murder
September 30, 2023 - Roberto Saviano faces defamation verdict for remark about Giorgia Meloni
October 12, 2023 - Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of seven counts of fraud in stunning fall for former crypto billionaire
November 3, 2023 - Rwanda asylum plan unlawful, UK Supreme Court rules
November 15, 2023 - Rishi Sunak says he will pass emergency law declaring Rwanda is a safe country after supreme court ruling
November 15, 2023 - Government offices in EU can ban wearing of religious symbols, court rules
November 29, 2023 - Ex-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies aged 93
December 1, 2023 - TikTok: US judge blocks Montana's ban citing free speech
December 2, 2023 - Hunter Biden indicted on tax charges in California in new criminal case
December 8, 2023 - Special counsel goes directly to Supreme Court to resolve whether Trump has immunity from prosecution
December 11, 2023 - Harry was victim of hacking by Mirror Group papers, judge rules
December 15, 2023 - Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces his biggest trial yet
December 18, 2023 - Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot, citing 'insurrection'
December 20, 2023 - European Super League: Uefa and Fifa rules banning breakaway league unlawful, says court
December 21, 2023 - Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith's request for justices to quickly hear Trump immunity dispute
December 22, 2023 - South Africa files genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice over Gaza war
December 30, 2023 - Israel supreme court strikes down Netanyahu's judicial overhaul law
January 1, 2024 - Belarusian president signs law granting him lifelong immunity from prosecution
January 4, 2024 - Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president
January 6, 2024 - UN court to hear South Africa genocide case against Israel.
January 11, 2024 - Netanyahu says world court cannot stop Israel in Gaza as war enters 100th day
January 14, 2024 - Elon Musk: Judge blocks 'unfathomable' $56bn Tesla pay deal
January 31, 2024 - Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump's election meddling trial
February 3, 2024 - Trump does not have presidential immunity in January 6 case, federal appeals court rules
February 6, 2024 - Judge in New York refuses to dismiss case against Trump
February 15, 2024 - Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay nearly $355 million in New York civil fraud case
February 16, 2024 - Major Alabama hospital pauses IVF after court rules frozen embryos are children
February 22, 2024 - NRA found liable in corruption case as jury says longtime leader Wayne LaPierre should repay $4.3 million
February 24, 2024 - US Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on presidential ballot
March 4, 2024 - Trump posts nearly $92 million bond in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
March 9, 2024 - Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing controversial immigration law
March 19, 2024 - US court blocks strict new immigration law in Texas
March 20, 2024 - Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism
March 25, 2024 - 'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
March 28, 2024 - Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law
April 4, 2024 - Germany faces domestic lawsuit over its arms sales to Israel
April 12, 2024 - Donald Trump's criminal trial over hush money to begin in New York
April 15, 2024 - NatCon conference to resume after Brussels court overturns closure order
April 17, 2024 - Trump criminal case: Full 12-person jury seated in Manhattan
April 19, 2024 - Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse
April 20, 2024 - New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction and orders a new trial
April 25, 2024 - Stormy Daniels testifies in Trump's hush money trial
May 7, 2024 - Slovakian PM remains in serious condition as suspect appears in court
May 18, 2024 - ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
May 20, 2024 - Germany coup plot trial to begin amid high security
May 21, 2024 - France's support for court's decision to seek arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders marks a split between its position and that of allies including US, UK and Italy
May 21, 2024 - Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah offensive
May 24, 2024 - Israeli spy chief 'threatened' ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry
May 28, 2024 - Alito tells lawmakers he will not recuse from Supreme Court cases despite flag controversy
May 30, 2024 - Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election
May 31, 2024 - Italian court upholds Amanda Knox slander conviction
June 5, 2024 - Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts in gun case
June 11, 2024 - Supreme Court dismisses case that would have limited abortion pill access
June 13, 2024 - Israel's top court rules ultra-Orthodox Jews must be drafted into military, in blow to Netanyahu
June 25, 2024 - Julian Assange lands in Australia after leaving US court a free man
June 26, 2024 - Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity in January 6 case, jeopardizing trial before election
July 1, 2024 - Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional
July 3, 2024 - Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya
July 9, 2024 - Alec Baldwin's Rust trial dismissed over hidden evidence
July 13, 2024 - Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay nearly $355 million in New York civil fraud case
July 15, 2024 - UN court orders Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories
July 19, 2024 - Biden calls for Supreme Court term limits and ethics rules
July 29, 2024 - Tommy Robinson leaves UK on eve of court case
July 29, 2024 - Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal – Pentagon
August 1, 2024 - Defense secretary abruptly revokes plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind KSM, co-conspirators
August 3, 2024 - Google's online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules
August 6, 2024 - France to trial ban on mobile phones at school for children under 15
August 27, 2024 - Special counsel files reworked indictment against Donald Trump in January 6 case
August 27, 2024 - Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk's X after it missed deadline
August 31, 2024 - Georgia high school shooting suspect to make first court appearance as father faces 2nd-degree murder charges
September 6, 2024 - Trump's criminal sentencing delayed until after election
September 6, 2024 - Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards gets suspended prison sentence for having indecent images of children
September 16, 2024 - Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail and will remain in federal detention, judge rules
September 18, 2024 - New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges
September 26, 2024 - He's the world's longest-serving death row inmate. A court just declared him innocent
September 26, 2024 - Blow to Meloni's Albania deal as court orders asylum seekers' return to Italy
October 18, 2024 - Top LA prosecutor backs Menendez brothers being released on parole
October 25, 2024 - Ex-officer found guilty in death of Breonna Taylor
November 2, 2024 - Elon Musk can keep giving $1m to voters, judge rules
November 5, 2024 - Marine Le Pen: prosecutor recommends jail and 5 year ban from public office in EU embezzlement trial
November 14, 2024 - International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu
November 21, 2024 - Gaetz withdraws as Trump's attorney general pick
November 21, 2024 - Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election
December 6, 2024 - The Onion's purchase of Alex Jones's Infowars rejected by judge
December 11, 2024 - Judge denies Trump petition to dismiss hush-money case over immunity claims
December 17, 2024 - Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband jailed for 20 years in mass rape trial
December 19, 2024 - South Korean court issues arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol
December 31, 2024 - Trump to be sentenced over hush money case but judge signals no jail time
January 3, 2025 - Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving illegal funding from Gaddafi
January 6, 2025 - Trump to endure embarrassment of criminal sentencing after last-ditch Supreme Court appeal fails
January 10, 2025 - Trump avoids prison or fine in hush-money case sentencing
January 10, 2025 - Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel's report into Trump and election subversion
January 13, 2025 - Judge blocks Trump's 'blatantly unconstitutional' executive sicorder that aims to end birthright citizenship
January 23, 2025 - US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal grants and loans
January 29, 2025 - Religious sect followers prayed and sang as an 8-year-old died. All 14 have been found guilty of manslaughter
January 29, 2025 - Ex-senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery conviction
January 29, 2025 - Sweden points to 'foreign power' after Iraqi refugee on trial for Qur'an burnings shot dead
January 30, 2025 - Judge rules Brazilian boy can officially have three fathers and one mother
January 31, 2025 - Louisiana issues arrest warrant for New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill
February 2, 2025 - Luis Rubiales to go on trial in Spain over Jenni Hermoso kiss at World Cup
February 2, 2025 - Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship
February 5, 2025 - Judge halts Trump's government worker buyout plan
February 6, 2025 - Netanyahu meets US lawmakers as Trump set to sanction International Criminal Court
February 6, 2025 - Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
February 7, 2025 - Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave
February 8, 2025 - Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
February 8, 2025 - Trump halts prosecution of firms accused of bribery abroad
February 11, 2025 - Top prosecutor resigns after being told to drop case against NYC mayor Eric Adams
February 14, 2025 - Italian 'mystic' may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue
February 14, 2025 - Federal prosecutors drop criminal probe into ex-WWE boss Vince McMahon, his lawyer says
February 14, 2025 - Trump makes first Supreme Court appeal in test of power to fire officials
February 17, 2025 - Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending, sources say
February 18, 2025 - US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes's conviction
February 24, 2025 - Trump's firing of watchdog agency chief illegal and would give 'license to bully officials', judge rules
March 2, 2025 - Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen
March 5, 2025 - Three UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for Russia
March 7, 2025 - Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests
March 10, 2025 - Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations
March 13, 2025 - Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired employees at VA, Defense Department and other agencies
March 13, 2025 - Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship
March 13, 2025 - The US president excoriated Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies
March 15, 2025 - Trump invokes 18th-century wartime act to deport five Venezuelans. Proclamation comes just hours after judge had ruled Alien Enemies Act of 1798 cannot be used
March 15, 2025 - US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order
March 16, 2025 - Prince Harry's US visa records must be released, judge rules
March 17, 2025 - Trump calls for impeachment of judge weighing Alien Enemies deportation case
March 18, 2025 - Supreme court chief justice Roberts says impeachment 'not an appropriate response' after Trump comment
March 18, 2025 - Trump administration rehiring nearly 25,000 fired workers after court order
March 18, 2025 - Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID
March 19, 2025 - Jury finds Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions in relation to pipeline protest
March 19, 2025 - Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data
March 20, 2025 - South Korea court reinstates PM as acting leader
March 24, 2025 - Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block ruling reinstating thousands of fired probationary federal employees
March 24, 2025 - Judge temporarily halts Trump from canceling Radio Free Europe, handing embattled broadcasters a lifeline
March 26, 2025 - Court orders Trump administration to preserve Signal messages
March 27, 2025 - Marine Le Pen's future to be decided as embezzlement verdict arrives
March 30, 2025 - Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race
March 31, 2025 - Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office for five years and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial
March 31, 2025 - Democratic-backed judge wins Wisconsin race in setback for Elon Musk
April 2, 2025 - Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit
April 3, 2025 - Judge considering whether to hold Trump officials in contempt for violating court orders on deportation flights
April 4, 2025 - Federal judge orders government to return man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador
April 4, 2025 - US judge scolds Trump officials for failing to return man deported in error
April 7, 2025 - Trump asks Supreme Court to block order requiring US to bring back man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
April 7, 2025 - US top court allows Trump to use wartime law for deportations
April 8, 2025 - Settlement reached in Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News
April 8, 2025 - US court orders White House to restore access for AP journalists
April 9, 2025 - Former Russian minister found guilty of breaching UK sanctions
April 10, 2025 - Immigration judge says Columbia University student can be deported
April 12, 2025 - Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram
April 14, 2025 - UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
April 16, 2025 - US judge says he could hold Trump administration in contempt of court
April 16, 2025 - MEPs call for EU court to suspend Hungary's Pride ban
April 16, 2025 - Peru's former first lady flees to Brazil for asylum after she and ex-President Humala sentenced to prison
April 16, 2025 - US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship
April 17, 2025 - Google has illegal advertising monopoly, judge rules
April 17, 2025 - Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
April 18, 2025 - US Supreme Court halts deportation of Venezuelans under wartime law
April 19, 2025 - Judge blocks Trump effort to expand proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration
April 24, 2025 - Ex-congressman George Santos sentenced to seven years in prison
April 25, 2025 - US judge arrested after allegedly obstructing ICE agents
April 25, 2025 - FBI director posts photo of arrested Wisconsin judge's perp walk, possibly violating DOJ policy
April 27, 2025 - Judge says US citizen, 2, may have been deported without 'meaningful process'
April 27, 2025 - Malta's 'golden passport' scheme ruled to be illegal by EU's top court
April 29, 2025 - Swedish journalist sentenced in Turkey for 'insulting Erdoğan'
April 30, 2025 - US judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans
May 2, 2025 - US Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce transgender military ban
May 6, 2025 - Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Bush nominee who veered to the left, dies at 85
May 9, 2025 - Federal judge in Vermont orders immediate release of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk after 6 weeks in detention
May 9, 2025 - Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting two women
May 13, 2025 - US judge charged for allegedly helping man evade immigration officials
May 14, 2025 - Von der Leyen's texts with Pfizer boss can be shared, says EU's highest court
May 14, 2025 - Descendants of Italy's last king should not have crown jewels, court rules
May 16, 2025 - Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison
May 16, 2025 - US supreme court upholds block on Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act as judge questions Ábrego García case
May 16, 2025 - Lawyers accuse Trump administration of deporting Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan in violation of court order
May 20, 2025 - Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to stop Harvard enrolling foreign students
May 23, 2025 - Supreme Court pauses attempt by lower court to force DOGE to provide records
May 24, 2025 - UK prosecutors say 21 charges authorised against Tate brothers
May 28, 2025 - US trade court blocks Trump tariffs, saying president 'exceeded any authority'
May 29, 2025 - Trump tariffs can stay in place for now, appeals court rules
May 30, 2025 - Diego Maradona's homicide trial declared invalid after judge filming scandal
May 30, 2025 - MI5 neo-Nazi spy: Judge had 'no confidence' in Security Service's account of false evidence
June 3, 2025 - Supreme Court restores DOGE's access to sensitive Social Security data and says it doesn't have to turn over documents
June 7, 2025 - White House ban on Associated Press can continue, appeals court rules
June 7, 2025 - Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions
June 9, 2025 - Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400m defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively
June 9, 2025 - US jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in retrial of his landmark #MeToo sex crimes case
June 11, 2025 - The FBI raided the wrong house. The Supreme Court says the family is allowed to sue
June 12, 2025 - Mistrial declared on rape charge in Weinstein case after juror won't return to jury room
June 12, 2025 - Trump maintains control of California National Guard for now after appeals court ruling
June 13, 2025 - Trump loses bid for appeals court to reconsider $5m loss to E Jean Carroll
June 13, 2025 - Federal agents arrest NYC mayoral candidate at immigration court
June 17, 2025 - US supreme court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care
June 18, 2025 - Judge orders Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil released on bail
June 20, 2025 - Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's ability to host foreign students
June 20, 2025 - Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial to be cancelled
June 26, 2025 - Meta wins AI copyright lawsuit as US judge rules against authors
June 26, 2025 - Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
June 26, 2025 - Supreme Court limits ability of judges to stop Trump
June 27, 2025 - US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of LGBTQ+ book readings
June 27, 2025 - Diddy awaits bail ruling after acquittal on most serious charges in sex trafficking case
July 2, 2025 - Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail as he awaits sentencing
July 2, 2025 - Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms
July 7, 2025 - Federal judge issues new nationwide block against Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship
July 10, 2025 - Brazil vows reciprocation after Trump threatens 50% tariffs if Bolsonaro trial isn't stopped
July 10, 2025 - Judge orders Trump administration to stop immigration arrests without probable cause in Southern California
July 12, 2025 - Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with mass firings at Education Department
July 14, 2025 - Prosecutor in Diddy and Epstein cases fired by US justice department
July 17, 2025 - Turkish court convicts jailed Istanbul mayor and Erdogan rival of threatening public official
July 17, 2025 - Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro's home, fit ankle tag, citing flight risk concern amid criminal trial
July 18, 2025 - Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims
July 19, 2025 - Harvard and Trump lawyers take funding fight to court
July 21, 2025 - Trump's ex-lawyer replaced as federal prosecutor by judges
July 23, 2025 - Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
July 23, 2025 - French president and wife sue rightwing US commentator Candace Owens for defamation
July 23, 2025 - Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life without parole for Idaho student murders
July 23, 2025 - Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell urges supreme court to overturn her conviction as Trump continues to face questions
July 28, 2025 - Israel's government votes to fire country's attorney general
August 4, 2025 - US attorney general orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe
August 5, 2025 - US condemns Brazil supreme court judge for ordering house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro
August 5, 2025 - Mushroom murderer tried to kill husband with pasta, cookies and curry, court was told
August 8, 2025 - Federal judge rejects Trump DOJ's bid to unseal grand jury materials in Ghislaine Maxwell case
August 11, 2025 - South Korean court orders arrest of wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol
August 12, 2025 - Baby Shark song not plagiarised – South Korean top court
August 14, 2025 - DC attorney general sues Trump administration over police takeover
August 15, 2025 - Appeals court tosses Trump's $500m civil fraud penalty
August 21, 2025 - Federal judge orders closure of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration jail
August 22, 2025 - Appeals court strikes down many Trump tariffs, saying he overstepped his authority
August 29, 2025 - Judge says Trump admin's use of military in Los Angeles violated federal law
September 2, 2025 - Google will not be forced to sell off Chrome or Android, judge rules in antitrust ruling
September 2, 2025 - Judge says Trump administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion from Harvard
September 3, 2025 - Israel's top court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
September 7, 2025 - Trump loses appeal and must pay E Jean Carroll $83m in defamation case
September 8, 2025 - Court staff cover up Banksy image of judge beating a protester
September 8, 2025 - Supreme Court rules that immigration raids in LA can continue
September 8, 2025 - Thailand's top court orders former prime minister Shinawatra to spend one year in jail
September 9, 2025 - Judge blocks Trump effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
September 10, 2025 - First two Brazilian judges vote to convict Jair Bolsonaro in coup plot trial
September 10, 2025 - Brazil's former President Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup
September 11, 2025 - Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
September 12, 2025 - Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against New York Times
September 16, 2025 - Judge dismisses terror-related murder charges against Luigi Mangione
September 16, 2025 - US judge orders deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
September 18, 2025 - Can you be sued for defaming virtual K-pop stars? South Korea court says yes
September 19, 2025 - Judge strikes down Trump's $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times
September 19, 2025 - Judge says Justice Department officials may have violated order not to post opinions about prosecuting Luigi Mangione
September 25, 2025 - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libya campaign-financing trial
September 25, 2025 - Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two charges
September 26, 2025 - YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5m to settle lawsuit over account suspension
September 30, 2025 - Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook stay at Federal Reserve for now
October 1, 2025 - Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison
October 4, 2025 - Kilmar Abrego Garcia may have been charged because of Trump administration's vindictiveness, judge finds
October 4, 2025 - Judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland
October 5, 2025 - Trump sends troops from California to Portland after court denies deployment
October 6, 2025 - Judge refuses to block Trump's deployment of national guard to Illinois
October 7, 2025 - New York Attorney General Letitia James criminally indicted
October 10, 2025 - Lindsey Halligan didn't coordinate NY AG Letitia James indictment with Pam Bondi's DOJ
October 10, 2025 - Trump cannot deploy National Guard to Illinois, appeals court rules
October 12, 2025 - Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins
October 13, 2025 - Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones' effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment
October 14, 2025 - Pets on flights can be classed as baggage, top EU court rules
October 16, 2025 - Justice Department expected to ask grand jury to indict former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday
October 16, 2025 - Former Trump adviser John Bolton criminally indicted
October 17, 2025 - Appeals court allows Trump administration to deploy National Guard in Portland
October 21, 2025 - French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
October 21, 2025 - Texas attorney general sues Tylenol makers, claiming links to autism
October 28, 2025 - Democratic contender for Congress indicted over Chicago ICE protests
October 30, 2025 - Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help
October 30, 2025 - Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race
October 31, 2025 - Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office for five years and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial
October 31, 2025 - Power behind Trump's tariffs under microscope in Supreme Court arguments
November 5, 2025 - US boat strikes are crimes against humanity, says former ICC prosecutor
November 6, 2025 - US jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in retrial of his landmark #MeToo sex crimes case
November 6, 2025 - 'Huge victory' in Portland as judge's final order bars Trump from sending national guard
November 8, 2025 - Supreme Court rules full Snap food benefits can be temporarily halted
November 8, 2025 - South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-president on charges of aiding an enemy state
November 10, 2025 - Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalisation of same-sex marriage
November 10, 2025 - Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over brutal protests crackdown
November 17, 2025 - US judge says government 'missteps' may have tainted Comey case
November 18, 2025 - Meta scores a win after judge rules the social media giant is not an illegal monopoly
November 18, 2025 - Federal court bars Texas from using new Republican-friendly US House map in midterms
November 18, 2025 - DOJ admits full grand jury never reviewed final Comey indictment, further imperiling case
November 19, 2025 - Justice department will release Epstein files within 30 days, says US attorney general
November 19, 2025 - Fugees rapper Pras sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign
November 21, 2025 - Reform's ex-Wales leader read pro-Russia MP's 'script' in European Parliament, Nathan Gill is being sentenced for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign
November 21, 2025 - Judge dismisses cases against ex-FBI director Comey and NY attorney general James
November 25, 2025 - Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot
November 25, 2025 - EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
November 25, 2025 - Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
November 26, 2025 - DOJ acknowledges Kristi Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador despite judge's order
November 26, 2025 - Georgia prosecutor drops 2020 election interference case against Trump
November 26, 2025 - Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case
November 29, 2025 - Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years prison in absentia
December 1, 2025 - Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as the US attorney for New Jersey, appeals court says
December 1, 2025 - Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
December 1, 2025 - US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn voting maps in midterms
December 5, 2025 - Grand jury declines to charge Letitia James after first case dismissed
December 5, 2025 - US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship
December 5, 2025 - US Supreme Court hears fight over Trump's power to fire federal agency official
December 8, 2025 - US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
December 10, 2025 - US judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from ICE custody
December 11, 2025 - Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud
December 12, 2025 - Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of colluding with foreign forces
December 15, 2025 - Denmark's 'ghetto law' targeting 'parallel societies' may be unlawful, EU court rules
December 18, 2025 - Trump administration sanctions two more International Criminal Court judges for investigating Israel
December 18, 2025 - Judge accused of helping immigrant dodge ICE agents found guilty of obstruction
December 19, 2025 - Elon Musk gets his $139 billion pay package from 2018 restored after a yearslong battle with a Delaware judge
December 20, 2025 - US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago
December 24, 2025 - US judge blocks detention of British social media campaigner
December 26, 2025 - Russian opposition leader sentenced to six years in prison
December 26, 2025 - Swedish workers trial 'friendship hour' to combat loneliness
December 30, 2025 - Top DOJ officials may have been pressing to bring criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge says
December 30, 2025 - Swiss prosecutors place bar managers under investigation after deadly fire
January 3, 2026 - Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing arrest of immigrant resigns as GOP threatens impeachment
January 3, 2026 - Maduro to appear in US court as emboldened Trump threatens other countries after Venezuela strikes
January 5, 2026 - US federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell
January 12, 2026 - Sen. Mark Kelly files lawsuit alleging Hegseth violated his rights with push for punishment over illegal orders video
January 12, 2026 - BBC will aim to have Trump's $5bn defamation lawsuit thrown out
January 13, 2026 - Trump warns of 'complete mess' if supreme court rejects tariffs
January 13, 2026 - Prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-South Korean president Yoon
January 13, 2026 - Bill Clinton faces being held in contempt of Congress after he and Hillary refuse to testify in Epstein inquiry
January 13, 2026 - Judge allows offshore windfarm halted by Trump to resume construction
January 16, 2026 - Judge puts limits on federal agents in Minnesota, as protests cool with the weather
January 17, 2026 - DOJ plans to subpoena Minnesota attorney general, sources say, as tensions flare over immigration enforcement surge
January 20, 2026 - Life sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe
January 21, 2026 - Lindsey Halligan departs Justice Department hours after Trump-appointed federal judge calls her leadership a 'charade'
January 21, 2026 - DOGE shared Social Security data to unauthorized server, according to court filing
January 21, 2026 - US officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says
January 21, 2026 - US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota
January 22, 2026 - New ICE policy allows officers to enter homes without a judge's warrant. Here's what experts say
January 23, 2026 - After years of Russian denials, court accidentally admits Black Sea battleship sunk by Ukraine
January 26, 2026 - Meta, TikTok and YouTube heading to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims
January 26, 2026 - Google to pay $68m to settle lawsuit claiming it recorded private conversations
January 26, 2026 - Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty if convicted, judge rules
January 30, 2026 - Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested on new charges before start of rape trial
February 2, 2026 - US judge temporarily blocks lifting of deportation protections for Haiti migrants
February 3, 2026 - Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X
February 3, 2026 - Judge temporarily halts ICE from using teargas and projectiles on protesters in Portland
February 4, 2026 - Man sentenced to life in prison for 2024 attempt on Trump's life
February 4, 2026 - Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze more than $16 billion for NY tunnel project
February 7, 2026 - China critic Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
February 9, 2026 - Lawyers set to argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial
February 9, 2026 - Trump’s multibillion lawsuit against BBC over Panorama edit set for Florida trial in 2027
February 12, 2026 - Judge says Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
February 12, 2026 - Don Lemon set to appear in federal court in Minnesota on charges stemming from church protest
February 13, 2026 - Fulton County accuses Justice Department of misleading the judge who approved elections office search warrant
February 17, 2026 - Trump brings in new 10% tariff as Supreme Court rejects his global import taxes
February 21, 2026 - US to stop collecting Trump tariffs ruled illegal by supreme court
February 23, 2026 - Hillary Clinton says she answered every question on Epstein and decries GOP for keeping deposition private
February 27, 2026 - Yanis Varoufakis calls prosecution after admitting taking ecstasy 40 years ago ‘ridiculous’
February 28, 2026 - Supreme Court blocks California policies intended to protect transgender students
March 3, 2026 - Guilty verdict for US father of teenage school shooter
March 3, 2026 - US judge orders refunds for more than $130bn in illegal Trump tariffs
March 5, 2026 - Judge says Kari Lake unlawfully ran USAGM, voids Voice of America layoffs
March 8, 2026 - Swiss bus fire that killed six caused by ‘disturbed’ man setting himself alight, prosecutor says
March 11, 2026 - Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court rejects CPS appeal
March 11, 2026 - Judge says 'no evidence' to justify Federal Reserve probe
March 14, 2026 - Accused DC pipe bomber tells court Trump’s broad Jan. 6 pardon should apply to him
March 17, 2026 - Judge blocks RFK Jr's changes to US childhood vaccine schedule
March 17, 2026 - Prosecutors seek more than seven years in jail for son of Norway’s crown princess
March 18, 2026 - Afroman emerges victorious in ‘Lemon Pound Cake’ defamation case
March 19, 2026 - Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders ahead of acquisition in 2022, jury finds
March 21, 2026 - Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro allowed to serve 27-year sentence at home due to failing health
March 24, 2026 - Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
March 25, 2026 - Judge rejects Pentagon's attempt to 'cripple' Anthropic
March 27, 2026 - Judge temporarily halts construction of Trump's White House ballroom
March 31, 2026 - Judge delays Luigi Mangione’s federal trial by about a month but won’t push it to next year
April 1, 2026 - France's Muslim gathering ban overturned by courts
April 3, 2026 - Judge refuses to block sending abortion pill by mail for now, but says FDA must finish review
April 8, 2026 - US judge dismisses Trump defamation suit against Wall Street Journal
April 13, 2026 - Trump media company drops lawsuit against the Guardian
April 13, 2026 - Retrial over death of Argentina legend Maradona to begin
April 14, 2026 - Ticketmaster-owner Live Nation has operated as a monopoly, jury finds
April 15, 2026 - EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values
April 21, 2026 - FBI Director Kash Patel files $250m lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine
April 21, 2026 - French teen who licked vending machine straw faces jail in Singapore
April 27, 2026 - Former FBI director James Comey indicted for second time
April 28, 2026 - Brazil's Congress approves plan to drastically cut Bolsonaro's jail term
May 1, 2026 - US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone
May 2, 2026 - Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists
May 5, 2026 - Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character
May 6, 2026 - Airlines still have to pay compensation if flights cancelled due to fuel crisis, EU says
May 7, 2026 - China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
May 7, 2026 - German tourist wins payout after losing sun lounger race
May 7, 2026 - Trump’s attempt to impose new 10% tariffs gets struck down by a panel of judges
May 8, 2026 - Virginia Supreme Court blocks referendum that would have helped Democrats win up to four more US House seats
May 8, 2026 - Greenlandic woman wins case against Danish authorities who removed her two-hour-old child
May 8, 2026 - Israel passes law to allow death penalty and public trials for those linked to 7 October
May 12, 2026 - Dali ship operator charged over deadly Baltimore bridge collapse
May 12, 2026 - Trump's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool makeover faces a lawsuit and a $13m price tag
May 12, 2026 - Texas accuses Netflix of spying on users, including children
May 12, 2026 - Thief jailed after stealing unreleased Beyoncé music from car
May 12, 2026 - Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government
May 12, 2026 - Romania reeling over claims of high-level justice system corruption
May 13, 2026 - US citizen convicted of running secret Chinese 'police station' in NYC
May 14, 2026 - Canada court quashes bid by Alberta separatists for independence referendum
May 14, 2026 - US Supreme Court restores abortion pill access for now
May 14, 2026 - Judge declares another mistrial in Harvey Weinstein New York rape case
May 16, 2026 - US Justice Department working to indict former Cuban president Raul Castro
May 16, 2026 - Trump administration creates $1.776 billion fund for allies of the president after he drops lawsuit against IRS
May 18, 2026 - Shakira in line for €55m payout as Spanish court rules tax fines were wrong
May 18, 2026 - Luigi Mangione’s notebook writings, gun seized from his backpack will be allowed in upcoming murder trial, judge rule
May 18, 2026 - Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman
May 18, 2026 - New settlement term bars IRS from investigating Trump, his family for past tax issues
May 20, 2026 - Police officers who defended US Capitol on January 6 sue to stop Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
May 20, 2026 - Former Cuban president Raúl Castro indicted in US over 1996 fatal downing of two planes
May 20, 2026 - UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution
May 21, 2026 - Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
May 21, 2026 - Meta settles social media addiction case with US school district
May 21, 2026 - Turkish court ruling removes head of main opposition party
May 21, 2026 - Case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia dismissed after judge calls it an ‘abuse of prosecuting power’
May 23, 2026 - YouTuber arrested for allegedly using AI to defame Korean actor
May 27, 2026 - Biden sues US justice department to block release of recordings
May 27, 2026 - Sky-high World Cup ticket prices spark investigation by NY and NJ attorneys general
May 27, 2026 - Matthew Perry's assistant jailed for 41 months over actor's ketamine death
May 27, 2026 - Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
May 28, 2026 - Hotel’s refusal to serve guest tap water at restaurant is lawful, top Italian court rules
May 28, 2026 - Australia sues US giant 3M over 'forever chemicals' in firefighting foam
May 28, 2026 - EU fines Temu €200m for allowing sale of illegal products
May 28, 2026 - France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery
May 28, 2026 - California Attorney General sues 23andMe successor for 2023 data breach
May 29, 2026 - US judge halts Trump's $1.8bn 'anti-weaponisation' fund
May 29, 2026 - ICE agent charged in shooting of Venezuelan man during Minneapolis immigration crackdown is arrested
May 29, 2026 - Judge says Trump can’t add his name to Kennedy Center and blocks planned closure
May 29, 2026 - Ghana passes bill criminalising promotion of LGBTQ rights
May 30, 2026