8 h. ago Court official dismisses Justice Department's misconduct complaint against a federal judge in DC

A court official has dismissed a Justice Department complaint that accused a federal judge of misconduct during hearings for a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops serving in the military

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5 d. ago Nigerian court convicts Biafran separatist leader on terrorism charges

Judge says Nnamdi Kanu used his Indigenous People of Biafra group to incite attacks on security officials and civiliansA Nigerian court has convicted the Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism-related charges.Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (IPOB) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Supreme court to review Trump policy of limiting asylum claims at border

Trump administration’s claim it has authority to ‘meter’ applications may turn on definition of arriving in USThe US supreme court agreed on Monday to hear a defense by the Trump administration of the government’s authority to limit the processing of asylum claims at ports of entry along the US-Mexico border.The court took up the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s determination that the “metering” policy, under which US immigration officials could stop asylum seekers at the border and decline to process their claims, violated federal law. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trans air force members sue Trump administration over denied pension

Complaint slams government’s actions as ‘unlawful and invalid’ after air force revoked early retirement benefitsA group of 17 transgender US air force members has sued the Trump administration for denying them early retirement pensions and benefits.The complaint, submitted in federal court, describes the government’s move against them as “unlawful and invalid”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Chess federation files official complaint against former world champion

Vladimir Kramnik levelled unproven allegations of cheating against fellow players, including Daniel Naroditsky

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2 w. ago Chess federation files complaint against former world champion who accused Naroditsky of cheating

The International Chess Federation has filed a formal complaint against former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik

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2 w. ago A car bomb outside an Islamabad court kills at least 11 people, Pakistani security officials say

Pakistani security officials say that a powerful car bomb that exploded outside a sprawling district court in Islamabad killed at least 11 people

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2 w. ago Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding

Appeals court rejects administration’s legal effort and orders officials to pay November’s food aid benefits in fullThe Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day.Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge bans use of force for Trump’s Chicago blitz and accuses top border official of lying in court

Greg Bovino lied about his team’s behavior during protests that ‘shocks the conscience,’ Judge Sara Ellis says

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3 w. ago Cop leaves judge speechless by appearing with no pants on at court hearing

Pants? overruled! An American police officer has stunned a judge and defendant lawyers after appearing to a virtual court hearing wearing only half of his official uniform

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3 w. ago The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’

Mahnoor Omer hopes the case will put public pressure on the government to make sanitary products affordable in a country where they cost too much for most womenFor a 25-year-old, seeing her name written on official papers at Lahore’s high court was daunting. But the case of Mahnoor Omer v Federation of Pakistan has now had its first hearing and Omer, a young lawyer from Rawalpindi taking on her government, has moved from relative obscurity to becoming a headline-making activist.Omer is challenging the country’s “period tax”, which sees only a small proportion of women in Pakistan able to buy sanitary pads thanks to high taxes and duties which, according to Unicef, can add up to 40% to the retail price. One study found that only 16.2% of women in rural areas used pads due to the cost. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bizarre moment cop appears in court on Zoom call without trousers on leaving judge asking ‘you got some pants on, sir?’

THIS is the bizarre moment a Detroit police appeared at a virtual court hearing wearing his official uniform shirt - but no trousers. Officer Matthew Jackson stunned the courtroom and is now under investigation when he logged into a Zoom hearing wearing only his boxer briefs below the waist. The jaw-dropping moment took place on...

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4 w. ago Border Patrol official Bovino due in court to answer questions about Chicago immigration crackdown

Border Patrol official Greg Bovino is due in court Tuesday to take questions about a federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, which has produced more than 1,800 arrests and complaints of excessive force

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4 w. ago Trump officials ask supreme court to allow firing of top copyright official

White House’s latest appeal comes after ruling that Shira Perlmutter cannot be unilaterally firedThe Trump administration on Monday asked the supreme court to allow it to fire the director of the US Copyright Office.The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired. Continue reading...

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