3 d. ago Wisconsin recipient of $1m from Musk was active in Republican campaigning

Nicholas Jacobs was immersed in party activities, even working to elect the Musk-favored candidate who lostArchived social media posts from a student Republican operative, Nicholas Jacobs, who received a $1m check from Elon Musk, show that he was deeply immersed in Republican electioneering over the last year, working not only to elect Donald Trump but other party candidates in the state.They included failed Wisconsin Republican senate candidate Eric Hovde; first-term congressman Tony Wied; incumbent Milwaukee Republican vice-chair Brett Galaszewski; and Brad Schimel, the state supreme court candidate whom Musk has spent $25m supporting. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Judges urged to stop 'untrained' emotional support animals from disrupting court hearings

Judges are being handed new guidelines on the role of emotional support animals in court

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5 d. ago ‘Loser’: Musk endures wave of gloating on X after liberal judge wins Wisconsin race

Democrats seize on result as a referendum on Musk and an emphatic repudiation of Trump’s richest supporter and allyDemocrats were tasting unfamiliar triumphalism on Wednesday after the election for a vacant Wisconsin supreme court seat turned into an emphatic repudiation of Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s richest supporter and key ally.Musk endured a wave of gloating on X, his own the social media platform, after Brad Schimel, a Trump-endorsed judge that he spent $25m supporting lost by 10 percentage points to Susan Crawford, whose victory sustained a four-three liberal majority on the court. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case

Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and banned her from public office for five years – threatening her 2027 presidential run – and rejected accusations the verdict was “political and partisan”.France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, told the Assemblée nationale the trial judges had his “unconditional support” after they found Le Pen guilty of embezzlement charges, throwing France into political chaos. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Outrage grows over Marine Le Pen's blocked presidential run: Trump and European allies offer support as 'tyrannical judges' are accused of 'depriving millions of people of their representation'

Le Pen has pledged to fight the court-imposed prohibition that appeared to exclude her goal of seeking and potentially winning the French presidency in 2027.

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7 d. ago Marine Le Pen is in 'fighting mood' and will appeal her four

France's hard-right leader will appeal her conviction for embezzlement of public funds, her lawyer said Monday, after a court handed her a five-year ban on running for office.

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7 d. ago Elections watchdog urges ministers to crack down on foreign donations to political parties amid fears Elon Musk could 'warp' system

Vijay Rangarajan said that there was currently 'a problem of trust in political finance' and called for the rules to be tightened up within the next year.

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1 week ago Why is Elon Musk so desperate to flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court?

Musk has been plowing campaign donations into the race to succeed retiring liberal justice, backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel and repeatedly stressing the importance of the outcome

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1 week ago Family told to 'calm down' after shouting 'f*** off' as sobbing OnlyFans model sentenced

Ellie Rixon cried in the dock as a judge was forced to tell supporters in the gallery to 'just calm down'

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2 w. ago Starmer appears to back Reeves over Sabrina Carpenter freebie

Downing Street said the Prime Minister ‘supports all of his ministers making their own judgments’ over hospitality.

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2 w. ago Musk donates thousands to GOP members of Congress pushing to impeach judges who oppose Trump: Report

Trum push to impeach judges come as administration is accused of defying federal court order on deportation flights

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2 w. ago Lauren Boebert among Republicans receiving donations from Musk after supporting judge impeachments

‘For more than two centuries, there has never [been] such extreme abuse of the legal system by activists pretending to be judges. Impeach them,’ Musk writes on X

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2 w. ago Lauren Bobert among Republicans receiving donations from Musk after supporting judge impeachments

‘For more than two centuries, there has never [been] such extreme abuse of the legal system by activists pretending to be judges. Impeach them,’ Musk writes on X

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2 w. ago Musk donates thousands to GOP members of Congress pushing to impeach judge who oppose Trump: Report

Trum push to impeach judges come as administration is accused of defying federal court order on deportation flights

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2 w. ago Trump says he wouldn’t defy courts despite claims he ignored deportation order

Administration accused of deliberately flouting James Boasberg’s ruling to halt deportation of 200 immigrantsDonald Trump has repeated his declaration that he would not defy a court ruling, even as controversy swirls about whether his administration has already ignored several of them following a spate of negative judgments that threaten to block his governing agenda.Anger among the president’s supporters has been simmering against a federal judge, James Boasberg, who ordered a halt to the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants last weekend. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Musk floats drastic action against judge who blocked Trump's deportation of Venezuelan gang

Elon Musk has voiced his support to take drastic action against US Judge James Boasberg, after he blocked President Donald Trump's deportation of Venezuelan gang members.

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3 w. ago From ‘hoax’ to ‘incredible,’ Trump flips stance on EVs after Elon Musk endorsed him and donated millions

Trump’s love for Tesla comes after years of bashing EVs and feuding with Musk himself

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3 w. ago Hours after Trump promises to buy a Tesla, reports of Elon Musk’s plans to donate $100M to MAGA super PACs emerge

Trump says that the world’s richest man is being treated ‘very unfairly’ amid Tesla’s sales and share price slump

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