The Hong Kong firm whose management of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal sparked US President Donald Trump’s ire flouted the conditions of its contract, an audit by Panama’s authorities found on Monday. The audit found “many breaches” of the concession awarded to a subsidiary of ports giant CK Hutchison to operate…
WITH AMERICA still reeling from the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on around 180 countries, a conservative organisation has filed a lawsuit challenging an initial round of tariffs the president announced in February—and doubled in March—on Chinese imports. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which counts Charles Koch, a right-wing billionaire, among its supporters, argues…
Democratic officials in 19 states, including Michigan, filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections. Thursday’s lawsuit is the fourth against the executive order issued just a week ago. It seeks to block key aspects of…
A US federal judge set a March trial in Elon Musk’s challenge to Sam Altman’s plans to overhaul OpenAI’s business structure, setting the stage for a high-stakes clash between the two billionaires. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put the trial on her calendar for March 16 during a hearing on Friday…
A group of appeals court judges denied Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul’s petition to immediately step in and block billionaire Elon Musk from giving $2 million to two Wisconsin voters ahead of the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday. Musk, the billionaire who is backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel, has a planned town hall…
The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects are suing the aviation giant. Boeing subjected John Barnett to a “campaign of harassment, abuse and intimidation intended to discourage, discredit and humiliate him until he would either give…
Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to block the White House Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to take over the U.S. Institute of Peace while a legal challenge to President Trump’s actions targeting the nonprofit organization moves forward. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell swiftly moved to consider whether to void the removal of several…
The Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge on Wednesday to delay a trial in a case accusing Amazon of using deceptive practices in its Prime subscription program, citing staffing and budgetary challenges at the government agency. Jonathan Cohen, a lawyer for the FTC, made the request before U.S. District Judge John Chun, who is…
Multiple celebrities were named as defendants in an amended complaint against celebrity Sean “Diddy” Combs filed on Friday. The filing by Ashley Parham and two unnamed plaintiffs lists over a dozen defendants, including NFL player Odell Beckham Jr. and comedian Druski. Beckham and Druski responded to the allegations and denied any wrongdoing on social media….
The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists. The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by…