ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school. Organizers billed the event as “an excellent opportunity to connect with judicial colleagues.” A 2006 rule, …
The U.S. Supreme Court granted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis an extension until Sept. 30 to address an appeal by Donald Trump's former chief of staff. Meadows asked that his case be heard in federal court instead of state court since he was a federal employee. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with lower-court rulings and Meadows appealed …
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court. Prosecutors argued that Meadows failed to show any connection between the actions and his official duties and that the law allowing federal officials to move …
President Joe Biden wants to forgive student debt for millions with education loans, but critics argue he overstepped his authority. The fate of US President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel $430bn in student debt for 40 million borrowers is in the hands of the Supreme Court in a case that presents another major test of executive branch authority in the …
The case involves documents seized by the FBI at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A three-judge panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of a lower court judge’s decision to appoint a special master to review materials seized from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and block the Justice Department from using those materials as part of its investigation. The …
