Meta Platforms has agreed to pay out as much as $17 billion to settle state claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children, deceived consumers about the platforms’ safety, and collected personal data from children who used the … Continue reading Meta settles lawsuit alleging social media harms to children for $17 billion
Investigative journalist and author Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World in India on August 25, 2026 (August 26 in India) to discuss the death of country music legend Dolly Parton, who passed away at age 80 after a brief battle … Continue reading Matthew Vadum discusses Dolly Parton’s legacy, Iran, Israel on NewsX World
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a blocked border policy, arguing that judges were wrong to limit the president’s power to stop illegal crossings and cut off asylum claims. In a petition filed with the nation’s highest … Continue reading DHS asks Supreme Court to revive border asylum limits
A federal appeals court on Aug. 24 rescinded a preliminary injunction that limited U.S. Border Patrol stops and arrests in California’s Central Valley. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a federal district court failed to … Continue reading Limits on Border Patrol arrests in California lifted by federal appeals court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 24 ruled that President Donald Trump may—for the time being—implement his election integrity order ahead of the November midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. A federal judge in Massachusetts had blocked portions … Continue reading Supreme Court clears path for enforcing Trump’s election integrity order
Investigative journalist and author Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World in India on August 22, 2026, discussing Iran’s threats over the Strait of Hormuz, four kites found near the Israeli border community of Nahal Oz, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ … Continue reading Vadum on NewsX World: Hormuz shipping fears, Gaza kites at Nahal Oz, and the White House ballroom stay
Apropos of nothing, I like uplifting trance music. This new-on-the-scene singer, Sacha (the one from Scotland, not Canada), has an ethereal voice. Continue reading Armin van Buuren & SACHA – Everlasting
A Department of Justice (DOJ) body held that an independent board that reviews disciplinary actions against U.S. diplomats should no longer have the final say in such matters. The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) found in a new legal … Continue reading DOJ says diplomat discipline board can’t overrule secretary of state
President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against CNN over its controversial characterization of his challenge to the 2020 presidential election results. Trump argues in the $475 million lawsuit that CNN defamed him … Continue reading Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate defamation lawsuit against CNN
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Aug. 21 that Ed Martin is leaving his role in the administration to work on outside legal efforts regarding the upcoming congressional midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election. Martin is a … Continue reading Trump announces DOJ’s Ed Martin is leaving the administration
Trump’s gas-price messaging and the Houthi threat to Bab al-Mandeb Investigative journalist and author Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World on August 14, 2026 (August 15 in India) to discuss President Donald Trump’s recent comments on elevated gasoline prices and … Continue reading Vadum on NewsX World in India talks world affairs, Iran war, and soaring U.S. national debt
The Kennedy Center’s board told federal court that it will not try to put President Donald Trump’s name back on the building’s façade before at least Sept. 8, giving both sides time to discuss a new resolution opponents say flouts a … Continue reading Board won’t add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center before Sept. 8, filing says
The Department of Justice (DOJ) defended the ongoing prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey in a new court filing on Aug. 18, saying that “an objective viewer” could interpret his social media post as threatening the president. The DOJ … Continue reading Comey’s ‘86 47’ post could objectively be read as threat against Trump, DOJ argues
Meta Platforms on Aug. 18 denied allegations by 29 states that it deliberately tried to get children addicted to its Facebook and Instagram platforms at a federal trial that began in California. Meta has estimated that it could face up … Continue reading Meta rejects claims it tried to addict children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial starts
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 17 to review a federal appeals court decision that upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The U.S. Court … Continue reading Battle over Ten Commandments arrives at Supreme Court
A federal court on Aug. 17 blocked a Trump administration plan to move the proposed new FBI headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington instead of a site in nearby Greenbelt, Maryland, that was chosen in 2023. Congress passed … Continue reading Federal judge halts move of FBI Headquarters to Ronald Reagan Building rather than Maryland
A federal appeals court on Aug. 17 declared Sigal Chattah’s appointment as top federal prosecutor in Nevada invalid and barred her from supervising criminal prosecutions. The case goes back to April 1, 2025, when President Donald Trump appointed Chattah as … Continue reading Ninth Circuit nixes Sigal Chattah’s appointment as top federal prosecutor in Nevada
The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 17 denied President Donald Trump’s request that the justices rehear an appeal related to the $5 million judgment against him for alleged sexual abuse and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll case. The new … Continue reading Supreme Court denies rehearing in $5 million abuse verdict against Trump
A state tax court in Maryland invalidated the nation’s first state tax on digital advertising and directed state officials to refund tax payments already collected from major tech companies. The legal dispute had been closely watched by other states that … Continue reading Maryland Court strikes down nation’s first state tax on digital advertising
Investigative journalist and author Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World in India on August 14, 2026 (August 15 in India) to discuss President Donald Trump’s recent comments on elevated gasoline prices and the escalating threat posed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels … Continue reading Vadum on NewsX World: Trump’s gas-price messaging and the Houthi threat to Bab al-Mandeb