The U.S. Court of International Trade on Aug. 13 upheld the Trump administration’s authority to end the de minimis exemption that allowed Americans to avoid paying duty on packages worth $800 or less. The court held in a new order … Continue reading Trade Court upholds Trump’s shutdown of $800 de minimis duty exemption
A federal appeals court on Aug. 12 overturned a lower court ruling and restored nine provisions of Texas’s 2021 election law, largely because the challengers lacked standing under two federal laws. Standing means a party has to have a real … Continue reading Federal appeals court affirms Texas limits on mail voting and assistance
The Supreme Court late on Aug. 12 temporarily paused further action in federal district court in California in Apple’s long-running App Store dispute with Epic Games. Justice Elena Kagan granted a brief administrative stay that is set to expire at … Continue reading Supreme Court freezes lower court action in App Store lawsuit
The Supreme Court on Aug. 11 scheduled oral arguments for November in three high-stakes cases involving a religious liberty challenge to Colorado’s preschool funding rules, a lawsuit over inadequate prison medical care, and a separation of powers dispute involving Labor … Continue reading Supreme Court sets November arguments in religious liberty, prison medical care, and agency power cases
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups asked a federal judge on Aug. 11 to prevent President Donald Trump from enforcing his two new executive orders limiting birthright citizenship. The groups argue that the president is defying the … Continue reading Groups seek to block Trump’s new executive orders on birth tourism, birthright citizenship
A federal appeals court on Aug. 10 permitted thousands of lawsuits to proceed against major social media companies over allegations their products are designed to addict young users. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth … Continue reading Appeals court nixes Meta, TikTok bid to halt youth addiction lawsuits
Investigative journalist and author Matthew Vadum appeared on Egypt’s QNews on August 9, 2026, alongside Justin Thomas Russell, executive director of the Global Foreign Policy Center, to discuss tensions inside the “America First” coalition and a recent meeting in Maine … Continue reading Matthew Vadum on QNews: Maine ‘America First’ gathering is “political theater,” not a real movement
Journalist Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World on August 8, 2026 (August 9 in India), to discuss three major international developments: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s call to move beyond a state of “neither war nor peace,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s … Continue reading Vadum on NewsX World: Iran’s “neither war nor peace,” Ukraine’s energy strikes against Russia, and the Modi-Vance call
Investigative journalist Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World in India on the evening of August 2, 2026 (U.S. East Coast time) to discuss President Trump’s coordinated currency intervention with Japan to support the yen. Trump described the move as a … Continue reading Vadum on NewsX World discusses Japan, Iran, a U.S. tariff lawsuit, Gaza, Russia-Ukraine war, and Colombia
Justice Samuel Alito said he will be staying on the Supreme Court “for another term,” after a news bulletin weeks ago falsely reported his imminent retirement. “Obviously I’m here for another term,” the 76-year-old justice said in an exclusive interview that … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Alito says he’s sticking around for another term
President Donald Trump is trying again to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the firing in June. According to a letter obtained by The Epoch Times, the White House advised Cook that the president … Continue reading Trump restarts effort to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook
A federal court on Aug. 6 unanimously upheld three South Florida state House districts, finding the districts were not unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. The plaintiffs—three progressive groups and several voters—had argued that the Florida Legislature’s creation of four majority-minority Hispanic districts … Continue reading Federal court upholds 3 state legislative districts in Florida
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled on Aug. 5 that so-called tower dump warrants are unconstitutional. A tower dump warrant covers all devices connected to specified cell towers during a given time frame. It generally yields large volumes of data, … Continue reading Federal judge rules sweeping ‘tower dump’ warrants are unconstitutional
A federal judge in New York on Aug. 5 ordered the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to temporarily hold back 2.5 percent of restored grant money so that lawyers for the winning plaintiffs can later seek their fees. The … Continue reading Judge orders NEH to hold back portion of restored grants for possible attorney fees
New Mexico is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) over unredacted Epstein files, accusing the federal agency of stonewalling the state’s own investigation into alleged crimes at deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. The legal action, filed Aug. 5, … Continue reading New Mexico sues DOJ for unredacted Epstein files
The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 4 scheduled two high-profile cases for oral argument in October, one being climate-related and the other concerning immigration detention policies. The court stated in a new scheduling order that it will hear Suncor Energy … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear immigration detention, climate lawsuits in October
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Aug. 4 that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent vow to make the Dobbs decision “permanent in every single state” has been misrepresented by critics as a call for greater federal control over … Continue reading DOJ clarifies Blanche’s comments on making Dobbs decision ‘permanent’
A divided federal appeals court on Aug. 4 prevented the Trump administration from terminating about $16 billion in Biden-era climate grants. The court majority ruled that an effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to claw back the funds … Continue reading Federal appeals court rules EPA cannot block climate grants
The Supreme Court on Aug. 3 declined to pause a $655.5 million judgment that Palestinian authorities were ordered to pay plaintiffs in a U.S. lawsuit arising from attacks in Israel on Americans from 2002 to 2004. The order denying the … Continue reading Supreme Court denies Palestinian bid to halt $655.5 million terrorism verdict
A federal appeals court ruled unanimously on July 31 that driver-selected messages on personalized “vanity” license plates are private speech protected by the First Amendment, not government speech that a state may control. The decision by a three-judge panel of … Continue reading Fourth Circuit rules vanity plate cussing out police is protected speech