Azmi Haroun
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The Supreme Court's latest scandals boil down to a question as old as the Romans: 'Who will guard the guardians?'
"They're their own masters," one legal expert said of the Supreme Court, adding that the justices policing themselves is an institutional problem. → Read More
Trump said 9 words and did not smile as he was hit with a 34-count felony indictment on business fraud charges
A grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 34 felony business fraud charges, alleging that Trump made payments to kill bad press before the 2016 election. → Read More
Meet Stormy Daniels, the porn star Michael Cohen says Trump told him to pay $130,000 to cover up an alleged sexual affair
Stormy Daniels is at the heart of a years-long investigation into Donald Trump, which led to the former president's arrest and arraignment. → Read More
Olaplex hit with lawsuit by customers accusing the buzzy brand of causing hair loss, downplaying complaints
Olaplex customers accused the TikTok-famous brand of using chemicals that caused "serious" hair problems including "bald spots" and "burning" scalp. → Read More
Meta is letting Trump back onto Facebook and Instagram
Former president Donald Trump's Facebook account will be restored in the next few weeks after a two-year ban, Meta said Wednesday. → Read More
Elizabeth Holmes booked a 1-way ticket to Mexico for a friend's wedding while out on bail, prosecutors say
The founder of Theranos was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison last November. She is currently free while her lawyers appeal the decision. → Read More
The far-right wore Brazil's national soccer team jersey during anti-democratic riots
Jair Bolsonaro's supporters wore the yellow and green as they ransacked parliament and the Brazilian supreme court. → Read More
Appeals court stops the special master review of government records found at Trump's estate
On Thursday, the 11th circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court decision to appoint a special master, a process Trump succeeded in pushing for. → Read More
Elon Musk wanted to reinstate a right-wing satire account on day one as Twitter chief
In the few past days, divisive and previously banned figures like Kanye West and Donald Trump have had their accounts restored by Musk. → Read More
Elon Musk has axed Twitter staff that verify politician accounts days ahead of the US midterm elections
Hundreds of employees from the company's content moderation team, including people who worked to combat election misinformation, were also laid off. → Read More
Putin aide says Russia is not prioritizing the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner
Griner has been wrongfully detained in Russia on drug smuggling charges. A close aide to Vladimir Putin said her release is not Russia's "main issue." → Read More
The founder of #MeToo explains why her movement isn't about 'naming and shaming,' and how she's fighting to reclaim its narrative
Me Too Movement founder Tarana Burke wants to steer #MeToo away from media sensationalism and office politics. → Read More
Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the Jan. 6 investigators she still believes the 2020 election was stolen, committee chairman tells CNN
Her lawyer said Thomas was "happy to cooperate with the Committee to clear up the misconceptions about her activities surrounding the 2020 elections." → Read More
Trump's legal team says that vendors don't want to work with them for special-master review because 'seasoned IT professionals' can't handle the government's 11,000 files and strict deadlines
Trump's team said vendors don't have a problem with them, but "seasoned IT professionals" can't get through the documents on the DOJ's timeline. → Read More
Ohio GOP candidate J.R. Majewski was demoted from military rank for drunk driving on a US airbase in Japan
"When you decided to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after indulging in intoxicating liquor you brought discredit upon yourself," the military said. → Read More
Roger Stone is heard saying 'let's get right to the violence' in unearthed footage from 2020 election handed over to January 6 committee
In another clip, Stone can be heard telling his crew that even if Trump loses, "the key thing to do is to claim victory … No, we won, sorry." → Read More
The first special master hearing began with chaos as callers left unmuted sang America the Beautiful and told each other to shut up over garbled white noise
After the chaos at the hearing, Dearie pressed former President Donald Trump's lawyers about their arguments that they had declassified documents. → Read More
In first DC appearance since leaving office, Trump signals he wants presidential powers to reshape federal bureaucrats to be more MAGA
In his last months in office, Trump signed an executive order which could have led to a swift purge of federal employees had he not lost the election. → Read More
Pence's former chief of staff hits back at Matt Gaetz, saying he'll likely be 'in prison for child sex trafficking' — in what looks like a growing schism in Trumpworld
"Let me just say what everyone here knows: Mike Pence will never be president," Gaetz said at a conservative conference over the weekend. → Read More
A bishop who had $1 million worth of jewelry stolen by armed robbers during a livestreamed service said his luxurious lifestyle was his 'prerogative'
The preacher, Lamor Whitehead, said guns were pointed at his family and that the robbery showed "how the devil moves." → Read More