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Judge floats sanctions for DOJ lawyers after Trump's 'lunatic' post: 'I'm ordering you'

A federal judge ordered Justice Department lawyers to sign a government filing, invoking the rule used to sanction attorneys, hours after President Donald Trump called her a “crazed lunatic.” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes made the demand Monday at a hearing in a lawsuit seeking to stop Trump’s overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links, a public course in…

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Raw Story· Oct 19, 4:04 PMJudge floats sanctions for DOJ lawyers after Trump's 'lunatic' post: 'I'm ordering you'

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Could you soon make your own moonshine? SCOTUS takes up 160-year-old banThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the Reconstruction-era ban on distilling alcohol in private homes. Why it matters: Americans can legally brew beer or make wine at home, but making whiskey, vodka or other spirits can land them in federal prison. The Supreme Court could change that. Driving the booze: SCOTUS will review Department…

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Judge Rebukes Trump DOJ for Pushing Her to RecuseTrump Calls Judge ‘Crazed Lunatic’ Over the past week, the East Potomac Park case has morphed from another of President...

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Marine set to keep custody of Afghan war orphan after Supreme Court denialThe girl's Afghan relatives believed they were entitled to due process before a court permanently removed the child from their care in a controversial international adoption case.

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Supreme Court to hear a new case on race and school admissions, this time in MarylandThe Supreme Court agreed to hear a new challenge to school admissions policies on diversity, taking up a case on magnet programs in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Four Supreme Court Justices Sit Out Decision Preventing QuorumWithout enough participating justices to hear the case, the decision will revert to its lower-court ruling.

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Prediction market company backed by actress Sydney Sweeney sues Missouri AG - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 PSTA prediction market firm backed by actress Sydney Sweeney is asking a federal judge to block Missouri from classifying its business model as sports betting, which in Missouri carries taxes and regulations.

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Supreme Court Will Not Revive Plea Deal for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 9/11 DefendantsThe justices rejected a request from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two others accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, clearing the way for a potential death penalty trial.

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‘Go to jail!’ Enraged Trump threatens Reflecting Pool ‘vandals’ as he rips his own DOJPresident Donald Trump lashed out at his own Justice Department in a Truth Social post, insisting again that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, although federal prosecutors concluded months ago that a botched installation was to blame. Trump blamed the dismissal of the vandalism charges, which U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office…

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Trump Tries to Ban Jack Smith Testimony as BBC Lawsuit ImplodesPresident Trump doesn’t want former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in a deposition as part of Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Company. The BBC has subpoenaed Smith to defend itself from Trump’s accusations that the network defamed him with deceptive editing in a 2024 documentary about the January 6, 2021,…

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Blanche panicked over blowback fears after firing influential DOJ attorney: insidersTodd Blanche reacted with alarm after firing the Justice Department’s pardon attorney, fearing the timing would look like retaliation over actor Mel Gibson, according to a report from PunchUp’s Tom Latchem. Blanche, who was deputy attorney general at the time and has since taken over the department after the firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi,…

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