Melania Trump has resubmitted her defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s website for wrongly reporting rumours that she worked as a high-end escort in the 1990s. But this time the paperwork has removed references to her plans to monetise her position as first lady. The former model is suing Mail Media Inc for $150 million (£120 million) in damages after The Mail Online alleged that her …
Republican lawmakers and the Department of Justice have asked for more time Tuesday to decide whether they want to move forward in the House’s lawsuit over ObamaCare’s cost-sharing subsidies. The House and the DOJ made the request in a joint motion Tuesday. The House filed the lawsuit two …
We can all thank Melania Trump for giving us a clearer sense of what she and her family are looking for from their stay in the White House. In court papers Melania filed Monday as part of a libel lawsuit against the parent company of the Daily Mail, she said that the British tabloid and website, by falsely reporting that she had once worked as a prostitute, caused the first lady to miss “major …
Trump Administration May Change Stance On Transgender Bathrooms For Students The topic of transgender bathroom rights has been a hotly contested issue between states and the federal government since North Carolina passed a law last March that would require individuals only to use the bathrooms that matched their sex as assigned at birth. Though the Justice Department sued the state, there …
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America have filed suit to overturn an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that directs federal agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for every new regulation they add, “unless prohibited by law.” The so-called “2-for-1” order also mandates that the cost of any new regulation …
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a federal climate lawsuit yesterday named President Trump as a defendant in the case. In 2015, a group of kids, young adults and environmentalists sued the U.S. government and top officials — including President Obama — for failing to protect them from the dangers of climate change, despite detailed warnings and research of its risks. Julia Olson, a lawyer for …
The executive order was announced on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump’s executive order to slash two federal regulations for each new policy introduced may arbitrarily cut regulations focused on health and safety, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit, filed by liberal groups the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen and Communication Workers of America, claims the order fails …
A 19-year-old college student from Oregon was suing Barack Obama in hopes of saving the world. Now that Obama is out of office, she’s turning her lawyers loose on Donald Trump. “Trump,” said Tia Hatton, “is scary. He’s terrifying.” On Thursday, the young people asked their lawyers to go to court and substitute Trump for Obama as the defendant in their 2-year-old lawsuit, which could come to trial in federal court in Oregon this year. In November, a federal judge denied a U.S. Justice Department motion to have the case dismissed. Hatton came to San Francisco to explain the suit as the guest of the prestigious Commonwealth Club. “The government just isn’t doing its job,” Hatton said in an interview. …
Ethics watchdogs who have long warned of the potential conflicts posed by the Trump family’s business interests were quick to cry foul on Wednesday. Importantly, they also saw it as a potential new opening to take Trump to court. Currently, the most high-profile legal challenge to Donald Trump’s business empire concerns what is known as the Emoluments Clause in the U.S. Constitution, which bars …
First lady Melania Trump is — in and of herself — a “brand,” one that could elicit lucrative endorsement opportunities, according to a lawsuit refiled by her attorneys on Monday. The lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court, argues a now-retracted Daily Mail Online article published last August that falsely alleged the first lady once worked for an escort service has damaged her reputation to …