Advocacy groups and a labor union are suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order requiring federal agencies to repeal two regulations for every new regulation adopted. Calling the order “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with law,” the groups allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court that President Trump’s directive will …
First Lady Melania Trump has settled a defamation lawsuit against a US blogger for a “substantial sum”, it was reported today. Blogger Webster Tarpley agreed to publish an apology, in which he said he had published an article that was “replete with false and defamatory statements about her.” According to court documents filed in October, the article reported false …
Despite filing a lawsuit against a British tabloid for running an inaccurate story on the grounds that it damaged her ability to “launch a broad-based commercial brand,” First Lady Melania Trump claims that she never intended to use her position for personal profit. According to a statement released by both a spokeswoman and her law firm, Trump had “no intention” of earning money off of being …
It’s a little icky all around. First lady Melania Trump is seeking $150 million from the Daily Mail newspaper, charging in a lawsuit filed Monday in New York state commercial court that the outlet published damaging and unfounded allegations that she once worked as an “elite escort” in the “sex business.” Beyond demonstrating that the Trumps are more than willing to take the offensive when it comes to lawsuits, the complaint also reveals plans for yet another extension of the Trump empire, arguing that Melania’s brand has “lost significant value” and has impacted …
Tesla and SpaceX — two companies owned by Elon Musk — have signed on to a legal brief in support of a lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees. Musk has been on the defensive for the past week for remaining a member of the president’s advisory councils in the wake …
The Trump administration is violating the rights of some nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries targeted in a travel ban by barring their re-entry into the United States, the ACLU said in a proposed-class action lawsuit filed on Thursday. The lead plaintiffs in the …
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit on Monday. “[The executive order] violates the rule of law and I will not put up with it,” he said. AGOWA Minnesota, one of the highest refugee-accepting states in the country per capita, has joined the Washington Attorney …
This post contains descriptions of sexual assault. Summer Zervos, one of the multiple women who accused President Donald Trump of unwanted sexual advances, announced during a press conference on Jan. 17 that she is suing him for defamation in the wake of his broad dismissal of sexual assault allegations against him. The lawsuit, filed three days before Trump’s inauguration, is a reminder of the …
First Lady Melania Trump filed a lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s parent company, Mail Online, and Maryland blogger Webster Griffin Tarpley back in September — and, as of Thursday, the suit against the Mail has been dropped. The defamation claims against the Mail were based on a now-retracted article that included allegations from a Slovenian magazine stating Trump once worked with a modeling …
A lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday by a team of ethics experts and legal scholars alleging that President Donald Trump’s overseas businesses violate the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which prohibits presidents from taking money from foreign governments. NPR reports that the group says it’s asking the court “to stop Trump from violating the Constitution by …