States are continuing to make their own decisions on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022. Some states are expanding access and rights to an abortion, while others are limiting, banning the procedure, or inserting state laws to protect unborn children. The latest decisions coming down are in Michigan and…

Donald Trump — the first former U.S. president to be criminally indicted — has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts connected to falsifying business records with the “intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof.” Prosecutors allege Trump made false and illegal accounting entries to hide the fact he paid…

Former President Donald Trump is back in Florida after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. What’s next in the unprecedented criminal case against him? And Nashville police executed a search warrant at the home of the school shooter who killed six people at a Christian private school. These stories and…

Finland is set to become the newest member of NATO today, doubling NATO’s presence along Russia’s borders. It is election day in Chicago, as two Democratic candidates are in a run-off for Chicago mayor. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Tuesday, April 4, 2023.  Finland joins NATO as 31st member Finland will…

New York prosecutors have moved to file criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, marking the first criminal indictment of a former U.S. president in history. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has spent the last few years investigating whether Trump violated campaign finance laws in connection to hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels…

After Former President Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to face indictment on criminal charges, many may be wondering what’s next in the legal process. The next step is the arraignment, which an attorney for former President Trump said will likely happen Tuesday, April 4. “The president will not be put in…

Twitter’s head of Trust and Safety, Ella Irwin, announced on Wednesday, March 29, that the company has taken down more than 5,000 tweets and retweets containing a poster promoting a “Trans Day of Vengeance” event planned for Saturday, April 1, outside the U.S. Supreme Court. The poster said “stop trans genocide.” “We do not support…

U.S. Marshals assigned to protect Supreme Court justices in the summer of 2022 were told to avoid arresting protesters demonstrating outside several justices’ homes. Attorney General Merrick Garland was confronted with documents outlining the marshals’ training to not make arrests after Garland previously said the Justice Department didn’t prosecute protesters because U.S. Marshals made no…

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent Tuesday, March 28 and Wednesday, March 29 sparring over the latter’s judicial reform plan. The plan would give Prime Minister Netanyahu the final say in appointing the nation’s judges. It would also give parliament the authority to overturn Supreme Court decisions and limit the court’s…

Artificial intelligence is already the next big thing, from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Bard AI. But as generative AI platforms increasingly get in the hands of everyday people, could the technology end up on the wrong side of a lawsuit? Here is the legal action threatening AI in this week’s Five For Friday. #5: Defamation…