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Supreme Court will hear Big Oil’s attempt to block lawsuits seeking to hold it liable for climate change

The court will take up a case alleging the companies deceived the public about how fossil fuels contribute to climate change.

24.02.2026 9

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Brett Kavanaugh warns of ‘mess’ to come whenever Trump returns billions of dollars in illegal tariff revenue

“The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy," Kavanaugh wrote. "But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly...

21.02.2026 750

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Trump complains Epstein files are a distraction as flight logs reveal deeper ties and ‘unfounded and false’ claims emerge

The biggest Epstein files information dump yet leaves questions unanswered.

24.12.2025 4

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Why this small business that sells cycling clothes for women decided to fight Trump’s tariffs — ‘our backs were up against the wall’

The other companies in the lawsuit he joined are also small businesses, including a plumbing supply company in Utah, a wine importer from New York and...

02.11.2025 3

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting fraud claims used by Trump to fire her

Documents obtained by The Associated Press also showed that on a second form submitted by Cook to gain a security clearance, she described the...

13.09.2025 6

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Courts once again bend to Trump’s will, upholding his power to fire a FTC commissioner because he thought she disagreed with his ‘administration’s priorities’

The Justice Department has argued that the FTC and other executive branch agencies are under Trump’s control.

08.09.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

DC’s attorney general says Trump’s police takeover is illegal and will ‘wreak operational havoc’ in the capital

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said DEA boss Terry Cole will assume the police chief's duties and approval authority for any orders issued to...

16.08.2025 5

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans

The court's conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in the first Supreme Court appeals involving DOGE.

07.06.2025 7

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court tosses Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit accusing U.S. gunmakers of fueling cartel war

In a victory for the firearm industry, the unanimous ruling tossed out the case under a U.S. law that largely shields gunmakers from liability when...

06.06.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

The Trump administration quietly deported migrants to South Sudan, one of the most violent countries in the world. A judge says he expects they ‘will be treated humanely’

South Sudan is known for “significant human rights issues” including arbitrary killings, disappearances, torture, and inhumane treatment by...

21.05.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Elon Musk’s DOGE temporarily blocked from its ‘nearly unlimited’ access to millions of American’s Social Security information—for now

A federal judge on Thursday called DOGE's work in the from Social Security Administration a “fishing expedition.”

21.03.2025 6

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

DOGE’s USAID teardown probably violates the Constitution, judge rules as he blocks Musk’s group from making further cuts to the agency

The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative...

19.03.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers for fueling cartel violence gets its day in the Supreme Court

Mexico has strict gun laws and has just one store where people can legally buy firearms. But thousands of guns are smuggled in by the country’s...

04.03.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Appeals court hands Trump administration another loss, ruling it can’t reinstate freeze on billions in federal grants

The judge also said his order blocked the administration from cutting billions of dollars in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.

13.02.2025 7

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Federal judge orders Trump administration to ‘immediately’ unfreeze funding after finding it disobeyed previous order

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell became the first judge to find that the administration had disobeyed a court order.

11.02.2025 7

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Judge has concerns about Musk’s DOGE but won’t immediately block its access to Labor Department records

U.S. District Judge John Bates said the labor unions who sued to prevent access haven't yet shown a legal injury.

08.02.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

The report, however, will not immediately be released, and there's no guarantee it will as more legal wrangling is expected. Supreme Court justices...

11.01.2025 4

The Buffalo News

Lindsay Whitehurst

Trump asks the Supreme Court to call off sentencing in his New York hush money case

Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan.

09.01.2025 10

Fortune

Lindsay Whitehurst