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Newsmax avoids trial with $67 million settlement over false 2020 election claims

Newsmax claimed its coverage was "fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism," even though a judge ruled it had defamed...

19.08.2025 8

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Judges who rule against Trump are getting ‘pizza doxings,’ an ominous gesture that often comes with death threats

In 2020, a disgruntled litigant posing as a deliveryman opened fire at the New Jersey home of District Judge Esther Salas, killing her 20-year-old son...

01.08.2025 10

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Even as tech bosses swing to the right, almost 7-in-10 people in Silicon Valley vote against Trump

Many of the tech industry’s everyday workers have remained liberal — but also increasingly nervous and disillusioned.

14.04.2025 7

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Elon Musk defeated in Wisconsin Supreme Court race after spending almost $25 million to back losing candidate

“A seemingly small election could determine the fate of Western civilization,” the billionaire said Tuesday in a last-ditch call to voters on his...

02.04.2025 20

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Trump administration deports hundreds as judge orders their removals be stopped with planes already in the air

The judge verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did not include the directive in his written order.

17.03.2025 10

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs and speed deportations—potentially giving immigration crackdown a boost

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was last used as part of the internment of Japanese-American civilians during World War II.

16.03.2025 30

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations

The Agency for Global Media also sent notices terminating grants to Radio Free Asia and other programming run by the agency.

16.03.2025 4

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Trump keeps joking about a third term. Here’s what the constitution says

Over the years, Trump and his supporters have often joked about him serving more than his two constitutionally permitted terms.

13.02.2025 10

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi

Republicans shatter early voting records in battleground states after Trump push

In North Carolina, where in 2022 Democrats had an edge of more than 30 percentage points of the vote at this point in 2022, they are only ahead by...

22.10.2024 10

Fortune

Nicholas Riccardi