Campaign fundraiser Imaad Shah Zuberi was charged Tuesday with manipulating his records in order to prevent the discovery of his status as a foreign agent. Zuberi, who had previously donated $900,000 to Trump’s inaugural committee, pleaded guilty, stating that he had promised international clients higher profits by changing US foreign policy. The campaign fundraiser also [...]

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday aimed at preventing animal cruelty. The bill, known as the “Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act” or the “PACT Act,” is particularly aimed at preventing and punishing animal crushing by making it illegal for people to crush animals. It is also makes it illegal for people [...]

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday aimed at promoting corporate transparency. The bill, known as the “Corporate Transparency Act of 2019,” would require people who form “corporations and limited liability companies” to provide information about their identity, including their full name, date of birth, current street address and some sort of identifying [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld an Oregon district court ruling in favor of the government’s decision to include four persons on the No Fly List, which prohibits them from boarding commercial aircraft flying to, from, or within the US or through US airspace. Plaintiffs argue that the criteria [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court’s gag order against Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone and his family in criminal proceedings. Stone argued in front of the appeals court that the gag order violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. However, the court did [...]

A Massachusetts judge on Monday ruled that the state’s temporary ban on the sale of vaping products can stand. However, the state has until October 28 to correct what the judge saw as unlawful aspects of the ban. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins denied a request from Vapor Technology Association (VTA), an industry [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an agreement with Sunday Riley Modern Skincare on Monday after filing a complaint against the company for posting fraudulent reviews of their skincare products on the Sephora website. In the complaint, the FTC alleged that the company and CEO Riley violated two provisions of the Federal Trade Commission [...]

The New York Attorney General’s suit against multinational oil and gas corporation Exxon Mobil started on Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, a trial-level New York court. The Attorney General filed a complaint in October 2018 under General Business Law §352, Executive Law § 63(12) and for common law fraud. The suit alleges that Exxon falsely [...]

The Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in state court on Monday seeking to overturn a law that denies felons who are on probation the right to vote. The suit claims the law violates equal protection, due process and voting rights guaranteed by the state constitution. Minnesota automatically disenfranchises [...]

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi distributed a “fact sheet” on Monday, amid the ongoing impeachment inquiry, outlining what her office describes as a gross abuse of power by President Donald Trump. The fact sheet reveals developments from the whistleblower complaint, which stated that Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice [...]