News for April 2, 2025

Erik and Lyle Menendez are asking a judge to stop Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor from pulling back support for shorter sentences in their murder case.

The ACLU has sued the National Institutes of Health, saying it illegally canceled hundreds of research grants for political reasons tied to topics like DEI, gender, and vaccine hesitancy.

Nicholas Roske intends to plead guilty to trying to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, according to court filings.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told senators the company is making progress on safety reforms and is working with the Justice Department on a revised plea deal.

Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s high-profile state Supreme Court race, while Florida special elections kept two GOP House seats in Republican hands but by much narrower margins than expected.

Former Justice Department officials Liz Oyer and Ryan Crosswell are set to testify before congressional Democrats about how Trump administration firings and pressure inside the department affected anti-corruption work.

Aubrey Bertram, a public service lawyer, is stuck waiting on student debt relief because a blocked federal repayment plan has paused her progress toward loan forgiveness.

Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race by a wide margin because Democratic voters showed much stronger turnout and intensity than Republicans.

Heather Opsincs was charged after her 5-year-old son died in Florida after drinking apple juice that police said contained methamphetamine.

A lawsuit says Planet Fitness refused to let bystanders use an AED to help a man who had a heart attack near one of its gyms, leading to his death.

A University of Minnesota student is suing ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, saying his arrest and visa cancellation were illegal and left him confused about why he was detained.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison, and his wife says he is not a criminal and should be brought back to the U.S.

The Supreme Court sided with the FDA in a case over flavored vape approvals, but it sent part of the dispute back to a lower court.

The Supreme Court is reviewing whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood South Atlantic from its Medicaid program and whether patients can sue to keep seeing their chosen provider.

Marine Le Pen’s conviction and election ban have put her 2027 presidential bid in doubt and left France’s far right facing an uncertain future.

Judge Dale Ho dismissed Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption case with prejudice, ending the charges so he cannot be tried again on the same allegations.

President Félix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted over a failed coup attempt in DR Congo, changing their punishment to life in prison.

Early election results in Wisconsin and Florida signaled trouble for President Donald Trump and Republicans, as Democrats overperformed in key contests and Susan Crawford won a major Wisconsin Supreme Court race.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children while a lawsuit over the funding cut moves forward.

The Supreme Court heard a case over South Carolina’s effort to block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding, while justices debated whether patients can sue to enforce their right to choose a provider.