Attorneys for Donald Trump filed a request on Tuesday asking New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan to dismiss the
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Erdoğan’s risky play in Syria
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. He covered Syria’s civil war from 2013 to 2016 for Voice of
Former Roberts clerk appointed to argue deportation case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts to defend a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in an immigration case after the Biden administration declined to do so. The announcement that the court…
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Justices weigh Holocaust survivors’ right to sue Hungary for compensation
A long-running dispute reached the Supreme Court again on Tuesday over efforts by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust to receive compensation for property that was seized by the Hungarian government during its extermination campaign in collaboration with the Nazis. The survivors and their heirs brought…
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender health care for minors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teens. The dispute could be one of the most significant decisions of the term. And with similar laws in 23…
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Michel’s cabinet chief to become Belgian envoy to US
BRUSSELS ― Frédéric Bernard, the head of cabinet of former European Council President Charles Michel, is to become Belgian ambassador
Why Are We Still Talking About The Elgin Marbles?
The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, in the British Museum. The Elgin Marbles – and the debate
Justices debate IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments
Typically, in bankruptcy proceedings a creditor must return payments made shortly before the debtor filed for bankruptcy. At Monday’s argument in United States v. Miller, the justices were asked to decide whether that same rule applies to the Internal Revenue Service. Although Section 106 of…
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South Korean president declares martial law in shock late-night address
South Korea’s president declared martial law Tuesday in a surprise late-night televised address, accusing the political opposition of siding with
The morning read for Tuesday, Dec. 3
The justices will hear oral arguments this morning in Republic of Hungary v. Simon. The case involves a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust and their heirs who sued Hungary and its national railway, MÁV, for compensation for property seized during the extermination…
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