President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 1, 2026, broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq. [1][2] The order, formally titled "Imposing Sanctions on…
The Department of Defense announced May 1 that it had finalized agreements with eight commercial AI companies to deploy their technologies on the department's most sensitive classified networks. The eight firms are Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX,…
The Trump administration plans to shutter the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), a U.S.-run facility in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, established to monitor the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and coordinate the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Seven diplomats familiar with the center's…
President Donald Trump notified Congress on May 1 that hostilities with Iran "have terminated," asserting that a ceasefire in place since April 7 satisfied the requirements of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and eliminated the need for congressional authorization…
The White House formally sent to the Senate the nomination of David Brat, of Virginia, to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Commonwealth of Australia. The nomination was announced by the White House and…
A Miami federal jury convicted former Rep. David Rivera and associate Esther Nuhfer on all counts in a FARA case tied to a $50 million Venezuela lobbying contract.
A Stamford, Connecticut jury awarded $49 million against Westmed Medical Group for failing to follow HPV screening protocols, allowing cervical cancer to progress to fatal late-stage disease.
An Alameda County jury awarded $16 million to a clergy abuse survivor in John Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, the first verdict under California’s Child Victims Act.
On April 20, 2026, a federal jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, returned a verdict in favor of Brianna Mensing, a woman who was sexually assaulted by her…
A Cook County jury awarded $70 million, including $17 million in punitive damages, against Abbott Laboratories in the first multi-plaintiff NEC baby formula trial in Illinois.