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US Supreme Court overturns lower court ruling on Halkbank
The U.S. Supreme Court has given Türkiye's state-owned lender Halkbank another chance to avoid criminal charges in the United States for allegedly helping Iran evade American economic sanctions, but rejected a key defense mounted by the bank.
Judge seeks answers for jail’s Ghislaine Maxwell treatment
A judge ordered the government on April 29 to explain why guards repeatedly flash light into Ghislaine Maxwell's cell overnight, an action her lawyers say may have led to a bruise over one eye as she awaits trial in an alleged sex trafficking conspiracy with ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein.
Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race
President Donald Trump's legal team suffered yet another defeat in court on Nov. 27 as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the campaign's latest effort to challenge the state's election results.
Trump's lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the judges' assessment that the "campaign's claims have no merit."