Category: Federal

March 20, 2019

The European Commission (EC) has fined Google €1.49bn for breaching EU antitrust rules. The EC said Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites which stopped Google’s rivals from placing […]

March 20, 2019

President Donald Trump named former airline executive Stephen Dickson to run the Federal Aviation Administration as the agency faces scrutiny for its role in approving the Boeing Co. 737 Max for service before two fatal crashes of the jetliner. The […]

March 19, 2019

Special Counsel Robert Mueller began looking into President Donald Trump’s one-time personal attorney Michael Cohen soon after beginning his investigation and prosecutors already had gathered considerable information about alleged campaign finance violations by the time FBI agents raided Cohen properties, […]

March 14, 2019

After the Federal Aviation Authority followed the rest of the world in grounding the Boeing 737 Max on Wednesday, U.S. airlines have been scrambling to readjust their schedules. United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines all have the narrow-body jets […]

March 13, 2019

By hinting so publicly and so often that he might grant clemency for Meng Wanzhou, President Trump has created for himself an awkward Hobson’s Choice. Meng is the chief financial officer of Huawei Technology, the giant Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer. […]

March 12, 2019

The New York State attorney general’s office issued subpoenas late Monday night to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for financial records about major Trump Organization projects, the New York Times reported. The documents sought would cover loan applications, mortgages, and […]

March 8, 2019

Banks are not above the law, and now, individuals and groups have the right to sue the World Bank. That’s according to a 7-1 decision by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Jam Vs. International Finance Corporation. […]

March 7, 2019

The federal government has been secretly tracking immigration activists, lawyers, and journalists covering the topic, KNSD-TV, an NBC station in San Diego, reported on Wednesday evening. Leaked documents from a Homeland Security source showed that the U.S. created and maintained […]

March 5, 2019

President Donald Trump tried to pressure the Department of Justice into blocking AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner Inc., according to a new report by The New Yorker. However, White House staff apparently ignored the president’s orders to pressure the DOJ, […]

March 5, 2019

If Donald Trump claims executive privilege to keep Robert Mueller’s report on Russia secret, it could trigger a crucial test of the presidential power. Democratic leaders say they’ll subpoena the special counsel’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential […]