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Exclusive | Lawmakers From Both Sides Pressed Pentagon on Legal Basis for Cartel Boat Strikes  The Wall Street Journal Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told  The New York Times Trump admin tells Congress the US is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels  CNN US is engaged in formal ‘armed conflict’ with ‘terrorist’ drug cartels, …

It’s anybody’s guess what a federal judge in Portland will do Friday when the city and state seek an emergency court order to stop President Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland — options include outright blocking the troops, allowing them to come with or without restrictions or simply waiting until they actually arrive. Some legal experts say the Oregon attorneys …

The man who was photographed as a baby on the cover of Nirvana’s classic album Nevermind has failed in his attempts to sue the band for distributing child pornography. A four-month-old Spencer Elden was pictured swimming naked underwater on the 1991 LP’s famous cover. He sued the rock band and photographer Kirk Weddle, but a judge has ruled that “neither …

Not since the years before the Civil War had a trial-level federal judge signed off on an opinion simply as “Judge of the United States.” But Senior Judge William Young, a nearly 50-year veteran trial-level judge in Massachusetts, decided the time is now, and then some. In a book-length opinion on Tuesday, Young ruled that the Trump administration can’t deny …

Topline Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will be sentenced by a federal judge Friday following his conviction on two prostitution counts, and although he was acquitted on some of the most serious charges and escaped the possibility of life in prison, legal experts tell Forbes he could still face about five or more years behind bars. Sean “Diddy” Combs will …

Washington — With roughly a month left before New Jersey chooses its next governor, the gloves have come off following a CBS News investigation that ignited a political firestorm, whipping the campaigns of Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill into a frenzy.  It was last week when CBS News reported that a branch of the National Archives admitted …

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines public schools chief who’s been detained by immigration authorities resigned his position Tuesday while he challenges his looming deportation, his lawyer said. Former Superintendent Ian Roberts had been under the impression from a prior attorney that his immigration case was “resolved successfully,” said attorney Alfredo Parrish. He said his firm has filed a …

Walt Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI, a “personalized superintelligence platform” that the media giant says is ripping off copyrighted characters without authorization. The AI startup offers users the ability to create customizable, personalized AI companions that can be totally original but in some cases are inspired by existing characters, including, it seems, Disney icons from Spider-Man and Darth …

EXCLUSIVE: Disney‘s risking a high-stakes courtroom showdown about what really went down over Jimmy Kimmel‘s much-criticized suspension unless the Bob Iger-run media giant coughs up some serious documents and information in the next 24 hours. Filming from Brooklyn this week, the sharp-tongued Kimmel’s been back on ABC’s airwaves since September 23 after a weeklong MAGA-induced benching. However, for all the …

Putman family faced host of legal woes in years following TV show  Huron Daily Tribune TLC Reality Family Struck by Tragedy — Multiple Dead, Others in Hospital  Yahoo ‘Meet the Putmans’ Family Shares Update After Car Crash Kills, Injures Several Relatives: We ‘Hold Tightly to Our Faith’  People.com ‘Meet the Putmans’ family says 3 members killed in Michigan car crash, 5 injured  New York …