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Wall Street titan hits surprising bump in developing $100M country estate

Steve Schwarzman, 77, lashed out at Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves over the country's arcane and long-winded planning laws

Wisconsin lawmakers strike down three emergency election rules

The fight over who writes the rules for elections in Wisconsin continues.

'She-Hulk' star blasts law requiring parental approval of students' preferred pronouns: 'Absurd'

"That isn’t a parent’s place – it’s an overreach. It’s an overreach on the part of the provincial government to legislate that. It’s absurd," "She-Hulk" star Tatiana Maslany added.

Trump asks Manhattan hush money judge to throw out guilty verdict after Supreme Court’s immunity ruling

The request came in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan sent by the 78-year-old former president’s lawyers, The Post confirmed, which asks the jurist for permission to file a motion...

Ballot recounting legislation likely to pass in Michigan

The law will eliminate the board of canvasser’s investigative powers, instead requiring the board to refer any allegations of fraud to the relevant county prosecutor, rather than conducting a recount.

Supreme Court's Chevron ruling forces Congress to do its job

The Chevron doctrine, originally meant to streamline Ronald Reagan’s deregulation goals in the face of judicial obstruction, merely enabled bureaucratic bloat.

How DEI is coming for lawyers

This week, The Post's editorial board rightfully lauded Christopher F. Rufo’s recent article in City Journal entitled “How DEI Corrupts America’s Universities.” As the editorial board and Rufo correctly point...

Ex-Trump official’s bid to avoid prison denied by SCOTUS

Bannon was sentenced to serve four-months behind bars and faces a July 1 deadline to report to prison.

Hunter Biden's DC law license suspended after gun conviction in latest blow to first son

First son Hunter Biden's license to practice law in the nation's capital has been suspended in response to his conviction earlier this month for illegal possession of a firearm while...

My husband has been risking our kids' lives with this illegal act in the car

"Whenever we drive in the family car together, I always make sure they’re buckled up and had no idea he wasn’t taking the same precautions when he was driving them...

Oklahoma man returning to US after ammo arrest in Turks and Caicos

The Oklahoma man who was facing 12 years in a tropical prison after Turks and Caicos authorities found four stray bullets in his luggage is coming back to the United...

Hunter Biden’s DC law license in jeopardy after felony convictions

The Office of the Disciplinary Counsel, which oversees disciplinary cases for members of the Washington, DC, bar, filed a “notice of discipline” with the DC Court of Appeals on Monday...

Key moments in Hunter Biden trial: Defense faced critical blows

Prosecutors were ready to rebut Hunter Biden's defense attorney Abbe Lowell at almost every turn and so were the witnesses who seemingly cleared up most of the key questions he...

Supreme Court justices reveal book deals and Beyoncé tickets in latest financial disclosures

Four justices – Brett Kavanaugh, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor –  reported raking in nearly $1.6 million from book deals and royalties in 2023. 

Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke charged over alleged bribery scheme

Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of the Trump administration, was the Navy’s second-highest ranking officer in the months before he took part in...

Hunter Biden loses another ‘frivolous’ bid to stop Delaware gun case

Hunter Biden used the same argument in an effort to dismiss his California tax fraud case, a bid that was rejected by both the District Court for the Central District...

Trump ally files misconduct complaint against federal judge who badmouthed Alito

Sitting District Judge Michael Ponsor ripped into Alito over the flag controversy and accused the justice of being "foolish" in a New York Times piece published last Friday.

Hunter Biden's last-minute bid to quash gun case slapped down by appeals court

First son Hunter Biden lost his late-stage appeal to toss out the felony gun charges against him ahead of his trial start date next week.

Sotomayor recalls closing her door and crying in despair over SCOTUS rulings

“There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried,” the Bronx-born jurist recalled at the Radcliffe Institute for...

Here’s why President Biden could be kept off the Ohio ballot

President Biden is on track to get bucked by the Buckeye State and its 17 Electoral College votes due to a technical snarl heading into the Nov. 5 election.