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Amy Coney Barrett, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, has voted against him in key cases, including a March 5 decision to stop his cancellations of USAID contracts. Why It Matters Trump has a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, including three judges he nominated during his first term. What To Know Coney Barrett has voted against Trump, partially or fully, on key Supreme Court cases. These include: USAID On March 5, the Supreme Court compelled the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion to USAID contractors. Coney Barrett has voted against Trump on...

Legal analysts are accusing Judge Aileen Cannon of pro-Donald Trump bias after indefinitely suspending his classified documents case. Cannon, a Trump appointee, indefinitely postponed the trial on Tuesday, citing legal disputes around classified evidence. Cannon said there were eight outstanding substantive pending motions for her to rule on and predicted this will take until at least late July. It is unknown whether the case will begin before the November 2024 presidential election. If elected, Trump has a number of options to kill the trial, including pardoning himself or appointing a favorable attorney general to drop the charges. Cannon is overseeing...

Rudy Giuliani has been making unauthorized payments on his credit card, a committee of his bankruptcy creditors have claimed. They told a bankruptcy judge—who controls the former New York City mayor's spending—that they will not allow Giuliani to drive his creditors "off a cliff," and said they are making a last attempt to get him to comply with his obligations to the bankruptcy court before they start using tougher legal methods.