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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Laundering More than $1.9 Million in Drug Proceeds

A Mexican national pleaded guilty today for his role in the collection of more than $1.9 million in drug proceeds in the United States and the return of those proceeds via cryptocurrency or wire trans...

2026-08-07

Pete Buttigieg, the Supreme Court, and the Fourth Amendment

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In late June, presidential candidate Pete ...

2026-08-07

Have you heard about this?

I live in a small town just south of the Denver city line and I have nothing to complain about. Strange intro for a political column these days. Know why?

2026-08-07

Weill Cornell Medicine Settles Sexual Abuse Case for $1 Billion

“to settle civil claims of patients who were sexually abused by former assistant professor and urologist Dr. Darius Paduch” That is one pricey settlement. And there’s more to it. The Cornell Daily Sun...

2026-08-07

Morning Docket: 08.07.26

* Murkowski will vote against Todd Blanche, putting the nomination in the hands of Bill Cassidy to see if he's learned anything since confirming RFK Jr. [CNN]* Fresh off losing at the Supreme Court, T...

2026-08-07

Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Drug Charges

2026-08-07

President Trump issues new birthright citizenship and “birth tourism” orders

Justice Elena Kagan was sworn in on this day in 2010. Last week, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on its emergency docket to clear the way for the implementation of President Donald Tr...

2026-08-07

Pack of Wild Coyotes Takes Over Abandoned Condo Complex in West Hollywood

It’s like an episode of “Life After People,” but humans get to remain and experience the decay. As Los Angeles polishes its image ahead of hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics, the City of Angels seems de...

2026-08-07

Felon on supervised release pleads guilty to possessing machinegun device, drugs while causing high-speed chase

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A previously convicted felon currently on federal supervised release pleaded guilty in federal court here today to new gun and drug crimes.

2026-08-07

Smyrna Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Distribution and Illegal Firearm Possession

2026-08-07

Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison After Sending Child Sexual Abuse Material

2026-08-07

U.S. Attorney’s Office recovers nearly $850,000 for Montana dairy, other fraud victims

The U.S. Attorney’s Office recently recovered $848,858 for victims of a fraud scheme that took place at a Bozeman dairy from 2007-2008.

2026-08-07

Fleming County Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography

2026-08-07

Cocaine and Fentanyl Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison

2026-08-07

Maine Man Indicted for Escape from Custody

2026-08-07

Illegal Alien Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Firing Shots Near Border Patrol Agents During Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago

HECTOR GOMEZ pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegal possession of a firearm.

2026-08-07

Mercer County Man Sentenced for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession as a Convicted Felon

2026-08-07

Illegal Alien from Ecuador Caught with Hidden App Containing Child Pornography, Will Spend 10 Years in Federal Prison

Jefferson Chancay-Sanchez, an illegal alien from Ecuador, was sentenced in Del Rio to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material

2026-08-07

Seven Charged for Roles in Fentanyl Drug Trafficking Conspiracy as Part of the Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force

LAS VEGAS –A criminal complaint prepared by Homeland Security Investigations was filed in Las Vegas charging seven individuals for their alleged roles in a fentanyl drug trafficking organization.

2026-08-07

Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry of a Removed Alien

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –UBALDO YASIR AMAYA-COLINDRES (“AMAYA-COLINDRES”),age 27, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced on August 6, 2026, to 10 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallo...

2026-08-07