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Record Label Boots K-Pop Member, Then Sues

Ador seeks $30M from NewJeans' Danielle Marsh

(Newser) - NewJeans' lineup just got smaller—and a lot more litigious. South Korean label Ador has filed a compensation lawsuit against 20-year-old former member Danielle Marsh, a day after booting her from the hit K-pop group. The Yonhap news agency reports the suit also targets an unnamed family member of Danielle'...

Kennedy Center Changed Rules Before Adding Trump's Name

Bylaw revisions sidelined ex officio trustees

(Newser) - The Kennedy Center didn't just vote to add President Trump's name to its facade—it quietly rewrote the rulebook first. In May, the federally chartered arts institution revised its bylaws to say only presidentially appointed trustees could vote or count toward a quorum, sidelining "ex officio" members...

DOT Chief Slams California Over Driver's License Move

Sean Duffy not happy state is postponing revocation of migrants' commercial licenses

(Newser) - A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licenses can keep them. But US Transportation Secretary Sean...

Ian Ziering Sued Over Alleged Role in 2023 Biker Brawl

Civil suit alleges unprovoked shove, misleading statements

(Newser) - Ian Ziering's two-year-old New Year's Eve clash with minibike riders on a Los Angeles street is now the subject of a civil lawsuit. Jacob Hernandez, one of the bikers involved in the 2023 confrontation, has sued the Beverly Hills, 90210 star for battery, assault, negligence, emotional distress, and...

500+ Women Want $10M Each From Hospital Over Surgeries

Black Medicaid patients allege decades of nonconsensual, unneeded reproductive procedures

(Newser) - Hundreds of women are accusing a Virginia hospital and its leaders of looking the other way while a gynecologist allegedly subjected patients for years to needless, often life-altering surgery. In a sweeping lawsuit filed on Monday, 510 former patients of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center say the hospital and three current...

Trump Threatens Lawsuit Against Fed Chair
Trump Threatens
to Sue Fed Chair
Dec 30, 2025 1:00 AM CST

Trump Threatens to Sue Fed Chair

He once again accuses Jerome Powell of incompetence over building renovation costs

(Newser) - President Trump is again talking about taking Jerome Powell to court. The POTUS told reporters Monday he's "thinking about bringing a suit" against the Federal Reserve chair, accusing him of "gross incompetence" over renovation costs at the Fed's Washington headquarters, the Hill reports. "These aren'...

Texts Show Tyler Perry's Accuser Was in Contact Recently

Mario Rodriguez sent text messages of gratitude and friendship years after alleged assault

(Newser) - Text messages show that Tyler Perry and Boo! A Madea Halloween actor Mario Rodriguez, who recently filed a lawsuit accusing the filmmaker of sexual assault, remained in contact years after Rodriguez alleges their interactions ended. Rodriguez alleged in the lawsuit filed last week in California that Perry assaulted him during...

Tyler Perry Hit With Another Big Lawsuit

Mario Rodriguez's $77M complaint alleges filmmaker sexually assaulted him

(Newser) - Tyler Perry has been sued for sexual assault by an actor who appeared in Boo! A Madea Halloween, marking the second lawsuit in recent months accusing the filmmaker and studio mogul of leveraging his power in Hollywood to make sexual advances. Mario Rodriguez filed the lawsuit on Thursday in California,...

Defamation Suit Results From Sister's Weinstein Testimony

Ewa Sokola calls Kaja Sokola's testimony a betrayal

(Newser) - A lawsuit has emerged from Harvey Weinstein's most recent criminal trial, in which two sisters testified. Kaja Sokola accused the disgraced movie mogul of sexual assault. Ewa Sokola was called as a witness to boost her claims, but ultimately ended up helping the defense, the AP reports. Now, Ewa...

19 States Sue HHS Over Transgender Youth Care

Democratic-led states say Kennedy is overstepping his authority

(Newser) - A coalition of blue states is heading to court over the Trump administration's latest move on transgender health care for minors. Nineteen Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday to block a new Health and Human Services policy that would penalize hospitals receiving federal funds if...

Ohio Dem Sues to Undo Trump Renaming of Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty's suit argues that board's Trump rebrand violates Congress' authority

(Newser) - A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal court to strip Donald Trump's name from one of Washington's most prominent cultural landmarks. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio filed suit on Monday against Trump and members of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board, arguing that last...

Angels Settle Suit in Player's Death as Jury Considered Damages

Tyler Skaggs died of overdose after team employee supplied fentanyl-tainted pill

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Angels have ended a closely watched courtroom battle over the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, cutting a deal with his family just as a California jury appeared to be weighing punishment for the team. A federal judge announced Friday that the parties reached a settlement in the...

Looks Like It's Official: Jane's Addiction Is No More

Band members ended reunion plans after onstage fight in Boston, are now going their separate ways

(Newser) - Jane's Addiction's long-running drama appears to be ending in true rock 'n' roll fashion: with an apology, a lawsuit, and a final goodbye. Frontman Perry Farrell on Wednesday posted a public mea culpa on Instagram over the onstage clash in Boston last year that blew up the...

Lawsuit: Travolta Is Father of Elvis' Great-Grandson

Lawsuit alleges Presley granddaughter Riley Keough donated eggs

(Newser) - In the strangest and possibly most confusing story of the day, a new lawsuit alleges that John Travolta is the father of Elvis Presley's great-grandson. As TMZ reports, the lawsuit maintains that Elvis' granddaughter, Riley Keough, donated her eggs to Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, so they...

Man Spent a Month in Jail for Sharing Trump Meme
Man Jailed for
Anti-Trump
Meme Is Suing
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Dec 18, 2025 12:20 PM CST

Man Jailed for Anti-Trump Meme Is Suing

Larry Bushart says meme cited Trump's remarks after high school shooting, are his right to air

(Newser) - A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer who spent more than a month behind bars for an anti-Trump post on social media is now suing a local sheriff and investigator, as well as Perry County. Per the Washington Post , 61-year-old Larry Bushart's suit filed Wednesday in federal court claims that...

Lawsuit: Boy Joined Instagram, Killed Himself Within 48 Hours

2 familes sue Meta over sextortion suicides

(Newser) - Levi Maciejewski, a 13-year-old boy in Pennsylvania, killed himself within 48 hours of signing up for Instagram last year, his family says in a lawsuit against Meta that accuses the company of "matchmaking children to adult predators." Levi and 16-year-old Murray Dowey of Scotland, who also died by...

Government Concedes Its Failures in Mid-Air Collision

FAA, Army played roles in January crash, filing says

(Newser) - The government admitted Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation's capital that killed 67 people. The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the...

Suit Aims to Let Americans Claim Pets as Dependents

A golden retriever named Finnegan is at the center of complaint filed by attorney Amanda Reynolds

(Newser) - Golden retriever Finnegan Mary Reynolds has her name on a federal lawsuit that aims to change how the IRS treats America's pets at tax time. Finnegan and her owner, New York attorney Amanda Reynolds, are suing the tax agency in a bid to let people claim their dogs, cats,...

Trump Sues BBC for $10B for Editing His Jan. 6 Remarks

President claims deceptive edit of speech before Capitol riot, seeks damages

(Newser) - President Trump is taking his long-running feud with the media across the Atlantic, filing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC over its handling of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech to supporters who later breached the US Capitol. In a complaint lodged Monday in federal court in the Southern District of...

Suit Demands Fulton County Turn Over 2020 Data to DOJ

Trump renews claims presidential election was stolen

(Newser) - The Justice Department is taking Fulton County, Georgia, to court over 2020 election records, even as President Trump continues to insist, without credible evidence, that the race was stolen from him. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the department says it needs to review whether Georgia complied with federal election law...

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