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Billionaire who treated Justice Thomas to vacations also bought property from him and his relatives

A company owned by billionaire Harlan Crow bought a home and two vacant lots from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his relatives in 2014, according to a new report by ProPublica.

Apr 14, 2023 9:43 AM CDT

Justice Thomas cruises on yachts and flies on private jets, thanks to billionaire GOP donor, report says

Updated: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hobnobbing with billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who has showered Thomas and his wife with gifts of luxury travel for more than two decades, according to an investigative report by ProPublica.

Apr 6, 2023 12:40 PM CDT

‘Shameful’ insular cases should be overruled, Gorsuch says, as SCOTUS rules against Puerto Rico resident

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday that the United States doesn’t violate the equal protection clause by denying disability benefits to residents of Puerto Rico.

Apr 21, 2022 10:42 AM CDT

Trump sues niece for disclosing his tax records and the New York Times for encouraging it

Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Times and Mary Trump, his niece, that seeks at least $100 million in damages for her disclosure of his tax records to the newspaper.

Sep 22, 2021 11:48 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Trump must provide tax returns, court says; DA accepts gift cards in exchange for community service

Trump loses bid to block turnover of tax records, plans U.S. Supreme Court appeal President Donald Trump can’t block a subpoena for his private tax records from New York prosecutors investigating hush-money payments made before the 2016 presidential election, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

Nov 4, 2019 4:28 PM CST

Trump’s sister, a federal appeals judge, resigns amid ethics inquiry

A judicial ethics probe of President Donald Trump’s older sister, Circuit Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, has ended with her retirement from the federal judiciary. Four individuals had filed ethics complaints against Barry in October 2018 based on a New York Times report on “dubious tax schemes” by Donald Trump and…

Apr 11, 2019 9:15 AM CDT

Billionaire who treated Justice Thomas to vacations also bought property from him and his relatives

Justice Thomas cruises on yachts and flies on private jets, thanks to billionaire GOP donor, report says

‘Shameful’ insular cases should be overruled, Gorsuch says, as SCOTUS rules against Puerto Rico resident

Trump sues niece for disclosing his tax records and the New York Times for encouraging it

Afternoon Briefs: Trump must provide tax returns, court says; DA accepts gift cards in exchange for community service

Trump’s sister, a federal appeals judge, resigns amid ethics inquiry

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