3 women file lawsuits against Jeffrey Epstein estate
The lawsuits say two women were 17 and the third woman was 20 when they said they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein.
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How ‘homophobia’ denied Sharon Bottoms custody of her son in the 1990s
Sharon Bottoms, who died recently at age 48, made headlines in the 1990s when she lost custody of her son to her mother, who argued that Bottoms' homosexuality made her an unfit parent. Judy Woodruff talks to Donald Butler, the…
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Federal workers’ union calls government shutdown ‘unconscionable’
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is suing the Trump administration, arguing that it's illegal to force 400,000 federal employees to work without pay. According to J. David Cox, the president of the union, the Fair Labor Standards Act…
A judge’s broad definition of emoluments strengthens lawsuit over Trump’s D.C. hotel
In an unprecedented ruling that could have significant ramifications for President Donald Trump, a federal judge Wednesday issued a broad definition of “emoluments,” the legal term at the heart of several lawsuits alleging the president's profits from his Washington, D.C.,…
President Donald Trump could face another legal challenge if a defamation lawsuit over his past criticism of his sexual assault accusers is allowed to move forward.
Ellen Pao’s new book, “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change,” chronicles her career in Silicon Valley and gender discrimination lawsuit against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Pao recently spoke with PBS NewsHour economics correspondent…
The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal sued President Donald Trump Monday over his ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military.
Iowa is home to some of the richest farmland in the country, but the Des Moines Water Works says that has come with an environmental price. The city water authority has filed a lawsuit against three rural counties claiming that…
Relatives of Marie Colvin, a U.S.-born journalist who worked for the British newspaper The Sunday Times, have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that Syrian government officials targeted and killed her in 2012 to silence her reporting on Syria…
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