President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Pam Bondi as attorney general delivers a new disruption to an already embattled US Justice Department as it works to advance the administration’s policy goals and sometimes controversial prosecutions.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s removal is raising concerns that her successor will escalate attempts to evade institutional norms and ethics to satisfy President Donald Trump’s expectations for running the Justice Department as an extension of the White House.

A Washington federal judge raised concerns about a “nightmare scenario” where construction begins on President Donald Trump’s 250-foot arch without notice, as when the White House East Wing was demolished to make way for his planned ballroom.

Broadcom Inc., one of the most valuable publicly traded semiconductor companies, named Alphabet Inc. executive Amie Thuener as its next chief financial officer, replacing the retiring Kirsten Spears.

Well-known former US Supreme Court litigator Tom Goldstein received the court’s permission to move out of the home he shares with his estranged wife pending his sentencing on tax- and loan-related offenses.

A law firm and one of its clients failed to revive their First Amendment challenge to a Maine program that pools interest from lawyers’ trust accounts and then distributes the cash to legal advocacy groups.

US Border Patrol agents didn’t comply with a court order while carrying out immigration stops and arrests in July at a Home Depot in Sacramento, a judge said.

The Trump administration announced changes to patient cost-sharing in Medicare’s prescription drug benefit and will update the methodology used to rate private Medicare Advantage plans.

A Pennsylvania federal court denied summary judgment to The Valley Cafe on retaliation claims by a line cook terminated after reporting harassment, finding protected activity and potential pretext in the employer’s reasoning. Malantonio v. Cafe, 2026 BL 109770, E.D. Pa., 23-5125, 3/30/26

Starbucks Corp. wants to entice baristas to be friendlier and faster, and it’s offering new payouts to make it happen.

Bankrupt trucking company Yellow Corp. won court approval of most, but not all, of its settlements with multiemployer pension plans in a closely watched ruling over billions of dollars in disputed withdrawal liability claims.

A District of Columbia federal court dismissed discrimination claims by a Palestinian Muslim woman fired by Georgetown University after the discovery of her anti-Zionist social media posts, finding no evidence her termination was based on protected characteristics not offensive content. Johnson v. Georgetown Univ., 2026 BL 114293, D.D.C., 25-cv-1540 (CRC), 3/31/26

On the main road through the affluent suburb of Highlands in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, a billboard displays a beaming young Chinese family standing outside a newly built house.

Kentucky would become the first state in the country to tax prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket under a broad tax bill headed to the desk of Gov. Andy Beshear (D).

The Trump administration will impose tariffs of as much as 100% on certain imported medicines, albeit with several major exemptions, a maneuver to pressure drugmakers to manufacture more in the US.

Austin-based Fifth Generation Inc., which makes Tito’s Vodka, owes nearly $750,000 in Maine income taxes because selling liquor into the state created sufficient business connections there, the state high court ruled Thursday.

Well-known former US Supreme Court litigator Tom Goldstein received the court’s permission to move out of the home he shares with his estranged wife pending his sentencing on tax- and loan-related offenses.

Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) and his wife Cathy asked the US Tax Court to block the IRS from collecting a $3.6 million penalty tied to a disallowed $18 million refund claim taken for coal mine reclamation deductions.

A Delaware judge accused of bias by attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. used a board game Thursday to force the firms to randomly select two new judges to preside over cases concerning lingering allegations of corporate wrongdoing before the electric vehicle-maker moved to Texas.

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation faces a lawsuit from an anti-affirmative action group that claims its scholarship program tailored for Black students is racially biased.

The $7.2 billion debt package backing Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s takeover of Sealed Air Corp. forced banks led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. to stretch — then again, then again — to get the deal over the finish line.

Environmental groups in two separate lawsuits challenged the Trump administration’s exemption of all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations from the Endangered Species Act.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asserting federal authority over fast-growing prediction markets with lawsuits against Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona that challenge state efforts to regulate the multibillion-dollar industry.

Starbucks Corp. wants to entice baristas to be friendlier and faster, and it’s offering new payouts to make it happen.