US judges bar Musk’s DOGE from Treasury, allow access to health, labor

US judges bar Musk’s DOGE from Treasury, allow access to health, labor

A federal judge extended a block on Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting team from accessing payment systems at the US Treasury Department on Friday, while another judge allowed the billionaire’s DOGE staffers to access records at health, labor and consumer financial protection agencies. Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has swept through federal agencies since Republican Donald Trump…

South Korea’s Yoon to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, lawyer says

South Korea’s Yoon to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, lawyer says

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will accept the decision of the Constitutional Court that is trying parliament’s impeachment case against him, even if it decides to remove the suspended leader from office, his lawyer said on Thursday. “So if the decision is ‘removal’, it cannot but be accepted,” Yoon Kab-keun, the lawyer for Yoon,…

Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing until after election

Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing until after election

NEW YORK, Sept 6 – A New York judge on Friday delayed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the Nov. 5 election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had previously been scheduled to be sentenced on…