The American Bar Association (ABA) has sued the administration of US President Donald Trump, seeking an order that would prevent the White House from pursuing what it called a campaign of intimidation against major law firms.
The lawsuit, filed on Monday in a federal court in Washington, DC, alleged that the administration violated the United States Constitution by issuing a series of executive orders targeting law firms over their past clients and employees.
According to the complaint, those executive orders were used to “to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes, and policy positions the President does not like”.
Dozens of executive agencies and US officials are named in the suit, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In a statement, the ABA — the country’s largest voluntary association for lawyers — called Trump’s attacks on law firms “uniquely destructive”.
“Without skilled lawyers to bring and argue cases, the judiciary cannot function as a meaningful check on the executive branch,” the association wrote.
Four law firms have separately sued the administration over President Trump’s orders, which stripped their lawyers of security clearances and restricted their access to government officials and federal contracting work.
Four different judges in Washington have sided with the firms and temporarily or permanently barred Trump’s orders against them. One of the firms that sued and won a preliminary victory, Susman Godfrey, is representing the ABA in Monday’s lawsuit.
White House spokesperson Harrison Fields responded to Monday’s lawsuit with a statement calling it “clearly frivolous”.
He added that the ABA has no power over the president’s discretion to award government contracts and security clearances to law firms.
“The Administration looks forward to ultimate victory on this issue,” Fields said.
Despite Trump’s court losses, nine law firms have struck deals with the president, pledging to offer nearly $1bn in free legal services to stave off similar executive orders.
Monday’s lawsuit escalates a clash between the ABA and the Trump administration, which has cut some government funding to the group and has moved to restrict its role in vetting federal judicial nominees.
Danny Dyer has spoken about the highs and lows of his career including when he was overdoing the partying and had to take time away from TV
Danny Dyer has been honest about his past problems
Danny Dyer has revealed his moment of clarity to make a change to his life when he was “slowly killing himself” after being “off his head” after the National TV Awards.
The acclaimed actor, who has won rave reviews for his performance in the Disney+ drama Rivals, also looks back and said his Eastenders co-star Luisa Bradshaw-White was the only one who told him he had an issue and helped his sort his life out insisting “No one else would say that to me.” Danny is now enjoying a blossoming career and has his life on track, having recently walked daughter Dani down the aisle to marry footballer Jarrod Bowen.
But looking back with interviewer Louis Theroux, Danny said previously he knew he was “destroying himself” and his career. At the time he was on EastEnders playing Mick Carters since 2013, but he would head into rehab in Cape Town in 2016.
Danny, 47, said: “I had a moment of clarity where I had been on it all night after the NTAs. I think I’d won and that’s always on like a Tuesday or something and I had to go to work. There’s another thing with EastEnders, is that they go, yeah, come celebrate NTAs, but you are up at seven in the morning. So anyway, I’d just overdone it again and I just could not work out how to get my jeans on.
“I was just sitting on my ensuite toilet trying to work out what leg goes in what, and I don’t why. I’ve sort of had many of them moments over the years of me being completely off my head. But that one really resonated with me. It was more because I looked up, my wife was just watching me and she looked shattered and she looked ill.
Danny Dyer won a BAFTA earlier this year and is now at the top of his game(Image: BAFTA via Getty Images)
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“And of course, you know, the drug taking and the madness that comes with it, you’re destroying yourself and your body and you’re slowly killing yourself, but you also, you’re really upsetting the people around you. I just looked at her, even through this moment, I was off my head. But everything seemed to just sort of go, what the f*ck are you doing to people around you that love you? And it was that moment and I could hear Artie, my son, who’s now 11, he must have been 3. He was running around downstairs and I think I’d got rid of the last straggler out the house.
“Yeah, So I had a car picking me up to take me to work and it was just this moment I thought, sh*t, you’re going to die. You’re going to kill yourself. You’re not happy. You’re spanking all your money on drugs. You’re destroying everything around you. It’s weird, that moment, because I went straight to work that day and I was a bit off my head and I did say, ‘Listen, I need help. I can’t do this anymore. I need help. I don’t know what it is, but this is a crossroads in my life where I need a gear change and I need it now and I don’t think I’m going to survive this year’.
Danny made the decision to go to rehab in Cape Town after this awards show after-party at his house.
He added: “And so, you know, I want give a shout out to Louisa Bradshaw White, who played my sister Tina, who really came to the front for me, more than anybody else.
“She’d always said that she thinks I’ve got an issue and problem. No one else would say that to me… I don’t know, people don’t want to busy themselves in your life either.
She would always say, “whenever you’re ready” you know, that was her vibe with me and then I was ready.
“She’s had her issues like a lot of people have really, and a lot of people in my life, I’ve seen a lot of people go through some quite heavy stuff and always thought, oh f*cking hell, that’s quite heavy, glad I’m not that bad. Actually, turns out I was, it just took me a longer route to get there.”
Danny, who is married with three children, previously told the BBC receiving a letter from his daughter Dani while at a rehab facility in 2016 was what convinced him to continue his treatment.
He shot to fame in the 1999 film Human Traffic, is now one of the most recognisable stars of British TV and film. Danny played Mick Carter in BBC soap EastEnders from 2013 to 2022 and has now starred in his own comedy series Mr. Bigstuff and big budget dramas like Rivals.
He told Louis Theroux he is “proud” of his upcoming film ‘Three Quick Breaths’.
On a lighter note he also talked about seeing a UFO and being convinced the exist.
It was an orb going through the sky. So then that’s a UFO. So, whatever you want to make of that, that’s the fact,” he said.
He also said he won’t be trying to crack Hollywood anytime soon, despite being encouraged to try.
He explained: “I understand that’s where the work is and that’s the ultimate, but can I be bothered to go and live out there on my own? Talking American all the time to everybody pretending I’m someone else.”
* The Louis Theroux Podcast is available on Spotify and all podcast platforms.
Football legend David Beckham had a touching moment with his mum Sandra as they headed back to his working class roots amid the ongoing family drama with son Brooklyn
David Beckham had an emotional time with his mum Sandra(Image: AFP/Getty Images)
Sir David Beckham’s mum cried when she reunited with her football icon son for the first time since his knighthood. The sports star, 50, finally received his long-awaited title from King Charles on Friday as part of The King’s Birthday Honours List.
It comes after years of hard work from David through his football career and charity work off the pitch. The accolade now means he is a ‘Sir,’ and wife Victoria is a ‘Lady’.
However, his exciting news came at a very tough time for the Beckham family as the fallout with eldest son Brooklyn, 26, rumbles on. The aspiring chef is said to have found out about David’s knighthood through the media and has reportedly stopped responding to messages from his famous family.
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In a series of blows, Brooklyn failed to attend any of David’s 50th birthday celebrations, acknowledge his knighthood and share anything for Father’s Day. Despite this, David has remained proud of his recent achievement as he has received the support from the rest of his family.
To celebrate, David returned to his working class roots as he headed to a traditional pie shop in London with his mum Sandra and sister Joanne. He shared: “Lunch with Mum, haven’t seen her since the news mum cried when she arrived, cried during lunch and cried when I was leaving x special moment for us all love you mum x.”
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On Sunday, Brooklyn dealt another blow as he ignored Father’s Day. For the family who have long used social media to post gushing personal messages, it seems Brooklyn’s silence could be deafening.
His younger brothers Romeo and Cruz led the way in paying tribute to David for the special day. Cruz shared a snap of him chilling in the sun with his sports star dad and captioned the post saying: “Happy Father’s Day, I love you x.”
Meanwhile, Romeo posted two pictures of him and his father. One was of him as a child with David and he captioned it simply saying: “love you.”
Eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola have been locked in a feud with David and Victoria (Image: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
David shared his own public message to his children as he appeared to hint at the feud. He shared: “My most important & favourite job in life is being a dad… I’m so proud of all of you and like daddy ( sorry boys ) tells you every single day I will always be here for you no matter what…
“Mummy thank you for doing the most important part and making me a father there is no greater gift in life than making me a dad… Happy Father’s Day… I love you kiddies more than you could imagine.”
A similar pattern followed on Friday when David was officially made a Sir. Brooklyn was nowhere to be seen on social media, adding fuel to the already blazing fire that the family are in the midst of a turbulent time.
Taking to Instagram, he instead shared three packets of pretzel pita chips. According to sources, David never told Brooklyn about his accolade and the former aspiring chef learned about the achievement through the media.
A source for Brooklyn told Page Six he was thrilled his dad was finally receiving the honour, while a source quoted as someone close to his parents told the publication: “Brooklyn told his family he wants no contact and he’s not responding to those that try to connect.”
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Yet a separate Brooklyn source denied the claim, saying: “This seems to be another deliberate attempt to misrepresent the truth, and it only serves to distract from this honour being bestowed on Brooklyn’s father.”
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Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is reported to be in extremely critical condition after undergoing surgery to tend to a brain bleed, just more than a week after being shot in the head during a campaign event.
The attack was part of an eruption of violence that has stoked fears of a return to the darker days of assassinations and bombings.
The Santa Fe Foundation hospital on Monday said that Uribe was stable after undergoing a “complementary” operation to his original surgery, but remained in serious critical condition.
It added that an urgent neurological procedure had been necessary because of clinical evidence and imaging showing an acute inter-cerebral bleed, but that the brain swelling persisted and bleeding remained difficult to control.
The 39-year-old potential presidential candidate from the right-wing opposition was shot in the head twice on June 7 during a rally in Bogota.
The assassination attempt, which was caught on video, recalled a streak of candidate assassinations in the 1980s and 1990s, a time when fighting between armed rebels, paramilitary groups, drug traffickers and state security forces touched the lives of many Colombians.
Three suspects, including a 15-year-old alleged shooter, are in custody. An adult man and woman are also being held.
The 15-year-old boy, who police believe was a “sicario” or hitman working for money, was charged last week with the attempted murder of Uribe, to which he pleaded not guilty. He was also charged with carrying a firearm.
The adult man, Carlos Eduardo Mora, has been charged for alleged involvement in planning the attack, providing the gun and being in the vehicle where the shooter changed his clothes after the attack, according to the attorney general’s office.
Uribe is a senator for the conservative Democratic Centre party and one of several candidates who hope to succeed left-wing President Gustavo Petro in the 2026 presidential vote.
He comes from a prominent political family. His grandfather, Julio Cesar Turbay, was president from 1978 to 1982, and his mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 in a botched rescue attempt after being kidnapped by an armed group led by drug cartel lord Pablo Escobar.
The main dissident faction of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group on Friday denied responsibility for the attack on Uribe, though it did accept responsibility for a series of unrelated bomb attacks.
Southwest Colombia was rocked by a series of explosions and gun attacks last week which has left at least seven people dead. The attacks hit Cali, the country’s third-largest city, and the nearby towns of Corinto, El Bordo and Jamundi, targeting police stations and other municipal buildings with car and motorcycle bombs, rifle fire and a suspected drone.
Colombia’s government has struggled to contain violence in urban and rural areas as several rebel groups try to take over territory abandoned by the FARC after its peace deal with the government.
Friends actor Matthew Perry died aged 54 as he was found in the hot tub at his Los Angeles home in 2023, which was ruled as an accident from the ‘acute effects of ketamine’
Matthew Perry died aged 54 from the ‘acute effects of ketamine’(Image: Getty Images)
Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry before his tragic death. The Friends actor was found dead in the hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28, 2023 aged 54.
An investigation found the cause of Perry’s death to be ruled as an accident from the ‘acute effects of ketamine’, the exact manner of which came from drowning.
Plasencia, also known as Dr. P., was one of five people charged last year. He faces up to 40 years in prison for the four counts of distribution of ketamine.
The physician has agreed to plead guilty, according to a plea agreement filed on Monday. He had previously been facing a variety of charges, including altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia is said to have pleaded guilty
Dr. Mark Chavez, Perry’s live-in personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and alleged drug dealer Erik Fleming all pleaded guilty. Jasveen Sangha – who is allegedly known in Hollywood circles as the ‘Ketamine Queen’ – pleaded not guilty.
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Following his guilty plea, personal assistant Iwamasa helped in the cases against Plasencia, charged with illegally selling ketamine to Perry in the month before his death, and Sangha, a woman who authorities say sold the actor the lethal dose of ketamine.
Dr. Chavez – who pleaded guilty to his charges of conspiring to distribute the surgical anaesthetic ketamine – allegedly formed the bridge between Perry, Sangha and Plasencia.
US attorney Martin Estrada said in announcing the charges “the doctors preyed on Perry’s history of addiction in the final months of his life last year to provide him with ketamine in amounts they knew were dangerous”.
Perry struggled with addiction for years, dating back to his time on Friends, when he became one of the biggest stars of his generation as Chandler Bing.
He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 on NBC’s megahit sitcom.
In his memoir, he admitted that he struggled to watch Friends because it reminded him of the tough times he went through. “I didn’t watch the show, and haven’t watched the show, because I could go, drinking, opiates, drinking, cocaine,” he later added.
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“I could tell season by season by how I looked. That’s why I don’t wanna watch it, because that’s what I see.” Perry explained: “I was taking 55 Vicodin a day, I weighed 128 lbs, I was on Friends getting watched by 30 million people — and that’s why I can’t watch the show, ‘cause I was brutally thin.”
“I had a rule that I would never drink or do drugs while working,” he said. “Because I had too much respect for the five people I was working with. So I was never wasted while working.”
Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley has admitted she goes days without speaking to her young children as she revealed the challenges of working away as a mum
Catherine Tyldesley has opened up on the strain her work puts on her family(Image: auntiecath17/Instagram)
Catherine Tyldesley has revealed the tough realities of her job and how she copes being away from her family. The actress, 41, shares her son Alfie, 10, and daughter Iris, three, with her husband Tom Pitfield.
However, in a bombshell revelation Catherine said she can go multiple days without speaking to her young children. Catherine, who found fame on Coronation Street, explained it is not uncommon for her to be away from the family for long periods.
She has recently starred in The Good Ship Murder, which was filmed on a luxury cruise ship in Malta. While Catherine was away working on the series in the lavish location, Tom stayed at home to be with their kids.
Catherine shares her two children with husband Tom(Image: Getty Images)
Due to the stark contrasts in her work and home life, Catherine admitted it makes her feel she is “somebody else”. Explaining the situation, the TV star said: “When I’m on set, being in Malta as much as I have been, a year-and-a-half in total if you join it all up; I’m OK, because it’s very fast paced.
“A little bit like it was on Corrie; my head is firmly in work mode. I’m somebody else, I’m not me. But it’s when I get back to that hotel in the evening and it’s silent.. The bedtime routine, bath time, not being able sit on the bed and read Iris a book or chat to Alfie about how his day was.”
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She said the family use video calls, but confessed “it’s not the same.” Speaking on the Behind the Brood podcast, Tom told Catherine: “Some days we’ll go two or three days without Zooming and that might seem mental to some people.
“The reality is, you’ll sometimes want to ring Iris and she’s too busy playing with her dollies.” Catherine added: “We feel like we know when the time is right and I’m often on a different time zone to you.
“When I’m filming on the cruise ship, that’s a nightmare because the WiFi is all over the place and we skip from tome zone, to time zone. It is difficult and I always say to the other actors on set.. they’re like, ‘You alright, Cath? Are you missing your kids?’ And I’m like, ‘I just want to sniff them’.”
Tom looks after the kids solo while Catherine works away(Image: auntiecath17/Instagram)
In response Tom joked: “It’s funny, as I just want to launch them out of the window some days!” Following a rocky love life, Catherine found love with photographer Tom in 2014 and after a nine-month whirlwind romance, they announced they were expecting their first child together.
They welcomed a little boy named Alfie James and wed in 2016 in a lavish ceremony attended by many Coronation Street co-stars. The couple later welcomed their second child, a little girl named Iris Ella, who was born in April 2022.
Catherine hasn’t been shy about showing her love for Tom on social media as in 2023 she gushed: “Best. Dad. Ever. Someone said to me recently that the best piece of advice they’d been given was ‘be careful who you chose to have kids with!’ I think that’s spot on!!
“They’re not as golden as this one!! Wise advice. Find someone who has a heart as big as the ocean, the patience of a saint, and has SHED loads of energy!”
She added: “@tompitfieldphotography you go above and beyond every single day. You are the biggest of heroes to our children. I also think it’s safe to say my inner child is very present so I am aware of how full your plate must feel my love. We love and appreciate you every single day in every single way. Thanks for knocking me up.”
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