Lawsuit

Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak

US President Donald Trump files a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury over leaked tax returns, claiming significant reputational and financial harm.

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, November 14, 2025.
Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat unveiling his "Israel Basket" project, January 4, 2026.

Economy Minister Barkat sues Channel 12 for NIS 12m. in largest libel lawsuit ever filed in Israel

Nir Barkat files Israel's largest libel lawsuit against Channel 12, accusing them of false claims following a broadcast of an investigation by journalist Omri Maniv.

|ByJAMES GENN
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent listen as National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

Democratic states sue Trump administration over childcare fund freeze

California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York challenged the administration's freezing of more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds based on alleged fraud.

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit the Western Wall to light the second candle of Hanukkah, 15 December 2025.

Court orders ex PM residence worker to pay Sara Netanyahu NIS 100,000 in defamation case

Genesia has publicly alleged she was humiliated during her employment, including claims that Netanyahu insulted her intelligence and shouted at her over laundry, allegations Netanyahu denied.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Columbia janitors sue pro-Palestinian protesters who 'held them hostage' - report

Two university workers filed a lawsuit against over 40 students who allegedly assaulted them and called them "Jew-lovers" during last year's Hamilton Hall occupation.

APRIL 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Students rally at the Columbia University campus in New York City, US, April 17, 2025

Harvard University sues Trump administration

The lawsuit charged that the administration exceeded its statutory and constitutional authority when it engaged in arbitrary and capricious threats of withholding grants.

APRIL 22, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. April 12, 2025.

Palestinian billionaire resigns from Harvard post after lawsuit alleges he helped finance Hamas

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 200 family members of October 7 victims.

APRIL 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri.

Feeling blue: Only Fans hit by two lawsuits over fake ‘models’

The plaintiffs claimed they would not have subscribed or paid as much had they known they were not talking to the real models.

APRIL 10, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A 31-year-old semiconductor assembly technician, who is on a class-action lawsuit against Onlyfans, poses at his home in California, U.S., July 5, 2024.

Jewish DePaul students sue university for over $50,000 after alleged antisemitic attack

Two Jewish students are suing DePaul University, claiming it failed to protect them from an antisemitic attack on campus last November.

APRIL 3, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Max Long, one of the allegedly assaulted DePaul students, addresses the media outside Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, wearing a yellow hostage pin and commemorative dog-tag necklace, April 2, 2025.

Jerusalem District Court orders seizure of PA funds in Dee family terror lawsuit

Rabbi Leo Dee criticized the PA’s “pay for slay” system, which pays monthly stipends to the families of Palestinian terrorists killed while attacking Israelis.

MARCH 27, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
RABBI LEO Dee addresses the media after news emerged that his wife had died of the wounds she sustained in the Jordan Valley attack earlier this month.

Judge rules pro-Palestinian student and permanent US resident cannot be detained

Yunseo Chung has lived in the US since she was seven, and sued the Trump administration to prevent her deportation.

MARCH 26, 2025ByREUTERS
Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Columbia faculty groups sue Trump administration over funding cuts, academic demands

Columbia University faculty groups sued the Trump administration over its effort to force the university to tighten rules on campus protests.

MARCH 25, 2025ByREUTERS
Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of firing CEO over political posts - breaching alleged agreement

The ice cream company also claimed Unilever blocked the company from making posts related to detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.

MARCH 22, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ben & Jerry's ice cream (Illustrative)

Jewish family renews efforts to reclaim painting stolen by Nazis after Supreme Court ruling

The family of Lilly Cassirer are seeking the return of the oil painting Camille Pissarro’s 'Rue St. Honoré, dans l’après-midi. Effet de pluie.'

MARCH 12, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A visitor takes a selfie near Camille Pissarro's 1897 "Rue Saint-Honore in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain" at Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Madrid, Spain, January 10, 2024.