Robert Burnson

California, San Francisco

Contributing Writer and Stringer at Bloomberg News

Writer at Freelance

journalist, writer ... opinions are my own ... (whose else's would they be?)

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Articles

Trump’s Cabinet Defends Effort to Save Signal Chat Records

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Burnson

A group of President Donald Trump’s cabinet members who inadvertently included the editor of the Atlantic in their Signal chat about a military strike in Yemen tried to reassure a judge that they’ve done enough to preserve records of the exchange.
Trump’s Cabinet Defends Effort to Save Signal Chat Records

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Robert Burnson

Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, from left, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, US President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
American Airlines Sues Chicago Over O’Hare Gates for United

1 week ago | insurancejournal.com | Robert Burnson |Mary Schlangenstein

American Airlines Group Inc. sued the city of Chicago in a fight with rival United Airlines Holding Inc. over valuable gate space at O’Hare International Airport. The airport is a hub for both airlines, making it the only dual-hub airport in the US. But American claims that United wants to elbow it out so it can become the “sole hub carrier” of the fourth-busiest airport in the world.
American Airlines Sues Chicago Over O’Hare Gates for United (1)

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Burnson |Mary Schlangenstein

American Airlines Group Inc. sued the city of Chicago in a fight with rival United Airlines Holding Inc.over valuable gate space at O’Hare International Airport. The airport is a hub for both airlines, making it the only dual-hub airport in the US. But American claims that United wants to elbow it out so it can become the “sole hub carrier” of the fourth-busiest airport in the world.
American Airlines Sues Chicago Over O’Hare Gates for United

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Robert Burnson |Mary Schlangenstein

American Airlines planes at O'Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago, Illinois. (Bloomberg) -- American Airlines Group Inc. sued the city of Chicago in a fight with rival United Airlines Holding Inc. over valuable gate space at O’Hare International Airport. The airport is a hub for both airlines, making it the only dual-hub airport in the US. But American claims that United wants to elbow it out so it can become the “sole hub carrier” of the fourth-busiest airport in the world.
Student Can Be Deported Despite Warrantless Arrest: Judge (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Burnson

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil failed to convince an immigration judge that he shouldn’t be deported for his anti-Israel activism because he was arrested without a warrant. Khalil’s attorneys had urged the judge in Louisiana to release him after federal prosecutors acknowledged last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lacked a warrant when they took him into custody on March 8 outside his student-housing apartment building in Manhattan.
Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky Should Get 20 Years in Prison, US Says

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Burnson

Former Celsius Network Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky should get at least 20 years in prison after admitting to fraud in connection with the 2022 collapse of the company, US prosecutors said. “For his calculated criminal conduct and unrepentant posture, a severe sentence is warranted,” prosecutors said late Monday in a filing with a federal judge in New York.
Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky Should Get 20 Years in Prison, US Says

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Burnson

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Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky Should Get 20 Years in Prison, US Says

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Robert Burnson

Former Celsius Network Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky should get at least 20 years in prison after admitting to fraud in connection with the 2022 collapse of the company, US prosecutors said. “For his calculated criminal conduct and unrepentant posture, a severe sentence is warranted,” prosecutors said late Monday in a filing with a federal judge in New York.
Judge Won’t Block Student’s Deportation Over Warrantless Arrest

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Robert Burnson

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil failed to convince an immigration judge that he shouldn’t be deported for his anti-Israel activism because he was arrested without a warrant. Khalil’s attorneys had urged the judge in Louisiana to release him after federal prosecutors acknowledged last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lacked a warrant when they took him into custody on March 8 outside his student-housing apartment building in Manhattan.