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Democrat Nathan Johnson flips Texas attorney general's office

Texans elected a Democrat to serve as the state’s top lawyer for the first time in decades on Tuesday, flipping an attorney general’s office that...

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Oklahoma man charged over mailing letters with powder to lawmakers

An Oklahoma man is facing federal charges amid allegations that he sent more than 700 letters containing a white powdery substance to public...

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Full appeals court to rehear case on Trump administration election worker threats

The full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted late Monday to rehear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court order that blocked it from...

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Federal judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe

A federal judge on Monday dismissed charges against two former FBI officials who were accused of lying to Congress about their involvement in the...

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5 state Supreme Court races to watch on Tuesday

Voters in half of the country will decide who sits on the bench of their state's highest court next Tuesday. State Supreme Court races are on ballot...

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Comey lawyers fight for dismissal of third criminal prosecution

Lawyers for James Comey tried to persuade a federal judge on Friday that the Trump administration's third attempt to prosecute the former FBI Director...

30.10.2026 3

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Justice Department pushes to keep Ilhan Omar search warrant under seal for now

Federal prosecutors asked a judge Tuesday to reject a request from more than a dozen news organizations to immediately unseal the search warrant for...

28.10.2026 4

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Judge criticizes Justice Department's handling of ex-FBI officials' charges over Hunter Biden investigation

A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight...

27.10.2026 6

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DOJ charges Comey for third time

Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged again by the Justice Department for allegedly disclosing sensitive national defense information in...

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Man charged with sending white substance to 4 lawmakers

An Illinois man is facing federal charges related to mailing letters containing a white substance to four members of Congress this month in an act...

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Trump administration sued over refugee policy changes

Advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration over three policies they say have left refugees in “legal limbo” by blocking them from...

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State judicial races are on the ballot in November. Here's what you need to know

The midterms are not just about Congress. While high-profile contests that will determine the balance of power in Washington have dominated news...

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Ketanji Brown Jackson issues public dissent in New Hampshire voting case

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly broke with her Supreme Court colleagues in a Thursday ruling allowing New Hampshire to fully block voters from...

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New Mexico sues Epstein attorney and accountant, accusing them of facilitating his sex trafficking

Two longtime associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are being sued over allegations that they helped facilitate and conceal the...

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Kagan: Supreme Court rulings have heightened political polarization

Justice Elena Kagan offered a pointed critique on Tuesday of recent Supreme Court decisions that opened the door for more political spending and...

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Judge presses federal government on East Potomac takeover despite Trump attacks

A federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration about President Trump’s plan to shut down and renovate East Potomac Park next month...

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Supreme Court turns away appeal from 9/11 defendants seeking to reinstate plea deals

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear appeals from three men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks who are currently awaiting trial...

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Watchdog: Zacharia's exit doesn't 'wipe clean' dispute over legal credentials

A D.C.-based ethics watchdog group that accused Katie Zacharia of misrepresenting herself as a lawyer is urging the State Bar of California to press...

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Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center court fight

The White House is asserting executive privilege to block some records of President Trump’s communications from being shared in an ongoing lawsuit...

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Judge extends block on taxpayer-funded Trump ads until after midterms

A federal judge on Wednesday extended a temporary block on the Trump administration’s controversial ad campaign featuring President Trump until...

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Supreme Court case pits 1980s video rental law versus modern newsletters

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will examine the reach of a decades-old privacy law designed to protect video rental records in a case that could shape...

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Judge extends order allowing CNN, Politico, MS NOW White House press access

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a longer block on President Trump’s ban of three major news organizations from the White House, finding that the...

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Supreme Court to decide if Nigerian man's cooking was 'material support' for terrorists

The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a case involving a Nigerian man who was denied asylum in the U.S. after an immigration judge decided...

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Supreme Court turns away Kari Lake lawyer's challenge to sanctions in Arizona voting machine lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a lawyer who was sanctioned while representing former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari...

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Federal judge admonishes Trump administration over East Potomac Park tree removal

A federal judge scolded Trump administration lawyers on Monday for failing to provide sufficient notice before cutting down hundreds of trees in East...

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Judge skeptical of FCC's move to scrutinize ABC station licenses

A federal judge in D.C. on Tuesday declined to immediately rule on whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be stopped from...

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Appeals court pauses fired federal prosecutor's reinstatement

An appeals court panel on Sunday paused a lower judge’s ruling that ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate Roger Rogoff as the...

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Supreme Court declines to take up school ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirts

The Supreme Court will not hear a dispute over whether a Michigan public school district can bar students from wearing clothing emblazoned with...

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Supreme Court declines to hear convicted sex cult leader Keith Rainere’s appeal

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from Keith Raniere challenging his conviction on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges in...

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Supreme Court ends Charleston church shooter’s bid to disqualify trial judge

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Charleston church massacre shooter’s attempt to disqualify his trial judge from further proceedings...

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Supreme Court won't hear Roy Moore’s appeal over $8.2 million jury verdict in campaign ad dispute

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge from Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court justice, to an appeals court ruling that...

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Pike's botched execution renews death penalty scrutiny

Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike is renewing scrutiny over how states carry out the death penalty and raising questions about what legal...

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Supreme Court agrees to take up zoning dispute over Kentucky church shrine

A dispute over whether a local zoning ordinance in Kentucky that prohibited a Catholic church from building a religious shrine next to its property is...

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Judge bars future Reflecting Pool charges against former Olympian

The federal case against a former Olympian accused by the Trump administration of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is officially dead...

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Tennessee inmate Christa Pike still alive after lethal injection dose, lawyers say

Lawyers for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike said she was still alive Wednesday night after being administered two syringes of lethal injection...

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Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go forward

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Tennessee can put Christa Pike to death, lifting an eleventh-hour appeals court ruling that had paused the...

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Supreme Court declines Christa Pike's clemency appeal, with Tennessee set to execute first woman in 200 years

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the execution of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted in the 1995 murder of a teenage classmate,...

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National security becomes Trump’s buzzword for legal fights

When President Trump announced he was kicking three news organizations out of the White House, he made clear it was because of his displeasure with...

26.09.2026 20

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DC Courts pleads with Congress for funding as system reaches tipping point

Years of flat funding are stretching the District of Columbia Courts thin, placing a system relied on by thousands each day under what officials...

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ICE officer pleads not guilty to lying to FBI about Minneapolis shooting

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from allegations that he lied to...

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Kennedy Center director says closure will last 1 week 'unless extended'

The Kennedy Center’s main building will be closed for at least a week for emergency repairs, its executive director said in court filings on...

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ICE officer wanted on assault charges arrested in Minneapolis

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer facing charges in the alleged shooting of a Venezuelan migrant during the Trump...

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Kennedy Center board votes to close main building for renovations

The Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to immediately close the venue’s main building for renovations, according to a source familiar, as the board...

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Judge blocks new Trump inscription on Kennedy Center

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Kennedy Center’s latest attempt to inscribe President Trump's name back on building — and to rename the...

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Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday as officials warn of impending ‘fiscal collapse’

The Kennedy Center board is set to vote Tuesday on whether to immediately close the institution’s main building for renovations, as a court battle...

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Trump pledges $5K checks if Republicans do well in the midterms. Can he legally do that?

President Trump's pledge to give $5,000 to every U.S. adult if Republicans keep control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections has...

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Missouri judges press state on map plans after Supreme Court ruling

Missouri’s top judges pressed the state Thursday over how it will revert to an old congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked officials...

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Missouri Secretary of State faces contempt hearing amid redistricting fight

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) is set to appear before the state Supreme Court on Thursday as judges weigh whether to hold him in...

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Supreme Court declines to intervene in New York religious vaccine exemption case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a New York mother who wanted to send her child to kindergarten while a...

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Trump takes narrow Supreme Court rulings as big wins

The construction of a massive White House ballroom is moving full steam ahead after the Supreme Court found a historic preservation group likely had...

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