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Judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits with emergency funds

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beginning this...

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State employees fired over Charlie Kirk posts inundate courts

State government employees are taking to the courts after being fired over social media posts criticizing conservative activist Charlie Kirk upon his...

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Maryland state senator indicted in alleged scheme involving filming critic in bed 

Federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges against a Maryland state lawmaker Thursday, accusing her of blackmailing a political critic by secretly...

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Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over looming SNAP benefit lapse

Democratic officials in 25 states sued the Trump administration Tuesday in an attempt to block a food assistance program from drying up this weekend...

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Supreme Court’s conservatives face choices to limit Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has several avenues at its disposal as it appears poised to limit a central provision of the Voting Rights...

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Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton indicted: 5 takeaways

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Trump who is now counted among his foes, was indicted Thursday over allegations he shared...

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Supreme Court hears high-stakes arguments on use of race in redistricting 

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a blockbuster case over whether states can consider race in redistricting.  The battle over...

15.10.2025 3

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Supreme Court lets stand Sandy Hook families’ $1.4B defamation judgment against Alex Jones 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s appeal of a roughly $1.4 billion defamation judgment he owes for falsely...

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Trump administration fires at least 4.1K federal workers in shutdown layoffs

The Trump administration laid off more than 4,100 employees Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new court filing from the...

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Legal battle lines drawn over Trump’s National Guard fight 

President Trump’s aggressive use of the National Guard in American cities is opening new legal battlegrounds over his push to deploy the military on...

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Supreme Court takes up new Second Amendment case 

The Supreme Court took up its next Second Amendment case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge to Hawaii’s ban on carrying concealed weapons on...

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Kavanaugh’s attempted assassin to be sentenced Friday

The individual who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 will be sentenced Friday. ...

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Shutdown threatens court operations

The government is shut down — and if it drags on, the judiciary won’t be spared. Federal courts may be forced to limit their operations as soon...

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Judge quotes wife in ruling against Trump: 'He ignores everything and keeps bullying ahead' 

A federal judge invoked his wife in issuing another scathing ruling against President Trump’s second-term agenda Tuesday, this time concerning...

30.09.2025 2

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Live updates: Trump, top Dems to meet on brink of shutdown; Netanyahu visits White House

President Trump has high-stakes topics on his agenda Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, just ahead of top...

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Trump urges Supreme Court to review birthright citizenship restrictions

Related Video: Bystander SPEAKS After GUN Pointed At Him During VIRAL ICE Arrest in MARYLAND | SUNRISE The Justice Department is asking the Supreme...

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Barrett: ‘I don’t think of myself as a swing justice’

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Thursday she doesn’t think of herself as a “swing justice,” distancing herself from a label that...

25.09.2025 3

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Supreme Court greenlights Trump's FTC firing, to consider overruling 90-year precedent 

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to formally consider overruling its 90-year-old precedent that enables Congress to provide certain agencies with a...

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Trump’s independent agency firings bombard Supreme Court 

President Trump’s firings at the Federal Reserve and other agencies with traditional independence from the political forces of the White House have...

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DOJ wants to put attempted Kavanaugh assassin behind bars for at least 30 years 

Federal prosecutors said Friday they will seek to imprison the person who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his...

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Appeals court won’t let Trump administration resume HHS overhaul, firings

An appeals court Wednesday refused the Trump administration’s request to resume mass layoffs at federal health agencies as part of a restructuring...

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Appeals court won’t let Trump fire Lisa Cook ahead of Fed meeting

A federal appeals court Monday refused the Trump administration’s request to permit Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook’s firing...

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Barrett addresses Charlie Kirk killing, calls for civility

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, while speaking at the University of Notre Dame Friday, addressed Charlie Kirk's killing and stressed the need...

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Appeals court blocks Trump from firing Copyright Office director 

A divided federal appeals court panel reinstated the director of the U.S. Copyright Office Wednesday, as she fights President Trump’s attempt to...

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Supreme Court agrees to speedily review Trump’s tariffs 

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs on trading partners...

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Supreme Court’s scant explanations in Trump emergency cases draw friction 

The Supreme Court’s scant explanation in recent emergency decisions backing President Trump is sparking increasing debate among lower judges — and...

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John Roberts temporarily allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner 

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allowed President Trump’s firing of a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to move forward...

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Supreme Court lifts limits on Los Angeles-area immigration stops

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judge’s limits on Los Angeles-area immigration stops based on a person speaking Spanish or working in a...

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Judge blocks Noem from revoking temporary protections for Venezuelans, Haitians 

A federal judge on Friday blocked Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from ending temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of...

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Trump asks Supreme Court to permit FTC commissioner firing 

President Trump took his fight to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) leaders without cause to the Supreme Court on Thursday, a move that could prompt...

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Trump asks Supreme Court to greenlight tariffs

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to rescue President Trump’s tariffs invalidated by lower courts. The U.S. Court of...

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Amy Coney Barrett headlines justices' blitz to promote books

It’s book tour-palooza at the Supreme Court. Three justices — Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — will crisscross...

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Appeals court rules Trump can’t use Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport Venezuelans 

A federal appeals court late Tuesday ruled President Trump can’t invoke a wartime law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, a key legal...

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Judge rules Trump’s use of US military in LA illegal 

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that National Guard troops ran afoul of the law in Los Angeles when President Trump deployed them in June after...

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Supreme Court allows Trump to gut DEI-linked NIH grants

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, enabled the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of...

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California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom's redistricting push

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by state Republican legislators seeking to halt Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to...

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Airlines facing lawsuits over windowless 'window seats' 

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines were hit with class-action lawsuits Tuesday accusing them of charging passengers more for “window seats” that...

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Judge tosses defamation lawsuit against Nancy Mace 

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a defamation lawsuit against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) filed after she took to the House floor to accuse a man...

20.08.2025 3

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DOJ backs away from appointing emergency DC police commissioner  

The Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to back away from appointing a commissioner to take command of Washington, D.C., police after a federal judge...

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Appeals panel declines Louisiana’s invitation to gut Voting Rights Act 

A federal appeals court panel declined Louisiana’s invitation to gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that has required the state to...

14.08.2025 2

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Illinois judge denies Paxton's request to help arrest Texas Democrats

An Illinois judge on Wednesday declined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) request to hold Texas Democrats who fled there in contempt. Paxton...

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Texas GOP shadow battle emerges over Dem runaways 

A chasm has emerged between two Texas Republican Senate candidates in the legal fight against Democrats who fled the state to block a redistricting...

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Judge mandates ICE improve Manhattan holding facility conditions 

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to improve conditions for migrants it detains in a federal...

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What’s next as Trump takes over DC police, deploys National Guard 

President Trump on Monday announced he was putting the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard in...

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Appeals court scraps Boasberg’s contempt order against Trump officials

A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 Friday to scrap a judge’s probable cause finding to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt...

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Fourth ruling blocks Trump birthright citizenship order nationwide

A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions nationwide late Thursday, the fourth such ruling following...

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift limits on 'roving' LA-area immigration raids 

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a judge’s limits on “roving” immigration raids in the Los Angeles area. A...

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Judge temporarily suspends Alligator Alcatraz construction 

A federal judge on Thursday suspended construction at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in Florida for two weeks as groups pursue...

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4 key questions as Bondi orders Trump-Russia grand jury probe into Obama officials

The Trump administration is pressing ahead with a probe targeting Obama-era officials and could bring charges against any number of top former...

06.08.2025 10

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Ghislaine Maxwell urges judge to reject Trump bid to release grand jury transcripts 

Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, urged a federal judge Tuesday to reject the Trump administration’s bid...

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