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Trump tries to blame others as tensions rise around handling of Epstein case
Courts and the Judiciary 07/16/2025President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, trying to place blame on former government officials.On Tuesday, he accused former...
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Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
Courts and the Judiciary 07/13/2025The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of thei...
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Georgia appeals court upholds ruling saying election officials must certify results
Supreme Court News 07/10/2025A Georgia appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that said county election officials in the state must vote to certify results according to deadlines set in law.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney had ruled in October that &ldqu...
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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
Law Journals 07/06/2025Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump administration’s intended...
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What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling
Courts and the Judiciary 06/28/2025The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ens...
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Court widens court options for vaping companies pushing back against FDA rules
Top Stories & Analysis 06/24/2025The Supreme Court sided with e-cigarette companies on Friday in a ruling making it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market.The 7-2 opinion comes as companies push ba...
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ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
Supreme Court News 06/20/2025vFarmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job.&ldquo...
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Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits
Supreme Court News 06/15/2025A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.The girl’s family says that ...
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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump sanctuary list
Courts and the Judiciary 06/11/2025State and local officials blasted the Trump administration’s widely anticipated list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement, with some of the most enthusiastic supporters of t...
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Democrats are drawing closer to the crypto industry despite Trump divisions
Judiciary News 06/05/2025As President Donald Trump builds a crypto empire ? including hosting a private dinner with top investors at his golf club ? Democrats have united in condemning what they call blatant corruption from the White House.But the Democratic Party’s ow...
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World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
Courts and the Judiciary 05/29/2025Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.U.S. futures jumped early Thursday and oil prices rose more than $1. The U.S. dollar rose agains...
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Cuban exiles were shielded from deportation. Now Trump is cracking down
Top Stories & Analysis 05/25/2025Immigration officials said Tomás Hernández worked in high-level posts for Cuba’s foreign intelligence agency for decades before migrating to the United States to pursue the American dream.The 71-year-old was detained by federal ag...