Courts & Law
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FTC joins 22 states in suing Amazon over alleged secret ad surcharge scheme
The FTC was joined by a bipartisan group of 22 attorneys general, including officials from Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Washington.
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SCOTUS lets Trump resume White House ballroom construction indefinitely
The ballroom is roughly two-thirds complete already and is one of the most contentious of Trump's projects to "beautify" the nation's capital.
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UCLA pro-Palestinian protester sues school over disciplinary action
The lawsuit filed by computer science doctoral student Dylan Kupsh alleges viewpoint discrimination and due process violations, including the lack of meaningful notice of cases against him.
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Suspect extradited from Afghanistan over deadly Kabul airport bombing appears in US court Wednesday
Officials have accused Mohammed Sharifullah of being a part of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate called ISIS-Khorasan.
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Judge blocks Trump's order to end funding for hospitals providing youth gender-affirming care
The case stems from a group of six transgender people between the ages of 12 and 18, and their parents and advocacy groups, who claimed that their access to treatment was threatened by two of Trump's orders.
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Florida launches investigation into Tate brothers amid human trafficking allegations
"These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world," Uthmeier said. "In Florida, this type of behavior is viewed as atrocious."
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California AG accuses 30 detention officers of facilitating 'gladiator fights' among minors in LA
The alleged incidents occurred in the second half of 2023, where at least 143 children and teens between 12 and 18 years old participated in 69 fights at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, California.
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Trump DOJ uses footnote to rescind Merrick Garland memo targeting parents as 'domestic terrorists'
AG Bondi has tossed out a controversial Biden-era memo that directed FBI policing of school board meetings after the National School Boards Association group wrote to Garland likening parent protesters to “domestic terrorists.”
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Climate scientist Michael Mann's $1M defamation judgment over 'molested data' slashed to $5,000
Second blow to celebrity climate scientist in less than two months, already ordered to pay National Review half a million dollars for failed litigation.
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Supreme Court appears likely to block lawsuit filed by Mexico against US gun manufacturers
While Mexico has strict gun laws, lots of guns are smuggled by the cartels on a yearly basis.
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Animal and gun rights groups back pro-life pregnancy centers' First Amendment rights at SCOTUS
Washington's Bob Ferguson, now governor, "singled out" Second Amendment Foundation "for a campaign of relentless harassment because of its political beliefs and activities," yet federal lawsuit dismissed as premature.
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Top Justice Department attorneys involved in Biden-era prosecutions assigned to low-level cases
Among those demoted were Kathryn Rakoczy, who secured convictions of several members of the Oath Keepers for their roles in the Jan. 6 riots on Capital Hill.