Courts & Law
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Federal appeals court rules Trump admin can withhold billions in foreign aid
The 2-1 vote found that the groups lacked the legal authority to bring the challenge and only the Government Accountability Office could launch the challenge under the 1974 Impoundment Control Act.
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Judge orders ICE to improve conditions at Manhattan holding facility
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled ICE needs to provide access to certain items on request, including clean clothing, soap, feminine hygiene products, bedding, medication and access to medical personnel.
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Imprisoned MS-13 gang member sues Trump, Bureau of Prisons to be recognized as female
Contreras Aguilar claimed the bureau and Trump have “refused to recognize” his gender identity. The inmate changed his name to Fendi G. Skyy in 2024 and identified as female.
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Arkansas joins with 19 other states in filing calling for ouster of Special Counsel Jack Smith
The states participating in addition to Arkansas include Florida, Iowa, Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.
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Biden judge rules that Iowa can check ballots of potential noncitizens in loss for ACLU
The state's representatives argued that the process of investigating and possibly removing 2,000 names could prevent illegal voting by noncitizens.
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RNC poll watchers allowed into Georgia county buildings, lawsuit still pending
"Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties decided at the last minute to accept ballots over the weekend — which disregards the law," RNC Chairman Michael Whatley announced.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules against effort to count mail-in ballots without handwritten date
Pennsylvania Republicans praised the ruling, saying that the Supreme Court upheld the law.
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Former police officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's rights during fatal raid
The new jury deliberated for more than 20 hours over the course of three days, and told the judge twice that they were also deadlocked. However, they were urged to continue deliberating and finally reached their verdict.
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Judge orders Pennsylvania county to reissue thousands of missing ballots ahead of election
The judge outlined a remedy that included keeping the elections office in the county courthouse open for longer hours, overnighting ballots to out-of-state voters, and providing voters with new ballots if theirs is missing.
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SCOTUS says some Pennsylvania voters whose mail ballots are rejected can still have votes counted
These technical errors include failing to include secrecy envelopes and failing to sign or date the outer envelope.
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ACLU sues Georgia county over alleged failure to send out election ballots in timely manner
County officials also said that as of Wednesday, the ballots had still not been sent out. But the county is working with postal and delivery companies to expedite the ballots and get a fast turnaround.
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Judge sets start date for trial of NYC Mayor Eric Adams
"I follow campaign laws," Adams said after the indictement. "We do not participate in straw donors. We do not participate in foreign donors."
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Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to move giveaway lawsuit to federal court
U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert sided with the city in allowing the case to move forward in state court, ruling that no question about federal law needed to be resolved before a hearing on the matter could take place.