Courts & Law
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Samuel Alito rejects latest retirement rumors: 'Obviously I’m here for another term’
Rumors of a planned Alito retirement have circulated for years, though they gained steam in recent months, culminating in an erroneous NPR article that announced his retirement prematurely. An editor's note addressed the mistake.
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Judge reject's SPLC's bid to dismiss DOJ indictment
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Hondurans sentenced to combined 24 years, deportations
Olver Anacleto Amador-Calderon, 24, and Alexander Josue Viatoro-Arita, 22, were sentenced to 14 and 10 years, respectively, for trafficking fentanyl. Each pleaded guilty for conspiracy and possession charges.
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DC sues Trump over National Guard deployment
The move is noteworthy as Mayor Muriel Bowser has been generally cooperative with the federal effort. D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb brought the suit, however.
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Trump DOJ opens criminal probe into Fed governor Lisa Cook: Report
It remains unclear whether Trump has the authority to fire Cook and she has sued to challenge her termination.
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Trump formally asks Supreme Court to make an expedited ruling on his tariffs case
Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to decide whether it will review the case by Sept. 10, and then schedule oral arguments for the first week of November if it does decide to get involved.
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Judge rules Trump admin's Harvard funding freeze was unconstitutional
Harvard President Alan Garber accused the federal government of attempting to exert “unprecedented and improper control" over the Ivy League school in April, and claimed the freeze impacted programs unrelated to antisemitism.
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Newsmax sues Fox, alleges 'exclusionary scheme' to keep, grow dominance in right-leaning pay TV news
“Fox may have profited from exclusionary contracts and intimidation tactics for years, but those days are over,” Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said
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Disney reaches $10 million settlement with FTC over unlawful collection of children's data
The agreement follows the FTC filed a lawsuit against Disney for mining the data from kid-directed YouTube videos without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, which the agency said violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule.
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Appeals court blocks Trump admin's deportations of Tren de Aragua members using Alien Enemies Act
“TdA was not the kind of organized force or engaged in the kind of actions necessary to constitute an invasion or predatory incursion,” Judge Leslie Southwick wrote
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Federal judge directs Google to share search results in major antitrust decision but not sell Chrome
Mehta also placed restrictions on Google's payments that ensure its search engine gets the best placement on smartphone web browsers, but said Google did not need to completely stop the payments or sell its Chrome web browser.
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Conservative nonprofit wins free-speech case against California law banning AI political satire
California passed a legislative package last year that targeted AI-generated political speech and punished content creators for "deceptive" speech.
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Trump to seek 'expedited ruling' from SCOTUS on tariffs case
Trump further pointed to what he called the partisanship of the appeals court and highlighted that an Obama-appointed judge had sided with the administration on the matter.