Courts & Law
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Suit seeks to cancel Freedom 250 UFC fight on White House lawn, alleging it needs congressional OK
A Trump administration official called the lawsuit "obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory."
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Trump suffers rare court setbacks amid broader record of legal success
The first recent loss came on May 29, when U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered that Trump’s name be stripped from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Three Americans arrested on charges they were helping fund ISIS
The men were arrested and charged for allegedly conspiring to support ISIS after collectively providing over $2,000 to an individual they understood to be a member of ISIS, according to the Justice Department.
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Former FBI agent Peter Strzok loses First Amendment case in which he claimed he was illegally fired
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Strzok and his team failed to prove how his rights' were violated in his dismissal, but emphasized that she was not ruling on whether the firing was the right course of action.
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Jury convicts Ryan Routh of assassination attempt on Trump, faces life imprisonment
The jurors took about two hours to find Ryan Routh guilty
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Supreme Court to hear case on presidential authority to fire independent board members
The case comes after Trump tried to fire Democratic members of the FTC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Federal Reserve board of governors.
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Illinois’ gun ban set for oral arguments in appeals court Monday
The 2023 law was found unconstitutional last year by the Southern District of Illinois federal court. Plaintiffs sued, saying the government is prohibited from banning commonly owned firearms.
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Law professor explains why Trump could win tariff case
"The President can negotiate these as executive agreements and then bring them later for approval," Colares says
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Justice Department asks Supreme Court to end legal protections for Venezuelan migrants
The request comes after the Supreme Court ruled in May that the Trump administration could move forward with its plan to end the status for Venezuelan migrants whose protections expired in April.
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Federal prosecutors seek at least 30-year prison sentence for attempted Kavanaugh assassin
The defendant, who previously went by Nicholas John Roske at the time but now goes by Sophie Roske after transitioning from male to female, is expected to be sentenced on Oct. 3.
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Virginia US attorney resigns after Trump says he wants him out: Report
Trump made the remark during comments to the press in the Oval Office, where he claimed Siebert could "not be any good" because Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine support of him. Trump nominated Siebert in May.
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Judge rejects Trump's defamation suit against the New York Times
The suit itself addresses a number of articles and journalists at the outlet related to its coverage of Trump during the 2024 presidential election.
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Trump admin asks SCOTUS to stop order allowing transgender people choose sex markers on passports
The lower court order lets transgender or nonbinary people request a male, female, or “X” identification marker on their passports, rather than choosing their biological sex