Government
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Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128 million in severance pay
Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in October of 2022 and subsequently eliminated the majority of the platform's staff, including its leadership.
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House GOP probes Eventbrite, GoFundMe over fed surveillance
The Weaponization panel in January announced it had obtained materials showing that FinCEN had used terms like "MAGA" and "Trump" to flag transactions for financial institutions and that it would seek interviews with relevant personnel.
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Supreme Court temporarily halts Texas law allowing state immigration enforcement
Alito's stay come in response to plea from the Biden administration and will remain in effect until March 13.
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Lawyer speech codes enforce 'rigid ideological orthodoxy,' chill 'unpopular views,' SCOTUS told
Federal appeals court punished free-speech lawyer for amending his lawsuit to claim revised Pennsylvania ethics rule was still unconstitutional, outside briefs argue.
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Congress debates spending bill with 605 pages of earmarks before Friday shutdown deadline
Congress passed a bill last week to extend the appropriations deadlines to March 8 and March 22. The latest spending bill includes a $850,000 earmark for a bus stop and $1.8 million to expand an LGBTQ community center.
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Court rules Biden admin can't make religious employers, healthcare firms cover gender treatments
The court found that CEA's refusal to comply with EEOC and HHS mandates on the grounds of their faith would result in significant monetary penalties and therefore, the mandates "substantially burdened" the organization.
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Trump co-defendant claims new witness would undercut Willis-Wade relationship timeline
Willis has come under intense scrutiny over her relationship with Wade, whom she hired to pursue the case against Trump.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett sides with liberal justices on Trump ballot decision going too far
"It does not require us to address the complicated question whether federal legislation is the exclusive vehicle through which Section 3 can be enforced," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote.
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Ex-MSNBC analyst Keith Olbermann calls for Supreme Court to be dissolved after Trump decision
Olbermann also used derogatory language to describe the court.
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Apple fined $2 billion by European Union for thwarting music streaming competition
Apple pledged to appeal the decision, arguing that "the facts simply don’t support" it.
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Supreme Court unanimously rules Trump can remain on ballot
The Supreme Court's decision will also impact Illinois and Maine.
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Kamala Harris calls for 'immediate cease-fire' in Gaza to get hostages out, aid in
"What we are seeing every day in Gaza is devastating," she said.
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Congressional leaders announce agreement on funding bills to avert a government shutdown this week
The bills are expected to pass the House with a large majority of Democrat votes and a lower percentage of Republican votes.