Courts & Law
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Federal appeals court blocks portions of New York concealed carry law
Dubbed the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), the measure imposed a litany of restrictions on permitholders, including barring the carrying of firearms in an array of sensitive locations and requiring applicants to list their household members on an application.
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Rescinded or not, ex-military members still ask SCOTUS to take up Defense Dept's COVID vax mandate
Even after the DOD COVID vaccine mandate was rescinded, unvaccinated military members still faced repercussions, including denied benefits, ineligibility for promotion, and being non-deployable.
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California judge orders eight-year ban on migrant family separations at the border
The policy of separating children from their families upon illegal arrival in the United States set off a firestorm of media criticism during the Trump administration and ultimately led to the then-commander-in-chief ending it.
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Nextstar settles defamation suit by Truth Social, retracts story on Trump firm’s financials
Other news media outlets cited as defendants include The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, the Miami Herald, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Deadline Hollywood and CNBC.
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GOP presidential debate host settles Trump defamation lawsuit
The lawsuit will proceed against the other media organizations.
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Prosecutors argue against Hunter Biden's request to subpoena Trump documents
Charges were brought this year while his father is president, which prosecutors called an "inconvenient truth" undercutting Hunter Biden's arguments.
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Appeals court stays sentence for pro-Trump memester Douglass Mackey, pending appeal
Mackey was convicted in March of this year for posting a meme in 2016 that encouraged supporters for then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to cast their vote by text.
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Trump requests 'expedited review' of NY gag order from state Court of Appeals
Trump has accused both Engoron and his top clerk, Allison Greenfield of being biased against him.
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Felony charges dropped in 2020 election case against ex-Virginia election official
A key witness "conveniently and quite surprisingly provided a different version of events from that which he had previously provided to investigators," according to the Virginia attorney general's office.
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Supreme Court hears case on Sackler family liability protections in Perdue Pharma opioid settlement
No Sackler family member has been involved in the company since 2019
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Prosecutors seek enhanced sentence for ex-chief who wasn't violent, didn't enter Capitol on Jan. 6
Hostetter did not enter the Capitol building on Jan. 6, nor did he "personally engage in violence," prosecutors said, according to court documents.
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Ex-FBI informant and inmate charged in stabbing of ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin
Chauvin himself was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020 in an episode that kicked off months of violent riots and protests for racial justice.
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Appeals court orders Texas to remove buoy barrier in Rio Grande
Texas deployed the barrier as part of Operation Lone Star, its unilateral effort to combat illegal border crossings under GOP Gov. Greg Abbott.