Courts & Law
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Federal appeals court revives Missouri's GOP friendly redistricting map, despite SCOTUS ruling
The new 2025 map, which was used in the state primaries last month, favors Republicans in a 7-1 split by erasing Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City-based district.
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Paramount reaches settlement with states over Warner Bros acquisition
Paramount has committed to distributing 30 movies in theaters every year, spending an additional $1.5 billion on film production over the next five years and creating a board to ensure the editorial independence of CNN and CBS News.
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Texas AG Paxton shuts down Houston-area center offering 'birth tourism'
The lawsuit was initiated in April 2026. It alleged that the center, which has operated for nearly 20 years, was actively helping people from foreign countries evade federal immigration rules to give birth on U.S. soil.
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Mamdani sues Trump admin over rule blocking green cards for welfare recipients
The suit comes alongside a separate challenge from New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Another judge blocks Trump's mail-in ballot rule
D.C. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols issued the opinion, finding that plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their challenge to the rule.
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Jury awards 7 women combined $13 million in case of former mayor found liable for sexual assaults
In their lawsuit, which was filed in April 2022, the seven unnamed women allege he drugged their drinks before assaulting them.
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New York Gov. Hochul's pardon ends Supreme Court case concerning bond rights for noncitizens
As a result of Hochul's pardon, Mariano is no longer deportable. Solicitor General John Sauer agreed Friday that the case in now moot, but he said the Trump administration will seek an "alternative vehicle" to challenge the lower court's ruling.
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Six Nigerians to be extradited to US for swindling women out of $6 million in romance scams
The six men have been accused of defrauding more than 100 American women through online romance and love scams.
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Justice Department announces deportation of Afghan woman through terrorist removal court
Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan woman living in Fort Worth, Texas, was deported last month through the unusual court, and she agreed to accept the "terrorist" label that bars her from ever returning to the United States.
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Federal appeals court rules there’s no constitutional right to clean water
Judges rule 14th Amendment does not establish a constitutional right to be free from exposure to contaminated municipal water.
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White House honors Charlie Kirk on one-year anniversary of his death
Accompanying the post was a tribute video featuring footage of Kirk about the importance of the conservative movement.
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Appeals court blocks ICE detention policy
In a 2-1 decision, the panel of judges likened the matter to the Japanese internment camps of World War II.
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Trump open to Michael Cohen pardon
Trump recently participated in an interview with Cohen, who now hosts a radio show.