Courts & Law
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Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said he didn't know until recently what ChatGPT is
"Believe it or not, I didn't know what that was until about a week ago, ChatGPT, or whatever it is," Sen. Clyburn replied.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to weigh in on mail-in voting executive order
The executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of eligible voters nationwide and seeks to block the U.S. Postal Service from delivering absentee ballots to voters not on state-approved rolls.
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Small businesses sue to block Trump’s latest tariffs
The suits were filed Friday: One by Learning Resources, an educational toy company, and the other by New York-based spice retailer Burlap & Barrel and California watch seller Collective Horology.
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Suspect who allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO retains high-powered attorney to represent him
Also, the FBI had contacted Mangione's mother the night before he was arrested, after receiving a tip from SF police about a missing person’s report filed by the family.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs ends legal fight to get released on bail before trial
Combs' legal team sent the notice that he was withdrawing his appeals to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, which included a letter from Combs confirming that he was aware of what withdrawing his appeals would mean.
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Federal appeals court declines to pause looming TikTok sell-or-ban deadline
The case comes amid concerns that the app could operate as an extension of the Chinese government, because ByteDance was founded by Chinese entrepreneurs. But the company has strongly denied being "owned or controlled by any government or state-controlled entity."
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Donald Trump to sit for in-person deposition in libel lawsuit next week
Miami-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette Reid on Friday said Trump and Stephanopoulos will both give depositions next week, which will both be limited to four hours. But Trump is the only one who has been ordered to do so in person.
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Ken Paxton sues New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills in Texas
The lawsuit faces a tough legal challenge because New York has a shield law that protects doctors from prosecutions and investigations in other states if they prescribe abortion medication. But both surgical and medicated abortions are illegal in Texas.
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Georgia judge rejects Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro's request to dismiss guilty plea in RICO case
The former attorney last week asked the judge to dismiss the guilty plea because McAfee struck several charges from the remaining cases, including the charge that Chesebro pleaded guilty to. But McAfee on Friday ruled the request was defective in multiple ways.
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Three different men accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of raping them while unconscious
One of the men who filed a lawsuit was an employee of Combs.
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Country star Morgan Wallen sentenced to two years probation over chair-throwing incident
The country music singer pleaded "conditionally guilty" to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment earlier Thursday.
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Number of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status under Biden jumped 240% since 2021, data shows
The Biden administration’s massive expansion of use of the status has drawn criticisms suggesting it has worsened the migrant crisis and granted illegal immigrants de facto amnesty. More than a million immigrants have been granted TPS, data shows.
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Federal appeals court throws out Nasdaq board's diversity rules
The SEC formally adopted the rules in August 2021.