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A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that saw President Donald Trump suing every federal judge in Maryland over orders blocking the immediate deportation of migrants contesting removal. Trump filed the suit on Monday in response to an order written by Maryland Chief District Judge George L. Russell III in May. The order [...]

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X Corp. and X.AI LLC filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that Apple and OpenAI’s exclusive ChatGPT integration violates federal competition law. Plaintiffs accused the two companies of violating antitrust laws by establishing effective monopolies in their respective markets. The lawsuit stated that Apple currently owns a 65 percent US market share for smartphones, [...]

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Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadorian national whose wrongful deportation earlier this year prompted multiple rebukes from federal courts, was taken into custody on Monday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at its Baltimore field office. The detention occurred despite several federal court orders directing the government to ensure his presence in the US while [...]

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers notified a US trial judge on Saturday of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) intention to deport Garcia to Uganda. ICE informed the lawyers through email immediately following Garcia’s court-ordered release on Friday, abruptly changing its prior aim to deport Garcia to Costa Rica. The day before Garcia’s release, President Donald [...]

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A US appeals court on Friday upheld a 2023 suspension of a 98-year-old judge who refused to take medical evaluations, preventing cases from being assigned to her. The D.C. Circuit held that it had no authority to review most of Judge Pauline Newman’s claims due to Section 357(c) of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Thursday released its opinion regarding the application for stay in the case National Institute of Health (NIH) v. American Public Health Association (APHA), et al. In a 5-4 vote, the justices paused the lower court’s order, which required the government agency to continue making the grant payments. An executive order [...]

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The US District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a ruling on Thursday that Alina Habba, who was appointed as the interim US attorney for the District of New Jersey, has had no legal authority since July 1. According to the court’s decision, the US Senate has not approved Habba’s appointment to the [...]

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The California legislature on Thursday approved a redrawn congressional redistricting map that could cut five Republican-held US House seats. The move comes after Texas approved its own new redistricting efforts that would give Republicans an upper hand in the 2026 midterm elections. President Donald Trump urged Texas to redraw its state congressional maps in the [...]

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Citing violations of federal environmental law, a federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking further expansion of Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial immigration detention facility in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. US District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that state and federal defendants failed to conduct required environmental assessments before constructing the camp within the [...]

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Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg on Thursday announced a series of conspiracy and bribery charges against Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The charges allege systematic corruption spanning a period of nearly three years. Four separate indictments charge Lewis-Martin with conspiracy in the fourth degree and bribery [...]

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