Recent Updates
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Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
Legal Outlook 07/27/2025Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.More than 50 immigration judges — from senior leaders to new appointees &mdash...
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House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
Legal Business 07/24/2025A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy President Donald Trump and Republican leadersh...
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Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
Legal Business News 07/20/2025As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the f...
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Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
Legal Outlook 07/20/2025As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the f...
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Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
Court Watch 07/16/2025The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday...
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Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
Civil Rights 07/16/2025The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday...
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Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
Legal Outlook 07/13/2025The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of thei...
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Georgia appeals court upholds ruling saying election officials must certify results
Family Law 07/10/2025A Georgia appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that said county election officials in the state must vote to certify results according to deadlines set in law.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney had ruled in October that &ldqu...
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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
Family Law 07/06/2025Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump administration’s intended...
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What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling
Legal Outlook 06/28/2025The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ens...
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Court widens court options for vaping companies pushing back against FDA rules
Legal Business News 06/24/2025The Supreme Court sided with e-cigarette companies on Friday in a ruling making it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market.The 7-2 opinion comes as companies push ba...
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ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
Legal Outlook 06/19/2025Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job. &ldquo...