A federal judge in Boston has temporarily stopped the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing key provisions of a new rule aimed at tightening the way Americans vote by mail ahead of the November congressional elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order after Democratic-led states and voting rights organizations challenged the Postal …

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Kalshi has suffered a significant legal setback in its fight against state regulation, after a federal appeals court ruled that Nevada can enforce its gambling laws against the prediction-market platform. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous 3-0 decision, rejected Kalshi’s attempt to prevent Nevada gaming authorities from requiring the company to …

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Walmart has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a major U.S. government lawsuit accusing the retail giant of improperly handling opioid prescriptions through its pharmacies. The settlement brings an end to a case in which the government had once warned that Walmart could face billions of dollars in civil penalties. Walmart, however, has not …

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A legal battle over Donald Trump’s name on Washington’s Kennedy Center has returned to federal court, with a judge considering whether the performing arts institution can proceed with a new inscription honoring the president. During a hearing, an attorney representing Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty urged U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to once again prevent the …

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US President Donald Trump is preparing a legal order aimed at giving farmers and ranchers greater freedom to process and sell meat themselves, taking direct aim at the concentration of power in the country’s food-processing industry. Trump said he was moving quickly to prepare the necessary legal documents, describing the dominance of major processors as …

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A US federal judge has declined to immediately halt President Donald Trump’s latest executive order seeking to narrow birthright citizenship, while raising serious questions about whether the directive can survive constitutional scrutiny. US District Judge Deborah Boardman, sitting in Greenbelt, Maryland, rejected an application for an immediate restraining order filed by immigrant rights groups. The …

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A renewed legal fight over President Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center is back before a federal judge, with opponents arguing that the cultural institution is attempting to sidestep an earlier court order. During a hearing in Washington on Thursday, an attorney representing Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty asked U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to …

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