A federal judge has sharply criticized the U.S. Postal Service for moving ahead with a new mail-in voting rule despite a court order, but stopped short of blocking the rule itself. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston said the Postal Service had violated her injunction by issuing the final regulation last Friday. She concluded …

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A federal judge in Alaska has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s effort to reopen large stretches of previously protected U.S. coastline to offshore oil and gas drilling. U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason ruled that the environmental groups behind the case had filed their challenge too early. She found that drilling …

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio law that would have required people registering to vote through state motor vehicle offices to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. issued a preliminary injunction, finding that Ohio’s requirement went beyond what federal law permits. Under the ruling, voters can register …

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Ghislaine Maxwell has suffered another setback in her effort to undo the conviction that sent her to prison for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan has rejected Maxwell’s latest attempt to have her conviction and 20-year sentence thrown out, finding that her arguments offered no valid basis …

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Instagram chief Adam Mosseri told a federal court that only a small fraction of teenagers were using the platform’s “Take a Break” safety feature before Instagram switched it on by default, as Meta faces sweeping allegations that its social media services were designed to keep children hooked. Testifying in Oakland, California, Mosseri pushed back against …

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The Trump administration is refusing to disclose the identities of White House advisers involved in developing a series of executive orders targeting major law firms, telling a federal court that those communications are protected by presidential privilege. In a filing submitted in federal court in Washington, the Justice Department formally invoked executive privilege after U.S. …

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The Justice Department is pointing to an unusual piece of evidence in its case against former FBI Director James Comey: a political thriller written by Comey himself. In court filings, federal prosecutors argued that Comey’s novel shows he understood how coded language can be used to encourage violence against political opponents. They say that understanding …

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President Donald Trump’s effort to put his name back on the Kennedy Center is heading toward another courtroom showdown, after a Democratic member of the center’s board moved to block the plan. U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty said she intends to ask a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center from adding Trump’s name to its …

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