In a seismic shift with echoes of a broader crusade against federal overreach, the U.S. Supreme Court has swept aside a lower court roadblock, giving Donald Trump the green light to continue hollowing out the U.S. Department of Education—a key pillar of his promise to decentralize power and return control of schools to the states. …

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In a sharp turn from April’s armistice, powerhouse law firm Milbank is now squaring up against Donald Trump’s administration in a high-profile immigration lawsuit—marking a fresh fault line in the ongoing clash between America’s legal elite and the former president’s policies. The battleground this time? Newark and Hoboken—two New Jersey cities accused by Trump’s White …

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A federal appeals court has cleared the way for West Virginia to press ahead with one of the nation’s strictest abortion laws—this time taking aim at mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill. In a 2-1 decision, the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug doesn’t override the state’s power …

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In a fresh front of political friction, the Trump administration has taken legal action against three sitting members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), alleging they refused to vacate their posts despite being dismissed by the former president. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., names Laura Ross, Diane Kaplan, and …

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California’s judiciary, home to the largest network of state courts in the United States, is preparing to confront the rising tide of artificial intelligence. A proposed rule up for consideration this Friday could make it mandatory for all state courts to either adopt or customize a policy on the use of generative AI—unless they choose …

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A two-judge bench has thrown into question a 2009 precedent by asking a larger Constitution Bench to decide whether a Power of Attorney (PoA) holder truly becomes the “executant” of a sale deed—or must still meet the Act’s authentication norms—when presenting it for registration. The court, led by Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan, took …

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In Washington’s regulatory halls, the red tape is getting a trim. Under President Donald Trump’s second-term leadership, antitrust regulators have swapped scrutiny for speed, quietly giving the nod to a cascade of mega-mergers — and sending a clear message: if it doesn’t scream monopoly, it’s good to go. In just one week this past June, …

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A flicker of momentum has returned to Donald Trump’s long-running crusade against federal worker unions—at least for now. On Thursday, a federal appeals court out of San Francisco hit the brakes on a lower court decision that had thrown a wrench into Trump’s executive order aimed at stripping collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands …

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A sharply divided three-judge panel on Friday threw out a bid to let Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—and two fellow detainees—pledge guilty in exchange for life sentences, effectively keeping the shadow of the death penalty over the Guantánamo Bay proceedings. In a 2–1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd …

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