Elon Musk’s attempt to swat away a U.S. securities case has hit a wall. A federal court in Washington declined to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the billionaire of dragging his feet before revealing a major stake in Twitter back in 2022. The ruling keeps alive claims that the delayed disclosure gave Musk a window to …

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The U.S. government, joined by a coalition of states, is pushing its showdown with Google into the appeals court, refusing to let a pivotal antitrust ruling end on a muted note. Court filings show federal officials are challenging a decision that labeled Google a monopolist in online search—but stopped short of imposing the most severe …

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New York is assembling a quiet but visible presence on its streets: teams of state-trained legal observers, easy to spot in purple vests, tasked with watching and recording federal immigration operations as they unfold. State officials say the observers—volunteers drawn from the attorney general’s office—will not interfere with enforcement activity. Their role is to document …

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A senior Utah prosecutor facing calls to step aside from the Charlie Kirk murder case told a judge that grief and proximity did not drive the state’s decision to pursue the death penalty—even though his own daughter was an eyewitness to the shooting. Defense lawyers for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of killing the conservative …

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Netflix’s push to swallow Warner Bros Discovery landed squarely in the hot seat on Tuesday, with U.S. senators pressing the company’s leadership on whether the proposed mega-deal would shrink competition and reshape Hollywood on Netflix’s terms. At a Senate antitrust hearing, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos appeared alongside Warner Bros’ chief strategy officer Bruce Campbell to …

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A new legal challenge has landed in federal court after the U.S. State Department halted the processing of immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, a move that took effect in late January and has already begun to ripple through families and workplaces. Civil rights groups behind the case say the pause tears through long-standing …

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A federal court has again stepped in to stop the Trump administration from tightening the rules on how members of Congress can inspect immigration detention facilities—this time rejecting an attempt to repackage the same restrictions under a different funding label. In Washington, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the Department of Homeland Security cannot …

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