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The U.S. Senate has approved two senior federal law-enforcement officials for lifetime judicial posts, a move that continues President Donald Trump’s drive to reshape the courts with figures closely aligned to his priorities. In Texas, Nicholas Ganjei—best known for steering an aggressive border crackdown—secured confirmation to a judgeship in the Southern District of the state …

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A federal judge in Kansas has handed down $12,000 in penalties after discovering that court submissions in a patent dispute were padded with quotations and legal citations that simply did not exist — inventions traced back to artificial intelligence. The sanctions stem from filings made on behalf of Lexos Media IP in its patent infringement …

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Fulton County has gone to federal court, challenging the seizure of its 2020 election records and demanding that everything taken in a recent FBI search be returned. County officials are also asking that the affidavit used to justify the warrant be made public. The search took place last week at an election operations facility outside …

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A blunt courtroom moment has ended a federal attorney’s temporary assignment in Minnesota, after she told a judge that the immigration work she was handling had become overwhelming and that court orders were not being followed. The U.S. Justice Department removed Julie Le from her posting after comments she made during a tense hearing in …

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A man accused of stalking Donald Trump from the shadows of a Florida golf course has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, closing the case on one of the most unsettling security breaches of the 2024 election season. Ryan Routh, 59, was handed a life sentence in Fort Pierce after …

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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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