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New Bench, New Battle Lines: Trump Taps Military Veterans to Refill Immigration Courts

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The Trump administration has moved quickly to restock the immigration courts, swearing in 33 new judges as it reshapes a system already under heavy strain. Of the new appointees, 27 will serve on a temporary basis, part of a broader push the administration frames as restoring order and speed to deportation proceedings. The hires follow …

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Chicago Shooting Case Opens Up as Judge Clears Bodycam, Texts for Public View

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A federal judge has cleared the way for the public release of police body camera footage, text messages and other key evidence tied to the shooting of a Chicago woman by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an immigration enforcement operation last fall. The ruling lifts a court order that had kept the material under …

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Arizona Court Clears Away Pre-2024 Abortion Barriers

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A judge in Arizona has wiped out a cluster of abortion limits that had survived on the books from an earlier political era, ruling that they clash with the state’s updated constitution. The decision came from Maricopa County Superior Court, where the judge concluded that the restrictions failed to protect patient health, interfered with personal …

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Appeals Court Clears Path for Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders, for Now

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A federal appeals court has lifted a major roadblock to President Donald Trump’s push to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government and among companies that do business with it. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside an earlier ruling that had frozen Trump’s executive orders …

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Saudi Arabia Pushes Asia Prices Lower as Oil Supply Keeps Outrunning Demand

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Saudi Arabia has shaved the price of its flagship Arab Light crude for Asian buyers yet again, marking a fourth consecutive monthly cut and taking March prices to levels not seen in more than five years. The adjustment comes as the global oil market grapples with an uncomfortable imbalance: supply is rising faster than consumption. …

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Dubai’s Streets Enter the Autonomous Era as Driverless Taxis Go Live

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Dubai has switched on the engines of its driverless future. The Roads and Transport Authority has officially begun operations of fully autonomous taxis, marking a decisive leap toward public, everyday use of self-driving transport across the emirate. The service is scheduled to open to passengers in the first quarter of 2026, operating on roads already …

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Saudi Banks Tiptoe Into Vision 2030’s Mega Build—For Now

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Saudi lenders are still keeping a cautious distance from the kingdom’s headline-grabbing giga projects, but that buffer is thinning as construction inches closer to real-world operations, according to Fitch Ratings. For now, the numbers remain manageable. Bank exposure to Vision 2030’s flagship developments is relatively light, meaning delays or scale-backs are unlikely to trigger a …

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When Red Tape Gets Measured: A New Index Puts Government Services Under the Microscope

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A new global yardstick for bureaucracy made its debut at the World Governments Summit, aiming to answer a simple but elusive question: how does dealing with the government actually feel for people and businesses? Unveiled in Abu Dhabi, the Global Bureaucracy Perception Index (GBPI) steps away from theory and rankings built on policy intent. Instead, …

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Poker, Paperwork and a Truce in Court: Why Jeffrey Toobin Won’t Take the Stand

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Inside a federal courtroom in Maryland, jurors listening to the tax fraud case against prominent Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein heard something unusual this week: the defendant’s own words, filtered through a long-form magazine profile, rather than from the journalist who wrote it. That’s because the trial reached a quiet compromise. Instead of calling legal …

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States Push Back as Opioids Whistleblower Eyes a Slice of Walgreens’ Mega Deal

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A sprawling legal fight over the opioid crisis has picked up an unexpected second act: a clash between U.S. states and a whistleblower who says he deserves a share of their multibillion-dollar settlement with Walgreens. At the center is T.J. Novak, a pharmacist whose claims helped trigger a major federal case accusing the pharmacy chain …

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