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The Federal Trade Commission is turning up the heat on Media Matters, digging into whether the media watchdog banded together with other advocacy groups to nudge advertisers away from Elon Musk’s social media platform, X. According to a confidential document, the FTC has issued a civil investigative demand for records of Media Matters’ communications with …

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The U.S. Supreme Court found itself tied in a constitutional tug-of-war, issuing a 4-4 split that effectively slammed the brakes on what could’ve been a historic first: a taxpayer-funded religious charter school in Oklahoma. The case centered around the proposed St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a project backed by Oklahoma’s Catholic Archdiocese and …

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In a dramatic escalation of tensions over the independence of U.S. government agencies, former Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter has taken the Trump administration to court, claiming her abrupt dismissal was not just improper—it was unconstitutional. Perlmutter was fired by email on May 10, a move she says sidesteps legal protocols and violates the very …

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In a sharp rebuke to one of the Trump administration’s boldest attempts at reshaping the federal workforce, a U.S. judge has hit pause—again—on sweeping layoffs that threatened to gut several government agencies. On Thursday, District Judge Susan Illston extended a restraining order that blocks mass firings across a swath of federal departments. The layoffs, a …

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The U.S. Supreme Court has quietly greenlit a bold assertion of presidential power, siding—at least for now—with Donald Trump’s effort to expel two Democratic appointees from federal labor boards. The decision, rendered without fanfare in a terse, unsigned opinion, lets Trump’s firings stand while legal challenges wend their way through lower courts. The case isn’t …

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In a terse but telling ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court drew a sharp line in the sand—one that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might be quietly grateful for. The decision, buried in an employment dispute involving two federal labor board members, effectively told Donald Trump: the Fed isn’t yours to reshuffle at will. At the …

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Twelve states have marched into federal court, calling foul on Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs and accusing him of warping emergency powers into a personal trade weapon. At the center of the courtroom clash: a 10% blanket tariff Trump unleashed on virtually all foreign goods, framed as a counteroffensive against U.S. trade deficits and fentanyl …

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In a blistering federal complaint filed in Los Angeles, Ford Motor Co. has accused a group of California law firms of orchestrating a years-long overbilling scheme so brazen, it reads like satire — including a jaw-dropping claim that one attorney managed to squeeze 57.5 billable hours into a single 24-hour day. The automaker’s filing takes …

Ford Slams Legal Firms Over “Fantasy Billing,” Cites 57-Hour Workday in Racketeering Lawsuit Read More »

In a dramatic legal confrontation that could reshape the boundaries of presidential authority, two ousted Democratic commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission are heading to court to argue that Donald Trump had no right to fire them. Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, both removed from their posts in March, are asking a federal judge …

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The Justice Department’s internal rebellion has found a new address. John Keller, the once-top federal prosecutor who walked away from the DOJ rather than kill a corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has reemerged — this time at the law firm Walden Macht Haran & Williams. The move signals not just a …

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