The nation’s longstanding prohibition on machine guns just survived a major legal test. A federal appeals court has overturned a Kansas trial judge’s unprecedented ruling that tried to strike the ban down as unconstitutional. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the federal law barring possession of machine guns remains valid, even …

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A federal judge has slammed the brakes on Donald Trump’s effort to turn U.S. troops into street-level enforcers, ruling that his administration broke the law by deploying soldiers to police California cities. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the June decision to send 4,000 National Guard members and 700 active-duty Marines into Los Angeles crossed …

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In a striking twist to America’s immigration battles, the Pentagon is stepping into the courtroom. Defense Department attorneys—both military and civilian—are being drafted to serve as temporary immigration judges, part of the Trump administration’s effort to bulldoze through a swelling backlog of cases. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the move, describing it as an emergency …

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A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency to cancel more than $16 billion in climate-focused grants, a decision that strikes at the heart of one of Joe Biden’s signature environmental initiatives. The grants—part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund—had been designed to help non-profit …

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Google walked out of court with its Chrome browser and Android empire intact, but not without a price. A federal judge in Washington ruled the tech giant must start opening its treasure chest of user data to competitors, a shift that could redraw the battlefield of online search and advertising. The decision marks the climax …

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Texas’ attempt to muzzle advice on hot-button issues like diversity and climate responsibility has hit a wall. A federal judge in Austin has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a new law that would have restricted two of the world’s most influential proxy advisers—Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)—from offering guidance on environmental, social, …

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Tesla is not backing down after a Florida jury handed down a $243 million verdict over a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system. Instead, the electric carmaker has assembled a star-studded legal lineup to try to overturn the decision. In a filing submitted to federal court in Miami, the company urged Judge Beth Bloom to …

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Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown just hit a wall in San Francisco. A federal appeals court has ruled that his administration likely acted outside the law when it tried to strip temporary protections from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in the United States. The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit said Homeland Security Secretary …

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In the dead of night, a courtroom battle brought U.S. deportation flights screeching to a halt. A federal judge in Washington, D.C. blocked the Trump administration’s plan to send Guatemalan children back on planes, many of whom had already been strapped into their seats when the emergency order came through. The ruling followed a frantic …

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A federal appeals court has delivered a sharp blow to Donald Trump’s signature trade weapon, ruling that most of his tariffs don’t hold up under the law. In a 7–4 split, the judges declared that Trump’s use of emergency powers to slap levies on imports strayed beyond what Congress ever authorized. Yet, the ruling won’t …

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