A new proposal from Washington could dramatically narrow how dismissed federal employees fight their way back into government service. Under the plan, workers who lose their jobs would no longer take their cases to an independent body that traditionally settles disputes between agencies and employees. Instead, appeals would be handled by the federal government’s own …

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A U.S. appeals court has handed the Trump administration a key legal win, allowing it—at least for now—to move ahead with ending deportation protections for tens of thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court order that had blocked the rollback of …

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A U.S. immigration judge has shut down the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student whose student visa was pulled after she co-wrote a campus editorial critical of the university’s response to the war in Gaza. According to court filings, the judge found that the Department of Homeland Security failed …

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A federal judge in New York has hit pause—again—on the battle over billions meant for a critical rail link beneath the Hudson River, temporarily suspending her own order that would have forced the Trump administration to release long-frozen funding. The ruling puts the spotlight back on the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel Project, a centerpiece …

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A clash between press freedom advocates and the U.S. Justice Department has erupted after a federal official requested a warrant to search the home of a Washington Post reporter during a leak investigation. A media rights group has asked Virginia’s attorney-licensing authority to discipline Gordon D. Kromberg, a Justice Department official who sought judicial approval …

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For nearly two decades, Brad Karp stood at the center of Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison — not just as its chairman, but as its gravitational force. He helped turn a storied New York litigation shop into a globe-spanning legal heavyweight, equally fluent in courtroom battles and blockbuster corporate deals. Then, almost overnight, the …

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A courtroom in Los Angeles has become the opening arena for a case that could redraw the boundaries of responsibility in the social media age. At its heart is a blunt allegation: that some of the world’s biggest platforms were built not just to engage young users, but to keep them coming back at any …

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