A coalition of states led by California is asking for $10.3 million in legal fees and costs after successfully derailing the proposed Kroger–Albertsons merger, a move that officials say underscores both the financial strain and growing influence of state-level antitrust enforcement. California alone is set to recover $5.1 million if the request is approved, reflecting …

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A New York judge has postponed the state murder trial of Luigi Mangione until September, reshaping the timeline of parallel proceedings and casting uncertainty over a related federal case scheduled for later in the year. The state trial, originally expected to begin in early June, is now set for September 8. The brief order did …

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A federal appeals court has stepped in to curb the nationwide impact of a California judge’s rulings that challenged the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration detention approach. The decision effectively trims the reach of those orders, limiting them to a single federal district while the legal battle unfolds. ⚖️ A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. …

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A federal court has allowed a major legal challenge to move forward against policies attributed to the Trump administration that allegedly targeted law firms for their past advocacy, internal diversity practices, and political associations. In a ruling issued Tuesday, a U.S. district judge concluded that the lawsuit brought by the American Bar Association presents a …

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The United States Supreme Court appeared unconvinced by an executive move aimed at narrowing birthright citizenship, as judges pressed the administration on both constitutional history and the real-world fallout of the proposal. The arguments unfolded in a packed courtroom, where the policy’s sweeping implications dominated a lengthy exchange. The directive at the center of the …

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A federal appeals court has temporarily revived a controversial immigration measure from the administration of Donald Trump, allowing authorities to quickly deport migrants to countries other than their homeland while legal challenges continue to unfold. The decision came from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, where a divided three-judge panel paused …

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A federal judge in Boston has delivered a sharp judicial setback to the overhaul of childhood vaccination policies pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., blocking key changes that sought to reduce the number of routine vaccines for children and reshape a powerful advisory body guiding national immunization policy. In a detailed ruling, Brian Murphy, a …

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