Roberts Grants Trump Breathing Room in FTC Showdown

Roberts Grants Trump Breathing Room in FTC Showdown

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed Donald Trump to sideline Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter, granting the president a short-term reprieve in his effort to remove her before her term ends. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the pause, known as an administrative stay, which halts lower court rulings that had blocked Trump’s firing …

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Two Decades of Roberts: How One Chief Justice Tilted America’s Highest Court Rightward

Two Decades of Roberts: How One Chief Justice Tilted America’s Highest Court Rightward

John Roberts was never meant to be the chief justice. In 2005, George W. Bush nominated him for a seat on the Supreme Court as an associate justice. Weeks later, Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away, and Bush seized the moment—Roberts would take the helm instead. What followed was not a cautious guardianship of the …

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Judge Who Backed Trump in Pulitzer Fight Wins Federal Bench Seat

Judge Who Backed Trump in Pulitzer Fight Wins Federal Bench Seat

A Florida jurist who gave Donald Trump a legal boost in his ongoing battle with the Pulitzer Prize Board has now secured a lifetime seat on the federal bench. Judge Ed Artau, known for siding with Trump in a case challenging the Pulitzer Board’s refusal to revoke journalism awards tied to coverage of Russian interference, …

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Appeals Court Tosses Out States’ Challenge to Trump’s Federal Worker Purge

Appeals Court Tosses Out States’ Challenge to Trump’s Federal Worker Purge

A federal appeals court has dealt a heavy blow to a coalition of Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., ruling they cannot challenge President Donald Trump’s sweeping dismissal of more than 25,000 newly hired federal employees. In a 2–1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond declared that the states lacked legal standing, …

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Supreme Court Clears Path for Trump-Era Immigration Raids, Sparks Fury in California

Supreme Court Clears Path for Trump-Era Immigration Raids, Sparks Fury in California

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, giving federal agents a green light to resume sweeping raids across Southern California. The ruling, delivered in a terse and unsigned order, allows officers to detain individuals based on race, language, or even an accent—an approach critics say turns entire Latino …

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Court Strikes Down Biden-Era EV Rule, Handing Win to Republican States

Court Strikes Down Biden-Era EV Rule, Handing Win to Republican States

A federal appeals court has dismantled a key Biden-era regulation that reshaped how electric vehicles are measured against fuel economy standards, siding with a coalition of Republican-led states who claimed the policy gave EVs an unfair boost. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled that the Department of Energy stepped beyond …

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Court Shuts Down Trump’s Push to Freeze Billions in Foreign Aid

Court Shuts Down Trump’s Push to Freeze Billions in Foreign Aid

Donald Trump’s attempt to put the brakes on U.S. foreign aid spending has hit a wall. A federal appeals court in Washington has refused to let the administration hold back billions of dollars that Congress had already approved, siding with a lower court’s ruling that the White House cannot unilaterally choke off the money flow. …

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Appeals Court Halts Trump’s Push to Freeze Billions in Foreign Aid

Appeals Court Halts Trump’s Push to Freeze Billions in Foreign Aid

Donald Trump’s bid to choke off billions in foreign aid has run into another wall—this time from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. The court refused to shield his administration from a lower court order that demands the White House unlock nearly $11 billion Congress already approved for overseas projects. The decision, issued without …

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Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Payout: Historic Author Settlement Redefines AI’s Copyright Battle

Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Payout: Historic Author Settlement Redefines AI’s Copyright Battle

A courtroom in San Francisco just witnessed history. Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has agreed to a staggering $1.5 billion settlement with a group of writers who accused the firm of raiding pirate websites to feed its chatbot. The deal, if approved, would become the largest copyright recovery ever recorded—and the first massive financial …

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Judge Halts Trump’s Move to Strip Venezuelans and Haitians of Protected Status

Judge Halts Trump’s Move to Strip Venezuelans and Haitians of Protected Status

A federal judge in San Francisco has thrown a wrench into Donald Trump’s immigration plans, ruling that his administration overstepped the law by trying to end deportation protections for more than a million Venezuelans and Haitians. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen declared that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked the legal authority to scrap Temporary …

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