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Judge Noël Wise ruled that parts of the federal deportation provisions violate the First and Fifth amendments after The Stanford Daily challenged the policy’s effect on international students.
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President Donald Trump and his allies are intensifying claims about noncitizen voting ahead of the November election, while election experts say such voting is extremely rare and warn the claims could support challenges to midterm results.
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Gabriel Perez must surrender $107,500 in prediction-market profits and serve a three-year trading ban under a settlement with the CFTC.
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Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, while diplomatic and security developments continued across the Middle East.
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The California Third District Court of Appeal preserved an injunction preventing Shasta County from implementing Measure B while the state’s lawsuit continues.
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Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca called on President Donald Trump to rescind an executive order directing the U.S. geographic naming service to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” He said the change violates the 1794 Treaty ofCan
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The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s decision blocking implementation of President Donald Trump’s mail voting order before the midterm elections.
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The federal government agreed in court to extend a pause on border-related construction in Big Bend National Park, while a lawsuit challenges its authority and alleged effects on Native American religious practices.
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The SEC alleges that Ichcoin Tech Corp. falsely reported its eligibility for exempt reporting adviser status, office location and identifying information in a Form ADV filing.
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ICE lodged a detainer with the Washington County Jail after Yorgelis Alexandra Matos-Bravo was charged in a hit-and-run that injured a pre-teen boy.
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The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a constitutional challenge to California Penal Code section 26806, which requires federally licensed firearm dealers to maintain video and audio recording systems at their businesses.
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The State Department is easing staffing restrictions as six-month departure orders near their regulatory limits, allowing some diplomats’ family members to return.
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Oluwasegun Baiyewu was sentenced to 95 months in prison after a federal jury convicted him of conspiring to launder proceeds from fraud schemes targeting U.S. citizens.
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A 133-page Park Service report supports President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot memorial arch while acknowledging adverse effects on historic Washington sightlines and properties.
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Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein rejected Donald Trump’s renewed effort to move his New York hush-money case to federal court and dismiss his conviction on presidential immunity grounds. Trump’s legal team said it was appealing.
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Nathan Vilas Laatsch admitted transmitting classified information to a foreign government after using his DIA access to prepare and deliver documents to an undercover FBI agent. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and is scheduled
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MSC Shipmanagement Limited and Hong Kong Spirit Shipping and Trading Limited pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania and were sentenced over discharges from the MSC Samira III.
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The Justice Department asked a federal court to dismiss an Oklahoma attorney general’s lawsuit against the Inola smelter project, arguing environmental permits should be reviewed through the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act processes.
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A Supreme Court interim-docket decision allowed the Trump administration to proceed while states and voting-rights groups challenge proposed federal mail-in voting requirements.
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The Justice Department found that George Washington University’s medical school intentionally discriminated based on race in admissions to its 2024 and 2025 incoming classes, alleging violations of Title VI and the Supreme Court’s 2023 SFFA
