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Court blocks immigration officials from redetaining Abrego Garcia

A federal judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from redetaining the wrongfully deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia during his ICE appointment Friday morning. A day earlier, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered ICE to immediately release Abrego Garcia, finding it had no lawful aut…

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U.S. could owe businesses $168B if Supreme Court rejects Trump tariffs

A ruling striking down emergency levies could force the federal government to return most of the tariff revenue it has collected this year, according to Penn Wharton.

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Russia Sues Holder of Frozen Assets Europe Wants for Ukraine Loan

The lawsuit was a warning to European officials who are racing to agree to a plan to use Russian government assets in Europe to lend money to Ukraine.

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Reddit sues Australia over underage social media ban

Reddit has filed a lawsuit in Australia's High Court aiming to overturn the country's under-16 social media ban, Reuters reported. The forum platform called the law contrary to Australia's constitution as it intrudes on free political discourse. It also argued that Reddit shouldn't have been include…

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Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of reinforcing delusions that led to a woman's death

OpenAI has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after a man killed his mother and took his own life back in August, according to a report by The Verge. The suit names CEO Sam Altman and accuses ChatGPT of putting a "target" on the back of victim Suzanne Adams, an 83-year-old woman who was killed i…

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Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a 'massive scale'

Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a "massive scale," alleging that the tech giant is training its AI tools on protected materials as well as allowing those tools to generate infringing images and videos. Variety reports that Disney attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter to Goo…

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FBI agents fired over 2020 protest actions sue for reinstatement

A dozen former FBI agents said their decision to kneel while responding to 2020 protests against police brutality was a tactical one, required as the result of the first Trump administration’s decision to deploy federal agents without crowd control equipment or training.

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Reddit Sues Australia Over Teen Social Media Ban as Other Nations Consider Similar Laws

The company says the law violates teens’ political speech rights as other countries consider similar restrictions.

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Reddit challenges Australia's law banning children under 16 from social media

Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms

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More Epstein files are set to be released. Here’s what we know so far

A tranche of documents about Jeffrey Epstein will be unsealed this week. What are they, and what might they reveal?

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Momentous Court Decisions Near For Line 5 Oil Pipeline

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – For 72 years, in order to serve as a shortcut for crude oil from production fields in western Canada to refineries in eastern Ontario, Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 pipeline has transported 540,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids daily beneath the forests and wetlands of north…

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Republic Services’ Tennessee landfill sued again; Rumpke seeks Kentucky expansion

Local officials said in a lawsuit they were “leapfrogged” by Republic’s Middle Point Landfill expansion application. Meanwhile, Rumpke looks to address odor complaints at a landfill it's hoping to expand.

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Hawaiʻi’s green fee is the latest climate effort challenged by Trump

The Department of Justice wants to join the cruise ship industry’s lawsuit against the state over a new tax on passengers visiting the islands.

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DOJ's war on judges: Bondi attacks judges for blocking U.S. attorney pick

Justice Department leadership on Monday accused federal judges of waging a "campaign of bias and hostility" against Lindsey Halligan as the department defies a federal court order that declared she is illegally acting as U.S. attorney.Why it matters: The confrontation is the latest salvo in what Dep…

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Court: “Because Trump said to” may not be a legally valid defense

The "arbitrary and capricious" standard strikes down another administration action.

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Epstein's last casualty could be grand jury secrecy

The release of Jeffrey Epstein's files has led to the public humiliation and condemnation of various individuals, raising questions about the implications of such transparency and the potential erosion of long-standing protections for grand jury and sealed material.

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Ukrainians sue US chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles

Lawsuits may force Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments to do more to control chip supply chains.

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Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case

But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of "totally illegal" retaliation by Apple.

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Court blocks immediate release of Chicago-area immigrants detained in federal crackdown

A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the immediate release of Chicago-area immigrants detained in the Trump administration’s federal crackdown on the Windy City. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to extend a consent decree, which allows federal authorities to make warrantless a…

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Black Lives Matter leader in Oklahoma City indicted on claims she used funds for vacations, groceries and real estate

Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, was indicted earlier this month on 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering, court records show.