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Supreme Court OKs Trump's mass layoffs of federal employees across more than a dozen agencies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the Trump administration to lay off tens of thousands of federal employees and…
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UK court convicts 3 men over arson attack authorities say was organized by Russian intelligence
LONDON (AP) — A British jury convicted three men on Tuesday of arson in an attack on an east London warehouse that was storing equipment…
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Judge blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way
A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan the day after the Supreme Court…
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The Supreme Court Just Teed Up a Major Ruling on Transgender Athletes
“This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical…
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Supreme Court Prepares to Rip Away Trans Rights in Two New Cases
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear two cases involving transgender athletes being banned from women’s sports at the youth and…
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Europe court says France allowed to fine president portrait snatchers
Europe's top human rights court on Thursday ruled France was within its rights to hand suspended fines to climate activists over stealing…
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Supreme Court to decide if federal law bars transgender athletes from women's teams
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to weigh in on the growing controversy over transgender athletes and decide if federal law…
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Hamas-run court gives Gaza gang leader Abu Shabab 10 days to surrender
A Hamas-run court in Gaza has ordered Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a criminal group allegedly backed by Israel, to surrender himself…
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Faith leaders bear witness as migrants make their case in immigration court
Rev. Jason Cook, a minister at Tapestry, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, wore his traditional white collar and a colorful stole…
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RFK Jr. Gets Terrible News in Court on Plan to Upend Health Department
In a week dominated by Trump’s budget bill, Democrats can take some solace in a legal victory over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
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Court approves sale of 23andMe to nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki
23andMe, a distressed genetic testing company that filed for bankruptcy this year, has received another potential lifeline. A bankruptcy…
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Algerian court upholds writer's 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained ties with France
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case…
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How Religious Pluralism Lost at the Supreme Court
The court’s conservative justices went out of their way to emphasize that Montgomery County, where some of them reside, is a bastion of…
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Brazil ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Sao Paulo to protest his Supreme Court trial
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday attended a public demonstration in Sao Paulo to protest against his…
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At Supreme Court, steady wins for conservative states and Trump's claims of executive power
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court term that ended Friday will not be remembered for blockbuster rulings like those recent years that struck…
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A Supreme Court Victory for Parental Rights in the Woke Wars
An interfaith coalition of parents who objected to instructional LGBT storybooks vindicated their right to direct the religious upbringing…
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The Supreme Court Brings Real-World Limits to the Virtual World
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The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump Three Victories in One Ruling
Trump’s third victory was over the separation of powers itself. Congress, which is controlled by Republicans loyal to him, is effectively…
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States may enforce age limits for porn websites, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON — Citing the explosion of online porn, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that states may enforce age verification laws in hopes of…
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Supreme Court Rules Homophobic Books Bans in Schools Are OK
Cue the book bans. The Supreme Court sided Friday with a group of Maryland parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor, ruling 6–3 to allow them to pull…
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Supreme Court Caves to Trump in Ominous Birthright Citizenship Ruling
The White House is embracing Donald Trump’s “Daddy” nickname in a pretty intense way for a guy whose name was in the Jeffrey Epstein…
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Colombian court halts investigation into presidential campaign funds
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday stopped an electoral body from investigating accusations of illicit…
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Supreme Court Nixes Suits Against States Defunding Planned Parenthood
Over-the-top rhetoric from Justice Jackson cannot overcome the Court’s precedents against individual lawsuits to enforce spending…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Rips Supreme Court for “Stymying” Civil Rights
The Supreme Court just issued its worst ruling for women since Dobbs. In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the nation’s highest judiciary ruled…