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Jurors in Palisades arson retrial may be barred from weighing evidence of LAFD missteps - Thu, 22 Oct 2026 PST

A federal judge indicated Thursday that jurors in the upcoming retrial of a man accused of an arson that sparked the Palisades fire will not be allowed to consider whether Los Angeles firefighters adequately extinguished the blaze that prosecutors say later reignited and spread, devastating the community.

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Spokane Spokesman-Review· Oct 23, 2:38 AMJurors in Palisades arson retrial may be barred from weighing evidence of LAFD missteps - Thu, 22 Oct 2026 PST

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Trump Administration Stopped Sharing Evidence in Good and Pretti Killings, Minnesota Officials SayThe federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers, state officials said in recent court filings.

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Supreme Court Says New Hampshire Can Ban Voters from Using Student IDs at Polls in Midterms - Ketanji Brown Jackson DissentsThe Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 7-1 that New Hampshire can indeed stop voters from using student IDs at polls during the midterm elections.

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in 9 statesA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.

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Brazil court orders government to provide transportation for Indigenous voters in Sunday’s runoffA federal court in Brazil has ordered the government to ensure Indigenous people can vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff. The ruling highlights challenges like geographic distance and lack of...

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Bite of Seattle shooting suspect released on electronic home monitoring - Wed, 21 Oct 2026 PSTA King County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered that a 15-year-old suspect in the fatal Bite of Seattle shooting be released from juvenile detention. The boy is accused of firing a handgun indiscriminately into a crowd of people attending the food festival at Seattle Center on July 26. Seattle police arrested him at the scene, and he was charged…

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Free to discriminate: How the Supreme Court unraveled the Voting Rights ActThirteen years later, the damage is clear. States freed from federal oversight, many of them states of the old Confederacy, have adopted new restrictions on voting that dramatically dilute minority voting power.

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Panicked Ted Cruz admits 'uphill battle' in Texas: 'We have to take this threat seriously'Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a dire warning for Republican donors: his state could be slipping away to Democrats. “I can’t believe I’m actually writing you this, but the time has come,” reads a fundraising email sent over the weekend under Cruz’s name. “It’s going to shock you to your core, but I genuinely believe you need to hear it all the same.” The…

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Blanche: Alaska Senate race is 'not a fair fight' to TrumpAttorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said President Trump doesn’t consider Alaska’s Senate race to be a fair contest because of the controversial appearance on the ballot of a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R), which he argued could confuse voters and potentially cost Republicans the seat. Speaking on CNN’s...

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The Raised Eyebrow and the Closed AccountSummary In Washington, power is most potent when it’s least visible. A statute can be read, a regulation challenged, an order defied in court. But a regulator’s arched eyebrow leaves no paper trail, invites no judicial review, and is, for a bank that must face the same examiners year after year, every bit as persuasive...

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Attorney General Behind Historic Meta Fine Picks Next Target‘we are prepared to do this again’

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