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'Historic Victory': Judge Blocks Trump's Big Bend Border Construction—For Now

A federal judge in El Paso on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from continuing construction of border barriers, roads, and other infrastructure across the Big Bend region, a win for environmentalists, landowners, and other Texans from across the political spectrum who are united in their opposition to the project. US District Judge…

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Alarm as GOP-Led Election Board Asks Trump Administration to Probe Georgia Voting SystemsExperts are raising alarms after Georgia's Republican-led State Election Board requested that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice launch an investigation into state voting machines just over a month before the 2026 midterm elections. As reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday, James Mills, executive director of the State…

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Judge halts border barrier construction in Big BendU.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone’s ruling means federal contractors can’t continue construction in the national park or surrounding areas until a lawsuit opposing the work is resolved.

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21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power PlantsMore than 20 states, including North Carolina, New York, California and Pennsylvania, as well as several cities, are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. The agency’s proposal would also thwart future administrations from reinstating the…

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Trumpy Justice Brags About Overturning Roe v. WadeJustice Samuel Alito said the Dobbs decision required “courage.”

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Gov. Spanberger’s parole board granting more felons release from Virginia prisonsVirginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s hand-picked parole board released eight out of ten felons during Thursday's parole meeting.

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Central Arkansas Library System chief says officials struggling with ‘impossible to understand’ parts of 2023 lawOfficials at the Central Arkansas Library System remain in an uncertain place as they await clarification from a federal appeals court about a ruling that upheld a law related to library materials, the library system's executive director said Friday.

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Harrison man pleads guilty to federal child porn charge, jailed awaiting sentencingFAYETTEVILLE -- A Harrison man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a child pornography charge.

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Todd Blanche faces fresh court scrutiny over Trump accuser’s FBI notes: legal expertAttorney General Todd Blanche is facing fresh scrutiny over his handling of FBI records involving a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexual abuse as a federal judge presses for answers in a lawsuit over the Jeffrey Epstein files. Legal analyst Katie Phang, who brought the lawsuit, revealed Friday that U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan had…

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New York Prosecutors Seek to Sustain Their Case Against Luigi Mangione, Despite His Federal PleaNEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors sought Friday to keep their murder case going against Luigi Mangione, arguing that his federal guilty plea shouldn't end a separate, state-court case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Former deputy cleared in fatal shooting seeks dismissal of related federal civil rights lawsuitFAYETTEVILLE -- A federal civil rights lawsuit against a deputy who was acquitted by a jury of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a motorist following a pursuit should be dismissed, a lawyer for the deputy said in court filings Friday.

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