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Atlanta’s ‘Urban Cowboy’ returns to federal court in battle over seized horses

The 11th Circuit’s revival of a yearslong legal battle between Atlanta’s “Urban Cowboy” and officials who seized his horses could set a new precedent for how federal courts look at the Fifth Amendment.

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Courthouse News Service· Oct 20, 8:56 PMAtlanta’s ‘Urban Cowboy’ returns to federal court in battle over seized horses

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Trump DHS admits it invented child abuse claims against activist to unlock phone: reportA federal officer under President Donald Trump admitted there was no reason to accuse an activist of having child pornography before agents demanded his phone passcode. Public defenders for activist Samuel Tunick made the claim in a court brief filed Monday, citing testimony from Customs and Border Protection Officer Findley at a July hearing in Atlanta.…

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CNN threatens Trump's DOJ with further legal action over Air Force One blocksCNN is threatening President Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) with further legal action if the White House continues blocking the network from performing its duties in pool rotation. In a letter to the DOJ this week, CNN's attorney Ted Boutrous wrote “these efforts to retaliate and discriminate against CNN based on the content of its...

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Exclusive — Texas Voter Rejects James Talarico's Leftism at Ken Paxton Campaign Event: 'It Is a Mission to Destroy Capitalism'Fort Worth, Texas — A conservative voter who moved from Democrat-controlled California to Republican-led Texas is rejecting Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico's leftism, his comments coming as the midterm race between the Democrat and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) heats up. The post Exclusive — Texas Voter Rejects James Talarico’s…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wins dismissal of sister's lawsuitA US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical examination.

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The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to ban trans women from women’s sportsOne of the last decade’s most consequential changes to how the Supreme Court operates is the growth of the so-called shadow docket — a process that allows the justices to decide cases unusually quickly, and often without full briefing or oral argument. Historically, the Court would typically allow contentious legal issues to percolate in the […]

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Billionaire landed pardon after his family bankrolled Trump’s former lawyer: NYTA billionaire charged with bribery won a pardon from President Donald Trump after his family handed a lucrative contract to one of the president's loyalists. Julio Herrera Velutini , a Venezuelan banking heir, received a full pardon early this year after his daughter's company hired Alina Habba , Trump's former personal attorney, under a deal…

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Justice Elena Kagan accuses Supreme Court’s conservative majority of undermining democracyThe liberal Supreme Court justice took aim at various recent rulings, including one that paved the way for rampant partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts.

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Shirts takes over as Idaho U.S. Attorney - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 PSTA former Idaho state representative has been appointed as the new U.S. attorney for the District of Idaho.

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AG’s office sides with community in the fight over public access to an East Texas waterwayA brief on the Cutoff stream, which a billionaire blocked access to, was issued by the state agency in the days leading up to oral arguments before the 12th Court of Appeals.

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‘Borders on the absurd.’ California fights Trump lawsuit to set aside 20,000 ballotsCalifornia’s top attorney called on a federal judge to block the Trump administration’s efforts to force the state to set aside up to 20,000 ballots that prosecutors claim could have been mailed to noncitizens. In a court filing Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, Attorney General Rob Bonta said the lawsuit the Trump administration […]

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