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Do Americans own the president's papers? Appeals court to weigh in

The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.

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Kalshi in no rush for Supreme Court ruling in fight with statesThe company agrees that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets.

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BBC Asks Judge to Force Trump Deposition in Broadcaster LawsuitLawyers for the BBC say Donald Trump is trying to delay sitting for a deposition in the defamation case he brought against the British broadcaster.

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New Mexico Rep. Andrea Reeb resigns after dualRepublican state Rep. Andrea Reeb resigned after a federal judge ruled her service as a legislator and special prosecutor in the Alec Baldwin case violated the New Mexico Constitution.

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Hypocrite Dems: 'No one is above the law'Those on the left carping that the Ilhan Omar investigation is politically motivated can’t be taken seriously.

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Collins Pushes Back as Jackson Says He’s Open to Expanding Supreme CourtSen. Susan Collins (R-ME) rejected expanding the Supreme Court during Thursday’s Senate debate after Democrat Troy Jackson said he was open to adding justices because the court “obviously is not working.” The post Collins Pushes Back as Jackson Says He’s Open to Expanding Supreme Court appeared first on Breitbart .

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New Mexico judge tosses charges against actor Timothy Busfield, citing prosecutor misconductThe case stems from when Busfield was directing the TV series “The Cleaning Lady” from 2022 to 2024.

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New York City college student dead after being drugged and raped in her dorm room, prosecutors sayA college student died after she was drugged and raped in a New York City college dorm room, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday.

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Federal probe into former Maura Healey aide LaMar Cook included MassHealth applicationRecently unsealed search warrants offer details in the federal investigation of Cook.

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Court Packing 2A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response to its flaws.

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In race for Idaho attorney general, a Democrat is trying to unseat a long-time Republican official - Fri, 16 Oct 2026 PSTDemocratic candidate for Idaho attorney general Lori Hickman says she has a long track record of being a straightforward attorney who is running to keep politicization out of the office – something she says her opponent hasn’t done.

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