California counties face uphill battle over federal voting crackdownVoting advocates say the federal government targeted nine states for a surge of deployed immigration officers in order to intimidate and interfere in the midterms.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticevoting rights lawsuit
DOJ charges 28 in California voter fraud sweep amid escalating battle over voter rollsFederal prosecutors charged 28 foreign nationals with election-related offenses as the Trump administration seeks to block more than 20,000 potentially ineligible California voters from having their mail-in ballots counted. State officials dispute claims of widespread voter fraud.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticecalifornia voter fraud lawsuit
Justices’ book deals disarm SCOTUS in music copyright caseThe justices’ penchant for off-the-bench writing left the Supreme Court without the ability to put pen to paper in a copyright dispute.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticescotus music copyright case
Texas governor sued by rival over redacted Elon Musk chatsState Representative Gina Hinojosa, who is challenging Governor Greg Abbott for his seat, claims the governor has illegally refused to allow her to inspect his communications with Musk.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →Governmenttexas gubernatorial lawsuit
Former South African president denies impeding investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era casesAllegations against Thabo Mbeki include secret talks with former military generals to secure a clandestine agreement to avoid prosecution.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeapartheid era crimes inquiry
Immigrant kids push 2nd Circuit to restore pre-Trump deportation protectionsBefore the second Trump administration, migrants under 21 who were abused, neglected or abandoned by their parents were subject to certain guardrails against removal.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeimmigration policy appeal
Houthi rebels strike Yemen’s government forces with ballistic missiles, killing at least 53The head of Yemen's ruling Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, promised a “firm response.”Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →Securityyemen conflict escalation
Justices refuse to take on plea deal for 9/11 perpetratorsThe high court also opted not to intervene in Chicago's practice of impounding cars whose owners face as few as two unpaid tickets, even ones unrelated to the vehicle.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →SecurityJustice9 11 perpetrators trial update
Maryland magnet school pulls Supreme Court back into fight over race in admissionsAfter tackling the use of race in college admissions, the high court will consider how equal protection applies in the K-12 admissions context.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentsupreme court admissions case
Trump got a Greenland deal, but he can’t buy back trustDenmark's “almost blind" faith in the U.S. is unlikely to recover quickly, with a newly inked security agreement failing to quell unease over American intentions.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurityus greenland defense deal
Marine set to keep custody of Afghan war orphan after Supreme Court denialThe girl's Afghan relatives believed they were entitled to due process before a court permanently removed the child from their care in a controversial international adoption case.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court adoption ruling
SCOTUS takes on 158-year-old backyard liquor banConflicting appeals court rulings leave the lawfulness of home liquor distilling to mean two different things in Texas and Ohio, setting up a high court showdown over a century-old law.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyscotus backyard liquor ban case
Labor board member fired by Trump loses out on Supreme Court reviewA member of the National Labor Relations Board sought to test the bounds of the conservative supermajority’s new landmark ruling on executive authority.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomynlrb member firing appeal
Bizarro worldYou may not like what the Justice Department is doing these days, but you've got to admit they're creative.Courthouse News Service5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticedoj antitrust investigation
