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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdictThe U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad. Justices declined to hear Moore’s appeal of a lower court decision that vacated the verdict. The case centered on a television ad aired during Moore’s 2017 failed U.S. Senate bid. A jury in 2022 awarded Moore the amount…
Trump’s Harvard Funding Fight Hits Appeals Court With Billions and Federal Power on the LineWhat the First Circuit Is Really Deciding The First Circuit is weighing whether a federal judge had the power to restore billions in Harvard research funding after finding the government acted unlawfully. The Trump administration says the dispute belongs in the Court of Federal Claims because, at bottom, Harvard is seeking federal money. Harvard says…
Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked backlash for glorifying himPresident Donald Trump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for ads promoting himself. He plans to use his own political funds going forward, instead. In a post Monday night on his social media site, the president defended the ads, which cost over $1.5 million in federal funds, calling them a “positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.” He blamed…