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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…

USA Herald14h agoWhole story →

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McDonald's hit with lawsuit alleging AI-powered menu price-fixingMcDonald's has been sued in federal court in Chicago in a proposed nationwide class action alleging the fast-food company illegally coordinates menu prices across its franchises and company-owned restaurants through an AI-powered pricing system.

New York Post18h agoWhole story →

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Federal court sides with AG on Trump challenge to Virginia Dream ActAttorney General Jay Jones won a federal court victory in a suit brought by the Trump administration challenging the state’s Virginia Dream Act.

Augusta Free Press20h agoWhole story →

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Harvard Trump federal funding cuts appeal case BostonThe federal funding case reached the appellate court as part of several challenges the administration has made to District Court decisions that have ruled in Harvard’s favor, ranging from international student enrollment to antisemitism on campus.

The Boston Globe20h agoWhole story →

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Federal judge sides with Kalshi to block new Illinois regulations on prediction marketsIllinois is among several states pushing to regulate the booming industry, which strongly resembles traditional gambling.

Chicago Sun-Times21h agoWhole story →

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Appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump cuts to HarvardA federal appeals court has heard arguments over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University.

San Diego Union-Tribune21h agoWhole story →

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ICE deportation of Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza may set habeas corpus precedentA federal appeals court heard arguments on whether a Babson College student who was deported to Honduras around Thanksgiving 2025 — despite a judge's order — can finally have her case heard in Massachusetts.

MassLive21h agoWhole story →

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Judge Tosses Road Rage Killer's Sentence over AI-Generated Video of Victim Played in CourtAn Arizona appeals court has overturned the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after a road rage incident, determining that an AI-generated video of his deceased victim used during sentencing was unreliable and created fundamental unfairness in the proceedings. The post Judge Tosses Road Rage Killer’s Sentence over AI-Generated Video of…

Breitbart News Network2d agoWhole story →

Before Cornell turmoil, successive US administrations seesawed in attitudes towards campus assaultsDemocratic and Republican administrations have taken different tacks in addressing campus sexual assault Amid renewed concerns about sexual assault on US college campuses following allegations that a student was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity, the Trump administration last week formally reversed measures from recent Democratic presidents…

The Guardian2d agoWhole story →

Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment(The Hill) -- An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as what Flock Safety's hallmark technology collects, may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause. “Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society,…

NewsNation2d agoWhole story →

Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide.Boulder, Colorado, is hoping its novel lawsuit will be the environmental equivalent of the landmark litigation that produced billions in damages and settlements against Big Tobacco and opioid makers.

The Washington Post2d agoWhole story →

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.

TechCrunch3d agoWhole story →

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Foreign Donors to U.S. CollegesFrom Judge Tanya Chutkan (D.D.C.) Thursday evening in Ass'n of Am. Univ. v. U.S. Dep't of Ed.: Section 117 of… The post Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Foreign Donors to U.S. Colleges appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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Governor says Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa PikeThe head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike. The announcement was made by Gov. Bill Lee on Saturday. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said in a statement that stepping aside “is in the best interests” of the state as an independent review is carried out to determine why Pike’s…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution3d agoWhole story →

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Obama Judge Tanya Chutkan Blocks Trump Education Department From Naming Foreign Donors Who Dumped Billions Into Harvard, Columbia, and Other Elite Campuses * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim HᴏftA federal judge in Washington, D.C., has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from publicly releasing the names of foreign donors and contract…

The Gateway Pundit3d agoWhole story →

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Federal judge ends desegregation order for south Arkansas’ Camden Fairview, Harmony Grove school districtsA decades-old federal court settlement restricting the transfer of white students from one south Arkansas school district to a neighboring school district is no longer in effect.

Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →

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

Common Dreams4d agoWhole story →

Rapper Future's Brother FBG Casino Reaches Plea Deal in Fentanyl CaseFuture's brother, FBG Casino, cut a plea deal in his fentanyl case ... after federal agents said they found 17 kilos worth of fentanyl in an Airbnb-turned-stash house.

TMZ4d agoWhole story →

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1st bill protects people with autism, disabilitiesThe first new bill filed for the 2027 General Assembly is a replay of an idea to make sure people with intellectual or developmental disability don’t send up in prison because they said something they didn’t understand they were saying to police.

Roanoke Times4d agoWhole story →

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NY governor says Cornell rape accuser was ‘failed’ by people obligated to protect herNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including police and the county prosecutor.

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