Courts & Law
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Florida Supreme Court allows state Republicans to use new congressional map
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the map into law in May, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Louisiana redistricting case that the state's existing congressional map that includes an additional majority-black district violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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FBI arrests seven people for allegedly threatening University of Michigan officials
Patel said the indictment alleges the conspirators engaged in a coordinated campaign that sought to pressure university officials to cut ties with Israel after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel in 2023.
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Jury sentences Karmelo Anthony to 35 years in prison for Texas killing
Anthony was convicted by the jury in Collin County earlier Tuesday after a week-long trial. The jury determined that Anthony fatally stabbed Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, Texas. He faced up to life in prison.
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Navy sailor sentenced to over 40 years in military prison for killing of fellow servicemember
Copeland pleaded guilty Monday to unpremeditated murder, aggravated assault by strangulation, indecent recording, obstruction of justice and making a false official statement.
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US attorney in California suspects voter fraud investigation will result in charges
Essayli said his team and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon have been trying to audit the state for over a year under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act.
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Jury finds Texas teen Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in stabbing of competitor at track meet
The defendant, who is now 19-years-old, faces up to life in prison.
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Former cryptocurrency tycoon convicted of fraud applies for pardon
Bankman-Fried received 25 years in prison after being convicted on two counts of conspiracy and five counts of fraud in 2023 after his cryptocurrency empire collapsed unexpectedly in November of 2022.
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Judge strikes down Trump's $100K fee on new H-1B visas
Trump signed a proclamation in September that imposed the new fee on the program, which has been the target of immigration hawks for years. Critics have argued large firms use the program to import cheap labor, mostly from India, to replace Americans.
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Rep Fuller announces impeachment articles on Judge Eleanor Ross over alleged courthouse misconduct
In a video posted Friday on X, Fuller called the Obama-appointed judge “unfit to sit on the federal bench."
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Suit seeks to cancel Freedom 250 UFC fight on White House lawn, alleging it needs congressional OK
A Trump administration official called the lawsuit "obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory."
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Trump suffers rare court setbacks amid broader record of legal success
The first recent loss came on May 29, when U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered that Trump’s name be stripped from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Three Americans arrested on charges they were helping fund ISIS
The men were arrested and charged for allegedly conspiring to support ISIS after collectively providing over $2,000 to an individual they understood to be a member of ISIS, according to the Justice Department.
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Federal judge blocks Trump admin pause on immigration processing for migrants from 39 countries
Trump has imposed travel bans and pauses on immigration applications from a litany of countries, primarily in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.