Recent Updates
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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify abortion ban exceptions
National Legal News 03/15/2025A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state’s restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot from Republican legislators who have defended the state’s abor...
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Austria’s new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants
National Legal News 03/13/2025The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately.The measure is temporary and intended to ensure that those migrants...
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Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
National Legal News 03/07/2025A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.By a 5-4 vote, the court’s co...
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Court allows White House ban on Associated Press to continue temporarily
National Legal News 02/25/2025In a federal courtroom Monday afternoon, a significant legal battle unfolded as The Associated Press (AP) pressed its case against three staff members of President Donald Trump's administration. The news agency is seeking to reverse the Trump adminis...
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Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come
National Legal News 02/23/2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists President Donald Trump ’s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of dismissals at the Pentagon wasn’t unusual, brushing aside outcry that the new administration is op...
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Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection
National Legal News 02/20/2025Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scanda...
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Justice Department reinstates funding for immigration court guidance programs
National Legal News 02/05/2025The Justice Department’s initial stop-work order on January 22 placed a temporary halt on four federally funded programs designed to provide guidance and assistance to individuals facing deportation. These programs were critical in helping peop...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants
National Legal News 01/31/2025A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.The order capped the most chaotic da...
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Utah's bid for public land control from the federal government denied by court
National Legal News 01/15/2025The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government, marking a small victory for land conservation advocates who worry that similar efforts may escalate in a Republican-c...
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Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
National Legal News 12/20/2024Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period.The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, a...
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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
National Legal News 12/17/2024At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage p...
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Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care
National Legal News 11/30/2024Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. The justices on Wednesday are taking u...