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Federal judge blocks Biden Title IX rule in 4 states: 'Abuse of power'

June 14, 2024

Federal judge blocks Biden Title IX rule in 4 states: 'Abuse of power'

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday that will block the implementation of President Biden's Title IX changes in Louisiana, Montana, Idaho and Mississippi.

Ex-CBP officer convicted of bribery after allowing vehicles with drugs, illegal migrants to cross border

June 14, 2024

Ex-CBP officer convicted of bribery after allowing vehicles with drugs, illegal migrants to cross border

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was convicted of accepting bribes from criminal organizations wanting to bring drugs and illegal migrants across the southern border.

Gun rights groups call law used to convict Hunter Biden unconstitutional

June 14, 2024

Gun rights groups call law used to convict Hunter Biden unconstitutional

Second Amendment groups say the law used to convict Hunter Biden on federal gun charges is unconstitutionally broad, and one has offered to assist with a challenge.

Biden judicial nominee takes heat over recommendation for transgender inmate, answer on sex

June 13, 2024

Biden judicial nominee takes heat over recommendation for transgender inmate, answer on sex

Republicans rip President Biden's judicial nominee, Sarah Netburn, for "political activism from the bench" after recommending a convicted rapist be transferred to a women's prison.

Potential Supreme Court candidates during a second President Biden term

June 12, 2024

Potential Supreme Court candidates during a second President Biden term

President Biden will make diversity the central focus in nominating judicial nominees to Supreme Court vacancies and any other high court openings.

Two plead guilty after fentanyl found in NYC day care led to fatal poisoning of child, sickened three others

June 11, 2024

Two plead guilty after fentanyl found in NYC day care led to fatal poisoning of child, sickened three others

Two suspects accused of poisoning four children at a day care, one of whom died, while running a narcotics distribution operation out of the facility have pleaded guilty.

Federal judge rules Florida restrictions on transgender medical treatment for kids unconstitutional

June 11, 2024

Federal judge rules Florida restrictions on transgender medical treatment for kids unconstitutional

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will appeal a federal judge's decision that found restrictions on transgender procedures for children unconstitutional.

Jury likely considered Hunter Biden’s own words in memoir as ‘powerful’ evidence to convict: experts

June 11, 2024

Jury likely considered Hunter Biden’s own words in memoir as ‘powerful’ evidence to convict: experts

Following Hunter Biden's guilty verdict, some legal experts pointed to his own memoir of his drug addiction recovery as “powerful" evidence for the jury to convict him.

New docs show Bragg spent $1M on attorneys to address House probe of Trump case amid city budget cuts

June 11, 2024

New docs show Bragg spent $1M on attorneys to address House probe of Trump case amid city budget cuts

Documents obtained by a good-government watchdog found New York DA Alvin Bragg had expended $1 million to an outside law firm in order to blunt congressional oversight of NY v. Trump.

Unaccompanied minors represent themselves in federal court as migrant cases surge

June 10, 2024

Unaccompanied minors represent themselves in federal court as migrant cases surge

Almost half of the unaccompanied minors who are showing up at the southern border do not have legal counsel when they appear in federal immigration court, according to a new report.