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25 states sue over EPA soot pollution rule: 'Biden’s radical green agenda'

March 7, 2024

25 states sue over EPA soot pollution rule: 'Biden’s radical green agenda'

A new Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency rule setting stricter standards for deadly soot pollution is being challenged in court by 25 Republican-led states.

Terrorists who held children at NM desert compound sentenced to life, but they plan to appeal

March 7, 2024

Terrorists who held children at NM desert compound sentenced to life, but they plan to appeal

Four family members received life sentences in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that began when a Georgia toddler went missing in 2017.

Trump campaign rejects effort to have RNC foot former president's legal bills: 'Hard no'

March 6, 2024

Trump campaign rejects effort to have RNC foot former president's legal bills: 'Hard no'

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is rejecting an effort to get the Republican National Committee to cover the legal bills associated with his pending criminal cases.

New York county exec sues AG James over his trans athletes ban in women's sports

March 6, 2024

New York county exec sues AG James over his trans athletes ban in women's sports

A New York official is suing state Attorney General Letitia James over an order banning him from barring trans athletes from competing against biological females.

Hondurans closely follow former president's US drug trafficking 'trial of the century'

March 6, 2024

Hondurans closely follow former president's US drug trafficking 'trial of the century'

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández is on trial in a federal courthouse in Manhattan. He is accused of taking bribes to protect drug traffickers.

10-year legal battle rages between Native Americans and mining interests over sacred land atop copper deposit

March 4, 2024

10-year legal battle rages between Native Americans and mining interests over sacred land atop copper deposit

A years long legal dispute surrounding a piece of national forest in Arizona continues. Native Americans consider it sacred, and a mining group wants the copper beneath it.

Actor Terrence Howard ordered to pay almost $1M in back taxes after saying ‘immoral’ to tax slave descendants

March 1, 2024

Actor Terrence Howard ordered to pay almost $1M in back taxes after saying ‘immoral’ to tax slave descendants

Actor Terrence Howard reportedly said that it is "immoral" for the government to "charge taxes to the descendants of slaves" after threatening a Justice Department lawyer.

Illinois judge's ruling to remove Trump from primary ballot on hold while he appeals

February 29, 2024

Illinois judge's ruling to remove Trump from primary ballot on hold while he appeals

A ruling by an Illinois judge barring former President Trump from appearing on the primary ballot will remain on hold during his legal team's appeal.

Texas law letting police arrest illegal border crossers blocked by federal judge

February 29, 2024

Texas law letting police arrest illegal border crossers blocked by federal judge

Federal judge David Ezra has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Texas from enforcing a new law that would make illegal immigration a state crime.

Federal court rules Indiana's ban on gender-transitioning treatments for minors is enforceable

February 28, 2024

Federal court rules Indiana's ban on gender-transitioning treatments for minors is enforceable

Indiana's law banning minors from seeking gender-transitioning treatments is now enforceable following a federal appeals court ruling after a lower judge issued an injunction last year.