The Georgia Republican told reporters that she intends for the House to vote on her measure next week, but it’s unlikely to succeed.
The Supreme Court’s search for a ruling of the ages over presidential immunity could leave the justices attempting to square a circle.
Every year, French unions lead marches throughout the country to advocate for workers and solidarity on International Workers' Day. This year, themes range from supporting Ukraine and Palestine to fighting social inequality.
Officials said the school lied about its post-graduation employment rates, salaries and career services.
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Subscribe for free here!The trial, which has been on hold since November, centers on whether the tech giant holds a monopoly over internet search, and could result in Google selling off core parts of its business.
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Researchers say a promising new therapy targets protein clusters that likely cause neuron death and brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease.
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The May Day order came from a panel of Donald Trump appointees who found that an Oregon judge violated the Ninth Circuit’s mandate to dismiss the climate case in 2020.
A federal judge found many of North Carolina's restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are preempted FDA and congressional actions.
The bill is in response to a ballot measure Huntington Beach residents passed on March 5, which could require people to show voter ID in municipal elections.
Days before the May 15 deadline to finalize Louisiana's congressional map for use in this year’s elections, federal judges blocked it.
A bipartisan group of attorneys general want the NCAA barred from enforcing a rule that prohibits student-athletes from negotiating name, image and likeness deals prior to recruitment.
Lawmakers suggested that U.S.-based Liberty Media may have engaged in “cartel type behavior” and opened the door for future congressional action when it denied Andretti Global’s application to join the international racing league.
In the past, Steiner “laughed off” rumors that he would sue Haas Formula.
Beau Jessup woke up in a pool of blood after severe nosebleeds he says are linked to his exposure to jet fuel-contaminated water. The 18-year-old worries he's at risk for developing cancer, his mother testified.
Most of the patients housed at Coalinga State Hospital are civilly committed sexually violent predators.
The Silicon Valley-born Roger Ver is accused of depriving the IRS of $48 million.
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Weinstein's defense lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors both agreed to a date sometime after Labor Day for the former movie mogul's retrial on recently-overturned sex crime convictions.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes was "appalled" when she learned the District had only spent two hours over four months participating in a working group to address concerns over sending police by default to mental health emergencies.
Some undocumented immigrants who say U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services passed over their U Visa applications have standing to sue, a federal judge in California ruled Tuesday.
GOP lawmakers cited the Monday shooting of multiple officers in Charlotte in their argument for the bill that critics say may actually compromise law enforcement efforts.
The Southern California police department has a history of withholding public records, the ACLU claims.
Mark Alan Black admitted to enticing prepubescent girls online to livestream themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct and then record it.
A Brentwood cop can't use qualified immunity to avoid claims that he used excessive force in allowing his K9 to continue biting a woman for 40 seconds after she surrendered.
Police arrested over 100 people, mostly minors, after the Dolores Park Hill Bomb skateboarding event last summer.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a motion with the Arizona Supreme Court requesting the high court to stay its mandate in Planned Parenthood v. Hazelrigg, which effectively implemented a near-total abortion ban, for 90 days. The attorney general’s office says it may ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision.
The Texas Supreme Court holds that the state’s Pandemic Liability Protection Act retroactively applies to a former Southern Methodist University student’s lawsuit against the school for moving to online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Though the law was not on the books when the student was in school, the rules it created bar his contract claim.
The Fifth Circuit found that a bankruptcy court should not have denied the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s motion to abstain in this dispute between ERCOT and an energy company, which couldn’t pay its nearly $300 million bill in the fallout of the 2021 winter storm in Texas. ERCOT is not entitled to immunity, but the Supreme Court requires abstention under guiding case law.
A federal court in Hawaii refused to dismiss a portion of a fired employee’s complaint against state deputy attorneys general, who informed his Japanese employer about his previous litigation history. One of the attorneys general does not enjoy qualified immunity, as there is evidence that she contacted the former employer and evidence of malice. The fired employee’s emotional distress claims fail, however, because this is not an “outrageous” act.
A federal court in Alabama declined to dismiss a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed against a man who directed his friend to a gun in the back of his car, which his friend used to shoot and kill someone he was arguing with in downtown Tuscaloosa. Though another person committed the shooting, the allegations leave enough room for members of a jury to disagree as to whether the injury was foreseeable.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he declined the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
Those who are arrested in Travis County aren't provided counsel for initial bail hearings, one arrestee says in a class action that accuses the county of creating a "two-tier" system that favors those who can afford to hire an attorney.
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