Recent Updates
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Trump Administration Seeks Appeal to Pause White House Ballroom Halt Order
Bar Associations 04/07/2026The Trump administration is arguing that a judge's order to halt construction of a $400 million ballroom creates a security risk for President Donald Trump as it asks a federal appeals court to pause the ruling.In a motion filed Friday, National Park...
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Trump is at the Court as it hears arguments over his bid to limit birthright citizenship
Legal Solutions 04/02/2026The Supreme Court is taking up one of the term's most consequential cases, President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not Americ...
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Wisconsin man who ordered ballots without consent found guilty of fraud
Court Watch 03/31/2026A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.Jurors in Racine County on Tuesday found Harr...
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Federal judge blocks Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk
Court Watch 03/27/2026A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in temporarily blocking the Pentagon from labeling the company as a supply chain risk.U.S. District Judge Rita Lin on Thursday said she was also blocking enforcement of P...
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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations
Court Watch 03/22/2026The White House said Friday that Congress should "preempt state AI laws" that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence without curbing growth or innovation in...
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Tax reform may grow donor base but shrink overall nonprofit contributions
Litigation Reports 03/17/2026Millions more Americans will likely donate to nonprofits following changes in tax laws passed by Congress last summer, but those changes will also likely reduce the overall amount of money given to charity, according to new research.The report from t...
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Army sergeant wants to plead guilty in Georgia base shootings that injured 5
Litigation Reports 03/13/2026An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer is seeking to plead guilty to attempted murder and other charges in a military court, Army prosecutors said Thursday.Authorities say Sgt. Quorne...
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College president pleads guilty before Arkansas fraud trial
Law Firm News 03/09/2026The president of a Christian college in Springdale pleaded guilty to a fraud charge Wednesday, admitting he took part in what prosecutors called a kickback scheme involving his school.Oren Paris III had faced a trial Monday with former state Sen. Jon...
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Supreme Court Blocks California Transgender Student Disclosure Law
National Court News 03/03/2026The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.The order blocks for now a ...
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US and Israeli attacks on Iran put further strain on international law
National News 03/01/2026As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran, and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire. At the heart of the post-World War II global orde...
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Trump administration's 'third country' deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules
National Court News 02/26/2026The Trump administration's latest policy of deporting immigrants to "third countries" to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case that already reached the nation's highest court.U.S. Distric...
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Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
National Court News 02/23/2026The Supreme Court said that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.The conservative-majority court agreed to take up a case from ...