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SUPREME COURT


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Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since high court decision

Read full article: Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since high court decision

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

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Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to allow $783 million research-funding cuts

Read full article: Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to allow $783 million research-funding cuts

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to roll back federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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How US adults feel about legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, according to AP-NORC poll

Read full article: How US adults feel about legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, according to AP-NORC poll

A new poll finds that despite dramatic changes in abortion availability, support for abortion rights among U.S. adults is close to where it was just before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

Read full article: Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide.

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Politics & Power: How far can President Trump stretch legal boundaries? The real test is yet to come

Read full article: Politics & Power: How far can President Trump stretch legal boundaries? The real test is yet to come

Political analyst and head of the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute Rick Mullaney and law professor Nathan Richardson join News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton for this week’s episode of Politics & Power.

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Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

Read full article: Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

A federal judge’s order blocking former President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship has taken effect.

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Brazil's former President Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor

Read full article: Brazil's former President Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press office has confirmed.

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Florida congressional districts that eliminated a majority-Black seat upheld by state Supreme Court

Read full article: Florida congressional districts that eliminated a majority-Black seat upheld by state Supreme Court

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Federal judge says she would block Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide

Read full article: Federal judge says she would block Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide

A federal judge in Maryland may soon become the second to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide.

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Analyzing the Supreme Court’s ruling on dismantling Department of Education

Read full article: Analyzing the Supreme Court’s ruling on dismantling Department of Education

The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light to move ahead with plans to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education.

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Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Now emergency appeals are helping him reshape the government

Read full article: Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Now emergency appeals are helping him reshape the government

President Donald Trump has achieved significant victories in the Supreme Court during the first six months of his second term.

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How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

Read full article: How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department.

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The Latest: Supreme Court will allow mass layoffs at Education Department

Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court will allow mass layoffs at Education Department

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

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A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

Read full article: A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools.

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Olympic champ Semenya did not get a fair hearing in sex eligibility case, human rights court rules

Read full article: Olympic champ Semenya did not get a fair hearing in sex eligibility case, human rights court rules

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s sex eligibility rules.

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New Hampshire judge pauses Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide via class action lawsuit

Read full article: New Hampshire judge pauses Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide via class action lawsuit

A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued a ruling pausing President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the United States.

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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

Read full article: Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce.

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls

Read full article: ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders.

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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

Read full article: US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenge played out in court have now reached the Trump administration’s intended destination, war-torn South Sudan.

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Judge briefly blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared

Read full article: Judge briefly blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared

Eight immigrants the Trump administration has been trying to send to the war-torn country of South Sudan can now be relocated after a federal judge briefly halted the action Friday.

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Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join

Read full article: Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join

Just two weeks ago, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Read full article: Trump asks Supreme Court to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who were fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.

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Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

Read full article: Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

A federal judge is questioning when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order.

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Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

Read full article: Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

The Supreme Court has thrown out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices’ recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths.

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Brazil ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Sao Paulo to protest his Supreme Court trial

Read full article: Brazil ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Sao Paulo to protest his Supreme Court trial

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has joined demonstrators in Sao Paulo to protest his ongoing Supreme Court trial.

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Takeaways from the Supreme Court's term: largely good news for Trump

Read full article: Takeaways from the Supreme Court's term: largely good news for Trump

The Supreme Court delivered significant victories for President Donald Trump in its term that ended Friday.

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In their own words: What justices, Trump and groups say about courts and birthright citizenship

Read full article: In their own words: What justices, Trump and groups say about courts and birthright citizenship

Supreme Court justices lambasted each other's arguments in a ruling over an effort by the president to deny birthright citizenship to children born to immigrants.

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What to know about online age verification laws

Read full article: What to know about online age verification laws

The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography by verifying people’s ages online.

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Supreme Court doesn't rule on Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district

Read full article: Supreme Court doesn't rule on Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district

The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

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Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

Read full article: Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

A lawyer says the Supreme Court's ruling that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks is a historic victory for parental rights.

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Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas

Read full article: Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas

The Supreme Court has upheld the fee added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content

Read full article: Brazil’s Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content

Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the way for it go into effect within weeks.

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Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

Read full article: Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court is in the final days of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

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Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

Read full article: Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

Brazil's Supreme Court had a historic moment on Tuesday when it heard a confrontation between an army colonel and general, both disgraced for their involvement in an alleged coup plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in office.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for a South Sudan-bound deportation flight

Read full article: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for a South Sudan-bound deportation flight

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for a deportation flight of several immigrants to South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.

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What cases are left on the Supreme Court's emergency docket? Here's a look

Read full article: What cases are left on the Supreme Court's emergency docket? Here's a look

A little less than once a week, on average, since President Donald Trump began his second term, his administration’s lawyers have filed emergency appeals with the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries

Read full article: Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries

A judge says a deportation fight originally bound for South Sudan won't be completing the trip right away even after a divided Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to start swiftly deporting immigrants to countries they aren't from.

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Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards

Read full article: Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were shaved by guards in violation of his religious beliefs.

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Supreme Court widens court options for vaping companies pushing back against FDA rules

Read full article: Supreme Court widens court options for vaping companies pushing back against FDA rules

The Supreme Court is siding with e-cigarette companies in a ruling that'll make it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market.

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Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

Read full article: Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

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Student loan payments have restarted. Here's how to manage the impact to your credit score

Read full article: Student loan payments have restarted. Here's how to manage the impact to your credit score

Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection.

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Argentine ex-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner allowed to serve corruption sentence at home

Read full article: Argentine ex-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner allowed to serve corruption sentence at home

A federal court in Argentina has granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires.

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Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision

Read full article: Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision

An Illinois toy company is challenging Donald Trump’s tariffs at the Supreme Court.

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US abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming

Read full article: US abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered.

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Appeals court seems likely to keep Trump in control of National Guard deployed in Los Angeles

Read full article: Appeals court seems likely to keep Trump in control of National Guard deployed in Los Angeles

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has heard arguments on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California.

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What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care

Read full article: What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

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Spain's prime minister asks nation for forgiveness after high court investigates a close confidant

Read full article: Spain's prime minister asks nation for forgiveness after high court investigates a close confidant

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has asked for forgiveness after a close confidante in his Socialist Party has been put under investigation for his alleged participation in a kickback scheme.

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Supreme Court revives lawsuit from Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI

Read full article: Supreme Court revives lawsuit from Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI

The Supreme Court is giving an Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI a new day in court.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court justices agree to make social media companies liable for user content

Read full article: Brazil’s Supreme Court justices agree to make social media companies liable for user content

The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court have agreed to make social media companies liable for illegal postings by their users, in a landmark case for Latin America with implications for U.S. relations.

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro testifies before the Supreme Court over alleged coup plot, calls rioters 'crazy'

Read full article: Brazil’s Bolsonaro testifies before the Supreme Court over alleged coup plot, calls rioters 'crazy'

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has testified for the first time before the Supreme Court over an alleged plot to remain in power and overturn the 2022 election result.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place

Read full article: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

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Supreme Court tosses Mexico’s $10B lawsuit claiming US gunmakers have fueled cartel violence

Read full article: Supreme Court tosses Mexico’s $10B lawsuit claiming US gunmakers have fueled cartel violence

The Supreme Court is tossing out a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against top U.S. firearm manufacturers alleging the companies fuel cartel gun violence.

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Election of Mexico's first Indigenous Supreme Court justice in 170 years raises hope and skepticism

Read full article: Election of Mexico's first Indigenous Supreme Court justice in 170 years raises hope and skepticism

Hugo Aguilar campaigned for Mexico’s Supreme Court with the simple message that he would finally give Indigenous Mexicans a voice at one of the highest levels of government.

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Salvadoran court convicts 3 former army officers in the 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists

Read full article: Salvadoran court convicts 3 former army officers in the 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists

Three former Salvadoran officers have been convicted for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the Central American nation’s civil war.

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Mexico's ruling party slated to control the newly elected Supreme Court, vote tallies show

Read full article: Mexico's ruling party slated to control the newly elected Supreme Court, vote tallies show

Preliminary vote tallies from Mexico's first judicial elections indicate the ruling Morena party is headed toward control of the Supreme Court.

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Judge blocks administration from revoking protected status for small subset of Venezuelans

Read full article: Judge blocks administration from revoking protected status for small subset of Venezuelans

A federal judge says an estimated 5,000 Venezuelans granted temporary protected status can continue to work and live in the U.S. despite a Supreme Court ruling revoking protections.

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Panama will allow controversial mine to export already mined copper to fund maintenance

Read full article: Panama will allow controversial mine to export already mined copper to fund maintenance

Panama will allow a controversial mine that was closed after months of protests to export more than 120,000 tons of already mined copper concentrate to pay the costs of maintaining the inactive mine site.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block watchdog access to DOGE documents

Read full article: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block watchdog access to DOGE documents

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to block court orders requiring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to turn over documents about its operations to a government watchdog group.

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Trump wants to end Temporary Protected Status for some immigrants. What is it?

Read full article: Trump wants to end Temporary Protected Status for some immigrants. What is it?

Millions of people live legally in the United States under various forms of temporary legal protection.

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Trump administration agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in Capitol

Read full article: Trump administration agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in Capitol

The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.

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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law

Read full article: Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law.

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Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

Read full article: Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency specifying protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow his government downsizing plans to proceed

Read full article: Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow his government downsizing plans to proceed

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to resume his downsizing of the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's state primaries

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's state primaries

Pennsylvania’s two largest cities will hold primaries Tuesday for high-profile municipal offices.

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Supreme Court revives lawsuit over fatal Texas police shooting during traffic stop for unpaid tolls

Read full article: Supreme Court revives lawsuit over fatal Texas police shooting during traffic stop for unpaid tolls

The Supreme Court has revived a civil rights lawsuit against a Texas police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop over unpaid tolls.

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In their words: What judges have said about birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions

Read full article: In their words: What judges have said about birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions

Federal courts have so far uniformly blocked President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally.

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A pregnant Cuban emigre worries about her baby's citizenship as Supreme Court weighs a Trump order

Read full article: A pregnant Cuban emigre worries about her baby's citizenship as Supreme Court weighs a Trump order

Two babies born to immigrant mothers at the same time in the same American hospital.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation's legal system

Read full article: Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation's legal system

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation's legal system.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

Read full article: Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up for potential deportation.

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Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now

Read full article: Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.

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New Jersey Catholic bishop says diocese will no longer oppose investigation into abuse allegations

Read full article: New Jersey Catholic bishop says diocese will no longer oppose investigation into abuse allegations

The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese says he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for years.

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Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

Read full article: Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

President Donald Trump's administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.

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America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before

Read full article: America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems

Read full article: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.

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Transgender women banned from women's cricket in England and Wales

Read full article: Transgender women banned from women's cricket in England and Wales

Transgender women are to be banned outright from women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants

Read full article: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.

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Transgender women soccer players to be banned from women's teams in England and Scotland

Read full article: Transgender women soccer players to be banned from women's teams in England and Scotland

The governing bodies for soccer in England and Scotland say they will ban transgender women from playing on women’s teams following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month.

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In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation

Read full article: In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation

President Donald Trump says “I could” bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador if he wanted.

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Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school

Read full article: Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school

Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court will allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma.

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Politics & Power: How the Supreme Court is grappling with limiting presidential powers

Read full article: Politics & Power: How the Supreme Court is grappling with limiting presidential powers

Constitutional law expert Rod Sullivan joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton to see how some issues before the Supreme Court might pan out and impact the nation, and to delve into how the court is grappling with limits on presidential power.

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Eurovision star Nemo takes action after UK court ruling on transgender women

Read full article: Eurovision star Nemo takes action after UK court ruling on transgender women

Eurovision winner Nemo is standing up for transgender rights.

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Brazilian justice orders government to seize lands with proven illegal deforestation

Read full article: Brazilian justice orders government to seize lands with proven illegal deforestation

A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found responsible for illegal wildfires or deforestation.

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Disability-rights arguments grow heated at Supreme Court, though sweeping ruling appears unlikely

Read full article: Disability-rights arguments grow heated at Supreme Court, though sweeping ruling appears unlikely

A disability-rights case at the Supreme Court grew unusually heated on Monday, including accusations of lying and references to one side’s position being a potential “five-alarm fire.”.

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Venezuelans subject to removal under wartime act have 12 hours to decide on contesting, docs show

Read full article: Venezuelans subject to removal under wartime act have 12 hours to decide on contesting, docs show

Migrants subject to removal from the U.S. under the contested Alien Enemies Act are getting only about 12 hours to decide if they want to contest their removal, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

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Divided Supreme Court finds some deadline flexibility for immigrants who agree to leave US

Read full article: Divided Supreme Court finds some deadline flexibility for immigrants who agree to leave US

A divided Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who agree to leave the country are allowed some deadline flexibility in a case that was argued before President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

Read full article: Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling support for the religious rights of Maryland parents who want to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters.

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US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare's preventive care coverage mandate

Read full article: US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare's preventive care coverage mandate

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a key preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act.

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US Supreme Court won't revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adults

Read full article: US Supreme Court won't revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adults

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.

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More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf

Read full article: More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf

Four House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison.

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Thousands gather in London to support trans rights following UK ruling over definition of woman

Read full article: Thousands gather in London to support trans rights following UK ruling over definition of woman

Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.

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A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

Read full article: A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

Some parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.

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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th-century wartime law

Read full article: Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th-century wartime law

The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

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Judges warn Congress that more money is needed for security at a time of escalating threats

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The federal judiciary is warning that Congress is not providing enough money for judges’ security, at a time of escalating threats and chilling efforts at intimidation.

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Russia’s top court lifts terror group designation on Afghanistan’s Taliban

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Russia’s Supreme Court has lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban, who were designated as a terrorist group more than two decades ago.

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What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order

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A federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration appears to have willfully violated his order to turn around planes of migrants headed for El Salvador increases the prospect of officials being held in criminal contempt of court and potentially facing possible prosecution.

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A look at recent global actions limiting legal recognitions for transgender people

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A ruling from the top court in the United Kingdom that says the legal definition of a woman is someone born biologically female is the latest high-profile action globally involving the issue of what legal recognitions transgender people are allowed.

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How did the UK Supreme Court define a woman and what happens now?

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The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.

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Trump touts Supreme Court deportation ruling as a major victory, but legal fight is far from over

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The Trump administration is touting a Supreme Court ruling allowing it to resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act as a major victory, but the immigration fight is far from over.

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Politics & Power: Will Trump follow the Constitution or cause commotion by running for 3rd term

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On this week's Politics & Power, Praveen Fernandes, vice president at the Constitutional Accountability Center and a constitutional law expert, will join News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton to explore the issues being raised by President Donald Trump's talk of possibly running for a third term.

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Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court

Read full article: Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court

A split appeals court says two board members fired by President Donald Trump can go back to their jobs for now in a ruling ahead of a likely Supreme Court showdown on the president’s power over independent agencies.

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