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Voters sue to suspend Missouri’s new congressional map until a referendum
Opponents of a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Trump have filed a lawsuit asking a court to suspend the districts for the 2026 elections.
China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25B court judgment, AG says
Missouri's top prosecutor said China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jury awards $40M in Johnson & Johnson talc cancer case
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $40 million to two women who claim Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer. The company plans to appeal the verdict.
Judge blocks ICE from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge blocked U.S. immigration authorities on Friday from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying she feared they might take him into custody again just hours after she had ordered his release from a detention center.
Lawsuit claims ChatGPT fueled delusions before fatal attack
A lawsuit says ChatGPT amplified a man's delusions before he killed his mother, seeking to hold OpenAI and Microsoft accountable for alleged safety failures.
Supreme Court struggles over whether intellectually disabled man can be executed
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution.
Redistricting opponents in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote
Opponents of Missouri’s new congressional map have submitted thousands of petition signatures calling for a statewide referendum on the plan backed by President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court declines to hear Texas book ban appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case that allowed local officials to remove books deemed objectionable from public libraries.
Clerk helping at Alex Murdaugh’s trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits
The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.
Arkansas AG says pardoned nursing home operator should serve state sentence
Arkansas' attorney general is seeking to have a former nursing home operator who was pardoned by President Trump to serve time in state prison for Medicaid fraud and tax evasion.
DOJ sues six more states refusing its demands for voter data
The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and other election information.
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