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A conservative attack on government regulation reaches the Supreme Court
Featured Articles 11/29/2023The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to fight fraud, part of a broad attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests.The case before the justices Wedn...
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Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
Featured Articles 11/09/2023The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border.The government is urging a panel of judges in Pasa...
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Sydney court postpones extradition hearing of former US military pilot
Featured Articles 10/24/2023A Sydney court on Monday postponed an extradition hearing for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators until May as his lawyers attempt to further build their case.Boston-born Dan Duggan, 55, was scheduled to fight ...
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Federal Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional
Featured Articles 10/20/2023A federal judge who previously overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons did it again on Thursday, ruling that the state’s attempts to prohibit sales of semiautomatic guns violates the constitutional right to bear ar...
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Court orders makers of gun parts to comply with rules on ghost guns
Featured Articles 10/16/2023The Supreme Court on Monday ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at ghost guns, firearms that are difficult to trace because they lack serial numbers.The court had intervened once before, by...
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3M agrees to pay $6 billion to settle earplug lawsuits
Featured Articles 08/31/2023Chemical and consumer product manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to settle numerous lawsuits from U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss or other serious injuries after using faulty earplugs made by the company.The settl...
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Some states reject federal money to find and replace dangerous lead pipes
Featured Articles 08/20/2023As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds.Washington, Oregon, Maine and ...
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McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
Featured Articles 08/16/2023Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.House Speaker Ke...
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Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Featured Articles 08/10/2023According to court documents, Jerry Lee Redman of Severn, Maryland, owned Redman Services Inc. (RSI), a paving and construction company. For at least 2015 through 2018, Redman filed corporate income tax returns for RSI that underreported the business...
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Biden goes west to talk about his efforts to combat climate change
Featured Articles 08/07/2023efforts to combat climate change as the region endures a brutally hot summer with soaring temperatures, the White House said Monday.Biden is expected to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, America’s most significant response to climate change,...
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Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative
Featured Articles 07/25/2023The fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering.State Issue 1, the sole question on the ballot, calls ...
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Amazon pushes back against Europe’s pioneering new digital rules
Featured Articles 07/13/2023Amazon is disputing its status as a big online platform that needs to face stricter scrutiny under European Union digital rules taking effect next month, the first Silicon Valley tech giant to push back on the pioneering new standards.The online reta...