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Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Judge orders federal immigration agents to use body cameras in Chicago reut.rs/4oouo5J

Judge orders federal immigration agents to use body cameras in Chicago

A U.S. judge in Chicago on Friday ordered federal law enforcement officers involved in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the city to wear body cameras, citing concerns they were not complying with a previous court order governing their interactions with protesters.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 6d

US Supreme Court to hear case that takes aim at Voting Rights Act www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US Supreme Court to hear case that takes aim at Voting Rights Act

The U.S. Supreme Court is slated on Wednesday to hear arguments in a dispute over the composition of Louisiana electoral districts in a case that could imperil a key section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 federal law enacted by Congress to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 6d

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 7d

'The consequences could be very dramatic' www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Voting Rights Act faces pivotal test at US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 7d

Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in 'hot mic' moment www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in 'hot mic' moment

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday if he could meet with Trump's son Eric, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, according to comments by the leaders picked up by a microphone after Trump had addressed a Gaza-focused summit in Egypt.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 11d

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 12d

A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 17d

FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say

An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 20d

US judge disqualifies Nevada prosecutor from four cases in blow to Trump www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judge disqualifies Nevada prosecutor from four cases in blow to Trump

A U.S. District Court Judge on Tuesday disqualified Nevada's lead federal prosecutor Sigal Chattah from supervising four criminal cases, dealing another setback to President Donald Trump's administration's maneuvers to keep his picks in power.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 22d

EXCLUSIVE: The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a @reuters.com review of court dockets found.

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Chart showing the decline in the number of people charged with federal drug offenses.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 26d

New: The federal courts may not be able to fully sustain paid operations after October 3 if Congress does not avert a partial government shutdown by passing stopgap spending legislation before October 1, according to a new judiciary memo. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judiciary may not fully sustain operations past October 3 in government shutdown

The federal courts may not be able to fully sustain paid operations after next week if Congress does not avert a partial government shutdown by passing stopgap spending legislation before October 1, the U.S. judiciary warned on Wednesday.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 26d

Justice Department retracts inquiry into FBI agent who testified against Alex Jones www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Justice Department retracts inquiry into FBI agent who testified against Alex Jones

A U.S. Justice Department official on Wednesday retracted a demand for information from an FBI agent who testified against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a defamation case that resulted in a $1.3 billion verdict for spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28d

Fox's legal team includes Brad Bondi of law firm Paul Hastings, a white-collar veteran and bother of US Attorney General Pam Bondi www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Fox says Newsmax is 'forum shopping' after antitrust case moves to Wisconsin

Fox Corp and its subsidiary Fox News on Monday accused Newsmax of improperly lodging a new version of its antitrust case against Fox in Wisconsin, after a judge in Florida dismissed an earlier version of the case.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28d

Fox in new court filing says Newsmax is 'forum shopping' after antitrust case moves to Wisconsin www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Fox says Newsmax is 'forum shopping' after antitrust case moves to Wisconsin

Fox Corp and its subsidiary Fox News on Monday accused Newsmax of improperly lodging a new version of its antitrust case against Fox in Wisconsin, after a judge in Florida dismissed an earlier version of the case.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28d

Wall Street Journal asks judge to dismiss Trump's lawsuit over Epstein story www.reuters.com/world/wall-s...

Wall Street Journal asks judge to dismiss Trump's lawsuit over Epstein story

The Wall Street Journal asked a U.S. judge on Monday to dismiss President Donald Trump's lawsuit alleging the paper defamed him in a July 17 article asserting Trump's name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 20

Top US prosecutor overseeing Letitia James case resigns after Trump threat www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · Sep 19

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 19

Judge Merryday's order is NOT on the merits of Trump's lawsuit, but strikes the complaint as an alleged violation of a court rule www.reuters.com/business/med... Read the ruling - tmsnrt.rs/4nK8f1D

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 19

Judge in Trump v NYT - "Although lawyers receive a modicum of expressive latitude in pleading the claim of a client, the complaint in this action extends far beyond the outer bound of that latitude." www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 19

NEW - US judge dismisses Trump’s $15 bln suit against NYT, says ‘a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective — not a protected platform to rage against an adversary.’ Ruling gives Trump 28 days to amend www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 18

Amazon violated online shopper protection law, US judge rules ahead of Prime signup trial www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 17

HHS lawyers objected to new powers for Kennedy's COVID vaccine adviser www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · Sep 17

Tesla settles two lawsuits on 2019 California crashes related to Autopilot software

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Sep 15

DOJ has moved to drop the charges against still another person accused of assaulting law police during Trump's D.C. surge.

This case involved a man who allegedly tried to flee from ICE agents, causing one of them to scrape his knee.

(The normal number of cases DOJ drops like this is near zero.)

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