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A federal judge ordered former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne to pay Hunter Biden $1.7 million in punitive damages for fabricating a claim that Biden took an $800 million bribe from Iran.
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A Boston federal judge issued a final ruling on July 17, 2026 permanently barring the Trump administration from using an obscure clause to cut billions in state grants, siding with a 20-plus-state coalition led by California AG Rob Bonta.
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A bipartisan revolt against AI data centers has blocked or delayed roughly $130 billion in projects, and New York just became the first state to ban them outright.
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A Reagan-appointed federal judge ordered ex-Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne to pay Hunter Biden $1.7 million after Byrne abandoned his defense in a defamation case over a fabricated $800 million Iran bribe claim.
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A former federal prosecutor says defending accused Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson could top $10 million — but only if he is sentenced to death and the case runs through decades of mandatory appeals. Confirmed spending so far: about $349,000.
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ICE is abandoning its plan for a 10,000-bed detention mega center in Salt Lake City after months of lawsuits and local opposition, and reportedly plans to sell the $145 million warehouse.
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A 2-1 panel of the 11th Circuit ruled the college classroom provisions of Florida's Stop WOKE Act violate the First Amendment, blocking enforcement against public university professors.
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A 2-1 panel of the 11th Circuit struck down the higher-education provisions of Florida's Stop WOKE Act, ruling they violate the First Amendment.
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Three-time U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, 67, pleaded not guilty to a felony count of destruction of property over the alleged damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He denies the act; his next hearing is August 5.
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After fierce local opposition and a city-county lawsuit led by Mayor Erin Mendenhall, the Trump administration paused and is now selling off the planned Salt Lake City ICE detention facility.
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The 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the higher-education provisions of Florida's 2022 Stop WOKE Act violate the First Amendment, with a Trump appointee writing the majority opinion.
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A federal judge denied Elon Musk's bid to void the jury verdict that found he defrauded Twitter investors, sending the case to a damages phase where he could owe more than $2.6 billion.
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