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A federal plan to build a 10,000-person ICE detention center in Social Circle, Georgia collapsed after Sen. Raphael Warnock filed a blocking amendment and the town locked the facility's water meter.
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A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that the higher-education provisions of Florida's Stop WOKE Act violate the First Amendment, keeping them blocked while litigation continues.
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A federal judge rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay paying the roughly $5.8 million he owes E. Jean Carroll, days after the Supreme Court refused his appeal.
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A federal judge ruled that Trump's blanket Jan. 6 clemency does not cover Brian Cole Jr., the man charged with planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters, because he was charged - not convicted - for conduct the night before the riot.
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A federal judge rejected Elon Musk's bid to set aside the jury verdict that found he defrauded Twitter investors, leaving him potentially owing roughly $2.6 billion.
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A new 162-page White House report accuses the Smithsonian of 'extreme political activism' and a 'radical view of American history,' singling out the National Museum of American History. The Smithsonian says it stays committed to nonpartisan, independent scholarship.
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The Supreme Court declined to block SB 2420, the Texas App Store Accountability Act, letting Texas require Apple and Google to verify ages and get parental consent before minors download apps.
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Rep. Carlos Gimenez says deporting 350,000 Haitians under TPS back to a 'failed state' would be a huge mistake, breaking with his own party after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested in uniform on the U.S. Capitol steps holding an 'Impeach Convict Remove' sign. The criminal charge was dropped, but he could still face a military investigation under the UCMJ.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a three-year freeze on new data-center sales-tax breaks as part of Arizona's $18B bipartisan budget - one of the most restrictive state responses in the country.
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Gov. Kay Ivey signed Alabama's Child Predator Death Penalty Act in February 2026. It takes effect October 1 and directly challenges the Supreme Court's Kennedy v. Louisiana precedent.
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling blocking the CIA and ODNI from firing 19 career intelligence officers assigned to DEIA roles, finding they were denied due process.
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