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A New York Times investigation revealed Meta's $50 billion Richland Parish data center was negotiated for nine months under NDAs, with Louisiana's power commission skipping its standard independent review and new gas turbines whose costs could fall on ratepayers.
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A Nevada federal judge dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel's $10 million defamation suit against a blogger on jurisdiction grounds, wiping out a prior $250,000 default judgment.
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The DOJ filed a motion to dismiss its own vandalism case against 67-year-old three-time Olympian David Hearn, conceding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage came from a contractor's flawed, rushed work.
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Montana is the only U.S. state whose constitution requires schools to teach Native American history. A 2025 settlement is now pushing the state to fund the mandate it made in 1972.
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Massachusetts revoked Dr. Jacquelyn Starer's right to renew her medical license over the January 6 Capitol attack, and Trump's federal pardon didn't shield her from the state's decision.
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The DOJ says immigrants have 'no right to roam free,' but the Fifth Circuit's unreasoned emergency stay hasn't settled the law - and a due-process fight over detention without bond hearings is still ahead.
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The researcher behind the $333 million PG&E chromium-6 settlement in Hinkley is now warning that AI data centers are quietly draining local water supplies.
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Michigan AG Dana Nessel has opened an investigation into a fabricated child-abuse report that targeted Pete Buttigieg's family in Traverse City - a potential felony now under review.
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A Trump-appointed federal judge ruled Illinois' in-state tuition and aid for undocumented students unconstitutional, but stayed the decision 14 days so the state can appeal.
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More than 230 Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison have filed a class-action lawsuit against aviation contractors CSI Aviation and GlobalX, alleging they flew detainees there despite a judge's order to turn back.
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Trump border czar Tom Homan said that if the allegations are true, the ICE agent who fatally shot an innocent Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine should never have cleared vetting. ICE says its vetting and training are under review.
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New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act, banning 'surveillance pricing' - the use of shoppers' personal data to set individualized prices - and restricting digital shelf labels.
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