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Canada's high court probes religious protections for personal records www.courthousenews.com/canadas-high...
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Canada's high court probes religious protections for personal records
Two Jehovah's Witnesses elders are fighting against information requests from two former congregants who want to view documents about themselves.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 2h
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has issued emergency declarations for 27 counties in the Florida Panhandle as Hurricane Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 storm with winds near 120 mph. The storm is on track to make landfall Friday night. www.courthousenews.com/isaias-nears...
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Isaias nears Panhandle landfall as a major hurricane
The Category 3 storm, with winds near 120 mph, is forecast to come ashore this evening between the Alabama line and Destin.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 3h
A Solano County Superior Court judge agreed Friday to combine a murder suspect’s latest escape attempt with her existing case, after prosecutors argued her two previous escape attempts had already been consolidated with the murder charges. www.courthousenews.com/judge-adds-a...
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Judge adds attempted escape to list of charges for Zizian murder suspect
The long-delayed trial of two members of the anti-AI group the Zizians is tentatively scheduled to start in January.
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A former Rwandan government official accused of encouraging genocide and ordering six murders will face trial in London beginning in October 2027, a judge ruled Friday. @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/rwanda-genoc...
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Rwanda genocide suspect set for UK trial in October 2027
Prosecutors say the former Rwandan government official, the first to be charged in Britain, directed killings during the opening days of the 1994 genocide.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 4h
EU and China strike interim trade deal that could cut Chinese hybrid exports, bloc envoy says www.courthousenews.com/eu-and-china...
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EU and China strike interim trade deal that could cut Chinese hybrid exports, bloc envoy says
The two sides were seeking to resolve key factors behind China’s growing trade surplus, which hit $410 billion last year.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 5h
Prediction markets and a recent poll predict Raman, who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, will beat incumbent LA Mayor Karen Bass. Pundits say the race is too close to call. www.courthousenews.com/progressive-...
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Progressive Nithya Raman edges ahead in LA mayoral race
Prediction markets and a recent poll predict Raman, who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, will beat the incumbent LA mayor, Karen Bass. Pundits say the race is too close to call.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 5h
Ethiopian police ask residents in Tigray regional capital to help restore order after rebel pullout www.courthousenews.com/ethiopian-po...
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Ethiopian police ask residents in Tigray regional capital to help restore order after rebel pullout
Eritrea announced last week that it was severing diplomatic ties after Ethiopia expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats and closed its embassy in Asmara.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 5h
Boaters have started speedrunning through a 4,000-plus-mile network of U.S. canals and shipping lanes. Canal officials and cruising organizations say the route is not a racetrack. www.courthousenews.com/thrill-seeke...
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Thrill-seekers love this long-haul boat race. Critics say it’s a public nuisance
Boaters have started speedrunning through a 4,000-plus-mile network of U.S. canals and shipping lanes. Canal officials and cruising organizations say the route is not a racetrack.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 5h
Austria detains Ukrainians on spying fears www.courthousenews.com/austria-deta...
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Austria detains Ukrainians on spying fears
Austrian news agency APA reported that the two men were allegedly members of Ukrainian military intelligence.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 6h
A former ICC judge, Navi Pillay took her fight for justice from South Africa to the world’s courts. Her prize honors decades of holding leaders accountable, including leading a U.N. panel that found Israel was committing genocide. www.courthousenews.com/jurist-navi-...
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Jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for work from apartheid to global justice
A former ICC judge, Pillay took her fight for justice from South Africa to the world’s courts. Her prize honors decades of holding leaders accountable, including leading a U.N. panel that found Israel...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 6h
Labour holds former prime minister’s seat as Greens fall short in UK special election @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/labour-holds...
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Labour holds former prime minister’s seat as Greens fall short in UK special election
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham is seeking to recover voters with a shift to the left, as the Greens hit a check on their hopes to turn surging membership into a parliamentary breakthrough.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 6h
Lawyers representing Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old father of two shot by ICE officers in the Bronx on Thursday, say they can’t find their client in the aftermath of the shooting. @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...
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ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 7h
Trump escalates war on International Criminal Court with deep sanctions www.courthousenews.com/trump-escala...
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Trump escalates war on International Criminal Court with deep sanctions
The administration's latest move could disrupt banking and software services the global war crimes tribunal needs to pay staff and pursue cases.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 20h
A California Coastal Commission approval clears the way for the city of Carlsbad to approve a commercial and residential development that many locals had hoped to see turn into a coastal park. www.courthousenews.com/california-c...
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California Coastal Commission approves Carlsbad plan for 120 homes near Ponto Beach
The approval clears the way for the city of Carlsbad to approve a commercial and residential development that many locals had hoped to see turn into a coastal park.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 22h
Pew finds Democratic voters more engaged than Republicans as midterms approach www.courthousenews.com/pew-finds-de...
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Pew finds Democratic voters more engaged than Republicans as midterms approach
The percentage of Democrats who say they are "extremely motivated" to vote is 17 points higher than Republicans.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 22h
Judge denies defense evidence on eve of former Oakland mayor's bribery trial www.courthousenews.com/judge-denies...
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Judge denies defense evidence on eve of former Oakland mayor's bribery trial
Businessman David Duong asked for the financial records of the government's star witness Mario Juarez, a former associate of recalled Duong, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and their co-defendants.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 23h
@law.ucla.edu's Adam Winkler told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social that, despite issuing inconsistent Second Amendment rulings, he still expects the Supreme Court to strike down assault weapons bans this term. @sidebarcns.bsky.social's SCOTUS preview: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 23h
Arizona says TikTok addicts teen users in new consumer fraud suit www.courthousenews.com/arizona-says...
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Arizona says TikTok addicts teen users in new consumer fraud suit
The complaint is the latest in a barrage of legal action filed this year against TikTok and other social media platforms like Facebook and Snapchat.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Judge dismisses 26-year-old case, ending federal monitoring of Oakland Police Department www.courthousenews.com/judge-dismis...
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Judge dismisses 26-year-old case, ending federal monitoring of Oakland Police Department
While the federal monitorship officially concluded on Sept. 30, the monitor has until Oct. 16 to close its office in Oakland.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oregon mining company fails to stop construction of federal power line www.courthousenews.com/oregon-minin...
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Oregon mining company fails to stop construction of federal power line
The Malheur Mining Company said the transmission line goes straight through its mining claims that sit atop a known gold deposit valued at over half a billion dollars.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brazil judges end Rio runoff, sparking Supreme Court challenge www.courthousenews.com/brazil-judge...
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Brazil judges end Rio runoff, sparking Supreme Court challenge
The decision puts Flávio Bolsonaro ally Douglas Ruas on course for victory in a state already governed by a judge amid a separate succession dispute.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts has issued an administrative stay and ordered responses by Saturday.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Despite his failed Supreme Court nomination, the legacy of Judge Robert Bork will take center stage next week as the justices confront how video privacy protections should apply in the modern internet era. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/justices-con...
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Justices confront internet privacy with Blockbuster-era law
The Supreme Court is taking on digital marketing next week in a case asking how federal consumer privacy rights apply when companies sell data for targeted advertising.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Spain could block a TV debate lineup that welcomed far-right Vox but sidelined elected rivals, Europe’s human rights court ruled Thursday. www.courthousenews.com/spain-wins-f...
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Spain wins fight over TV debate’s far-right guest list
Vox had the polling numbers. Its rivals had parliamentary seats. A European court backed Spain’s decision to reject a TV debate lineup that favored the rising far right.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Breaking: Chief Justice Roberts issues admin stay and orders responses by Saturday @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mysterious radio burst sets cosmic record www.courthousenews.com/mysterious-r...
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Mysterious radio burst sets cosmic record
Scientists hope the signal will help uncover what lies in the space between galaxies.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Italian Parliament approves election law giving seat bonus to winners www.courthousenews.com/italian-parl...
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Italian Parliament approves election law giving seat bonus to winners
Italy’s right-wing government says a new election law will bring stability to Italy. But critics see it as a power grab by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A federal judge on Thursday seemed likely to permanently order the White House to restore access to reporters from CNN, Politico and MS Now, after the Justice Department struggled to back up its claim that the ban strengthened national security. www.courthousenews.com/judge-likely...
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Judge likely to end White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS Now
A Trump-appointed judge said he would decide whether to permanently freeze the ban by Tuesday.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Concerns have been mounting in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, about the state of public finances in neighboring France, the eurozone's second-largest economy. www.courthousenews.com/no-free-lunc...
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'No free lunch', Germany warns amid French debt woes
Concerns have been mounting in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, about the state of public finances in neighboring France, the eurozone's second-largest economy.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections www.courthousenews.com/trump-says-u...
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Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections
Iran has lost its near chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. Central Command shepherding oil tankers through the strait at night with their location systems turned off.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
China draft rules offer millions of gig workers employment contracts www.courthousenews.com/china-draft-...
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China draft rules offer millions of gig workers employment contracts
They have few protections and face long working hours for relatively low pay.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Estelle Mouzin’s family has been searching for answers since she disappeared more than 20 years ago. Who took her? And why did investigators take so long to find out? www.courthousenews.com/european-cou...
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European court shuts door on father's quest over missing 9-year-old
Estelle Mouzin’s family has been searching for answers since she disappeared more than 20 years ago. Who took her? And why did investigators take so long to find out?
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial on charges of committing crimes against humanity during a crackdown on the drug trade, the International Criminal Court said Thursday. www.courthousenews.com/icc-says-phi...
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ICC says Philippine ex-President Duterte fit to be tried
The former leader, who appeared in person at the court for the first time in mid-September, faces charges over his "war on drugs," which killed thousands.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Federal prosecutors unsealed new charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, just minutes before a bail hearing Thursday in their narco-terrorism case. @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/maduro-charg...
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Maduro charged with torturing Americans as wife denied bail
The feds detailed grisly accusations of torture by Maduro’s officers, including electric shocks to genitals and, in one instance, forcing a man to eat his own vomit.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray www.courthousenews.com/ethiopia-dro...
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Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, cutting off Ethiopia from the coast.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Royal Navy sailor appears in court on charges of spying for Russia www.courthousenews.com/royal-navy-s...
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Royal Navy sailor appears in court on charges of spying for Russia
Teddy Young allegedly used the dark web to try to contact Russian authorities, drafting a message that “sought to make contact with a potential threat actor.”
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Supporters of India’s youth “Cockroach” movement are stepping up a nationwide campaign that is demanding the election chief’s resignation over a revision of voter lists that has removed over 130 million people from the rolls. www.courthousenews.com/thousands-pr...
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Thousands protest in India's Bengaluru as 'Cockroach' movement demands election chief resign
The rallies pose a political challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi midway through his third term.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Last month, the justices allowed GOP committees to take advantage of discounted prices traditionally only available to candidates But Trump says SCOTUS needs to rule again to ensure the previous order stands www.courthousenews.com/trump-pulls-...
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Trump pulls SCOTUS back into war over TV ad rates for midterms
The justices are being asked to take up the fight over who should be able to buy political commercials at a discount.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump admin asked SCOTUS to intervene again in a partisan fight between political party committees over low-cost rates for tv ads ahead of the midterm elections @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-pulls-...
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Trump pulls SCOTUS back into war over TV ad rates for midterms
The justices are being asked to take up the fight over who should be able to buy political commercials at a discount.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Former Prince Andrew wins legal challenge over Epstein-linked home searches @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/former-princ...
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Former Prince Andrew wins legal challenge over Epstein-linked home searches
The High Court quashed warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes, but police can still seek to retain material seized during the raids as their criminal investigation continues.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene again in a partisan fight between political party committees over low-cost rates for television ads ahead of the midterm elections. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-pulls-...
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Trump pulls SCOTUS back into war over TV ad rates for midterms
The justices are being asked to take up the fight over who should be able to buy political commercials at a discount.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Airlines cannot refuse to compensate delayed travelers simply because air traffic controllers told them to wait, the EU’s top court ruled Thursday. www.courthousenews.com/eu-court-fin...
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EU court finds airlines can’t dodge payouts just by blaming traffic control
Carriers must explain what caused a traffic restriction before refusing compensation for a delay, Europe's top court ruled. But the passenger behind the case could still miss out.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump admin brings partisan tv ad rate fight back to Supreme Court FCC says lower court violated previous SCOTUS order. Background here: courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UK Greens surge in bid for ex-PM's seat amid Zionism controversy @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/uk-greens-su...
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UK Greens surge in bid for ex-PM's seat amid Zionism controversy
The ruling Labour Party has held the seat for decades, but the special election tests whether new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's party can win back left-wing voters.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Presidents are often known by the way they communicate,” said DOJ attorney Brantley Mayers, noting that FDR had his fireside chat radio addresses. “Well, President Roosevelt didn’t charge money for his fireside chats, did he?” Judge Paul Oetken asked.
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Sidebar by Courthouse News @sidebarcns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@law.ucla.edu professor Adam Winkler told @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social why the Supreme Court striking down Connecticut and Cook County's AR-15 bans could inadvertently help the gun safety community. Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social episode on SCOTUS' new term: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Woman claims Nebraska Legislature neglected her accusations against state senator @nelson-aj.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/woman-claims...
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Woman claims Nebraska Legislature neglected her accusations against state senator
State Senator Dan McKeon resigned from the state's Legislature in January, moments before his colleagues were to debate expelling him over accusations he groped and harassed a Legislature employee.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ninth Circuit reinstates suit over sex trafficking claims in Nevada brothels www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circui...
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Ninth Circuit reinstates suit over sex trafficking claims in Nevada brothels
A lower court dismissed the suit over the plaintiff's desire to remain anonymous.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier renewed demands that Meta mitigate social media’s harm to children on Wednesday, asking a state court for a temporary injunction limiting minors’ access to Facebook and Instagram. www.courthousenews.com/florida-seek...
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Florida seeks immediate limits on teens’ use of Meta
Florida refused to join the recent landmark settlement with the social media giant, pushing for stricter controls on Facebook and Instagram.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An 11th Circuit panel confirmed that the federal government is largely immune from a Georgia family’s lawsuit over a misdirected FBI raid at their home, but said the agent who led the raid may have violated their constitutional rights. www.courthousenews.com/11th-circuit...
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11th Circuit lets Georgia family sue FBI agent over wrongful raid
An Atlanta mother was held at gunpoint in front of her 7-year-old son after FBI agents broke into their home in 2017.
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