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This photograph taken on June 23, 2022 in Ukraine, shows U.S. citizen Ryan Routh sticking up national flags of the countries helping Ukraine. Routh, now 58, faces federal charges on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach, Fla. golf course on September 15, 2024.

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Florida fighting with the U.S. Justice Department over prosecuting Ryan Routh

Florida’s Attorney General is asking a federal judge to allow the state to prosecute Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his golf club.

October 24, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is shown speaking at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017.

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  • Law

Texas attorney general's statement rejects supporters of death row inmate's appeal

The statement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "corrects falsehoods" from critics who say death row inmate Robert Roberson was unjustifiably convicted in the death of his toddler child.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
American Airlines has agreed to pay a $50 million fine from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The DOT says the penalty is because of "numerous serious violations of the laws protecting airline passengers with disabilities" over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023.

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  • National

American Airlines fined $50 million for its treatment of passengers with disabilities

The U.S. Department of Transportation penalty against American Airlines comes after "numerous serious violations of the laws protecting airline passengers with disabilities" over a four-year period.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Russell Lewis
Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside federal court in Washington, Dec. 15, 2023.

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  • Law

Rudy Giuliani ordered to turn over NYC apartment, 26 watches to Georgia election workers

A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over his New York City apartment and various other assets to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him.

October 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Workers at the Wake County Board of Elections prepare to mail absentee ballots in September in Raleigh, N.C.

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  • Elections

Republican lawsuits over overseas and military voting hit setbacks in 2 swing states

In Michigan and North Carolina, two Republican legal challenges to the legitimacy of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including U.S. military members, hit setbacks Monday.

October 22, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving judge shopping.

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  • Law

A frustrated Supreme Court to look at one version of judge shopping

Both liberal and conservative lawyers have judge-shopped, but in recent years, some conservative-leaning groups have been laser focused on bringing their challenges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

October 21, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court declined — for now — to hear a challenge to the structure of the CPSC.

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  • Law

Supreme Court declines challenge to CPSC's structure, for now

The court left in place a 90-year old landmark decision that declared that presidents cannot fire members of a multi-member independent agency, except in cases of bad behavior.

October 21, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run baseball is up for auction. Who will get the profits is still in dispute.

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  • Sports

Why the stakes for who caught Ohtani's 50/50 ball are bigger than ever

The auction for Shohei Ohtani's iconic 50/50 baseball is almost over. But three men are still fighting in court over who will get the proceeds.

October 19, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump salutes in Aurora, Colo., on Oct. 11. At that rally and others, he spoke of using a centuries-old act to expedite deportation of certain undocumented migrants.

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  • Politics

Trump is promising deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. What is it?

Former President Donald Trump says if reelected, he will invoke a centuries-old law to expedite the removal of undocumented immigrants. Can he? Here's what to know about the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

October 19, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
In 2002, Ryan Wedding competed in the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event for Canada at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. He's now being pursued by federal agents under a U.S. operation dubbed Giant Slalom.

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  • National

Former Canadian Olympian is accused of being a fugitive drug lord

Ryan Wedding was once an Olympic snowboarder. But now he faces federal charges of operating a sprawling cocaine trafficking ring — and ordering several murders.

October 18, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
The Department of Justice is pictured on March 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C.  The DOJ has charged a former Indian intelligence official for allegedly orchestrating a foiled plot to assassinate an American citizen who is a leader in the push for an independent Sikh homeland.

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  • Law

The DOJ charged a former Indian intelligence official in a foiled assassination plot

The indictment against Vikash Yadav points to a direct link between the Indian government and what prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme on American soil.

October 17, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, sits in the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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  • National

A father and son are indicted on murder charges in Georgia high school shooting

The grand jury indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray on 55 counts, including murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. His father, Colin Gray, faces 29 counts including second-degree murder.

October 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by the FBI, the man in the yellow circle is identified by an agent as Dominic Box on the east stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Savannah man found guilty of federal crimes for involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol siege

The federal judge's ruling against Dominic Box came nearly two years after prosecutors first filed charges against him.

October 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A voter walks toward a polling place to cast their ballot for Alabama’s March primary election in Mountain Brook, Ala.

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  • Elections

A federal judge has ordered Alabama to stop trying to purge voters before Election Day

A judge temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program after finding the state violated federal law by systematically purging voters too close to this fall’s election.

October 16, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the EPA's emission rules to continue while litigation continues in the lower courts.

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  • Law

Supreme Court refuses to interfere in EPA litigation, for now

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented while two other conservatives wrote that they may be sympathetic to the case were it to be brought after a lower court ruling.

October 16, 2024
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  • Ilana Dutton
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