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A US appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court’s ruling that police in Phoenix, Arizona, used excessive force against protesters outside a Donald Trump rally. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that qualified immunity applied to the police interactions because the protestors did not cite a case that “could have ‘clearly [...]

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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Friday that it has filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo Bank for allowing fraud to occur on the Zelle platform. The lawsuit contains ten counts of offenses against the banks for failing to address frauds under sections 1031 and [...]

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted waiver requests from California on Wednesday that allow the state to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. California requested the waivers for its Advanced Clean Cars II Rule and Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation. Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to develop applicant [...]

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The Georgia Court of Appeals removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case against president-elect Donald Trump and 18 others on Thursday over Willis’ previously undisclosed relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. The appeals court agreed with the trial court that the relationship created an “appearance of impropriety,” and found that [...]

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The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a state law violated the youth plaintiffs’ right to a clean and healthful environment under the state constitution. The court found that an exemption in the Montana Environmental Policy Act violated the right to a clean and healthful environment by “preclud an analysis [...]

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The US saw a slight increase in new death sentences in 2024 while executions remained near historic lows, according to a year-end report released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information Center. Twenty-six new death sentences were handed down in 2024, up from the previous year, though the overall death row population continued its decades-long decline [...]

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The US Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear TikTok’s challenge against a federal law that could force the shutdown of its platform next month. TikTok filed an emergency petition Monday challenging the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. Signed into law in April as part of a broader appropriations package, the act prohibits [...]

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Wednesday the transfer of Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. According to DOD detainee profiles, bin Amin and bin Lep arrived in Guantanamo Bay in September 2006. The US accused both individuals of planning attacks in California and [...]

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A New York judge on Monday denied president-elect Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his hush-money conviction, finding that the evidence introduced in the case was not related to Trump’s official conduct as president and thus did not receive any immunity protections. Judge Juan Merchan rejected Trump’s motion to dismiss his indictment and vacate the jury [...]

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