Politics Jul 15 Federal court rules Trump administration can’t use travel ban to keep 80 refugees out of U.S. In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle said President Donald Trump's June order banning the entry of people from 12 countries expressly states that it does not limit the ability of people to seek refugee…
Politics Jun 25 Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over order blocking immediate removal of immigrants One of the Maryland judges named as a defendant in Tuesday's lawsuit, Paula Xinis, has called the administration's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador illegal.
Politics Mar 20 Judge allows Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case McAfee in a ruling last week denied the defense's request to disqualify Willis from the case or dismiss the indictment over her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Politics Mar 18 Trump seeks to appeal decision not to disqualify district attorney from Georgia election case Former President Donald Trump and other defendants in Georgia's election interference case are seeking to appeal a judge's ruling not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their prosecution.
Nation Oct 18 Suspect admits he murdered Natalee Holloway in 2005, pleads guilty to extorting her mom Joran van der Sloot's confession comes as part of a plea deal with prosecutors on extortion charges. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to extort money from Holloway's mother in exchange for revealing the location of her daughter's body.
Politics Sep 05 Georgia can resume enforcing ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth, judge says Judge Sarah Geraghty on Tuesday put her previous order blocking the ban on hold. Attorneys for Georgia had asked her to vacate the preliminary injunction because an appeals court allowed enforcement of a similar Alabama law.
Politics Aug 21 Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender children The law allows doctors to prescribe puberty-blocking medications, and it allows minors who are already receiving hormone therapy to continue. But it bans any new patients under 18 from starting hormone therapy.
Politics Nov 26 State GOP-backed ‘election integrity’ units find few voter fraud cases after midterms State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.
Nation Nov 23 Georgia Supreme Court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the state's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
Politics Nov 15 Judge overturns Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban The ruling says the ban violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent at the time it became law. The ban had been in effect since July.