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Getty
July 09, 2019 - 8:38 am

Federal Court Rules Trump Can't Ban His Critics from Twitter

A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump can't ban critics from his Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel agreed with a lower court judge who said Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks critics. In May of last...
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May 24, 2019 - 8:16 pm

US District Court Partially Blocks Funding for Trump Border Wall

The Trump administration can't use money previously allocated to the Defense Department to instead fund the border wall, a federal judge ruled Friday in a temporary injunction. Oakland, California-based U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam ruled the Trump administration could not move $1...
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CBS
April 01, 2019 - 9:21 am

Michael Avenatti to make Court Appearance Today

Michael Avenatti is expected to make his first federal court appearance in Santa Ana today. He's facing charges of bank and wire fraud. The Newport Beach attorney has been accused by federal prosecutors of embezzling more than a million dollars of a client's settlement money to pay off his own...
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AP
March 08, 2019 - 2:29 pm

BREAKING: Grand Jury Returns 16 Counts Against ‘Empire’ Actor Jussie Smollett

(KNX 1070) -- Jussie Smollett's legal issues just got a whole lot worse. CBS Chicago reports that a grand jury returned 16 federal counts against the "Empire" actor for falsely reporting a hate crime attack against him in January. According to the indictment, “Jussie Smollett knew that at the time...
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January 07, 2019 - 12:52 pm

Trial Begins in CA Over Census Citizenship Question

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS News) — A trial will begin Monday in federal court in San Francisco over the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census. Judge Richard Seeborg is scheduled to hear a week of testimony from experts and other witnesses. The judge will...
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USA Today
August 09, 2018 - 4:01 pm

Federal Court Orders Trump Admin. to Ban Dangerous Pesticides

(KNX 1070) -- A federal court has ordered the Trump administration to ban a widely used farm pesticide that environmentalists say damages the nervous systems of farm workers, their children, and even consumers. It is used widely in California where farmers say it is a critical tool in controlling...
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