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Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots

The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

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Election workers process mail-in ballots in San Diego.
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Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson

The rejection of the indictment was the latest extraordinary setback in President Trump’s wide-ranging campaign to go after his political opponents.

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The investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson was directed to the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which normally focuses on issues like police violence and election integrity.
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Supreme Court Allows Texas’ Deal With Justice Dept. on Deportation Proceedings

Immigrant advocates called the agreement “collusion” and had asked the justices to reinstate a Biden-era policy that gave immigration judges discretion.

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The Supreme Court was considering a rule known as “administrative closure,” which gives immigration judges discretion to suspend deportation proceedings in some situations.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Further Alterations at D.C.’s East Potomac Park

A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from cutting trees and prohibited other changes at the park where the president has sought to overhaul a golf course.

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Trees that have been cut down at East Potomac Golf Links are seen earlier this month in Washington. The Trump administration and the National Park Service moved to cut down up to 529 trees at East Potomac Golf Links.
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Brazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering Inquiry

Brazil’s Supreme Court told the police to seize passport of Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his links to an investigation.

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Flavio Bolsonaro speaking in Brasília last night after losing the presidential election.
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Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit

By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

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Ballots being processed in City of Industry, Calif., during last year’s election.
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Australian Murderer Has No Right to Vegemite, Court Says

A judge said that denying him the staple in prison restricted his cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important.

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Andre McKechnie filed suit last year, arguing that the Vegemite ban in prisons in Victoria denied him his “culture as an Australian.”
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Chris Brown Gets Suspended Prison Sentence Over Nightclub Assault

The singer, 37, had pleaded guilty after hitting a music producer repeatedly in the head with a bottle in London in 2023. He is unlikely to serve any prison time.

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Chris Brown walked past fans and journalists as he arrived at the court in London on Monday.
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Appeals Court Appears to Doubt Justice Dept. Claims in California Ballot Case

A federal appeals court panel seemed disinclined to order the state to set aside as many as 20,000 mail-in ballots the Trump administration claimed were sent to noncitizens.

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Mail-in ballots in San Diego last week. The Trump administration wants California to set aside 20,000 ballots it says were sent to noncitizens.
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Court Says Trump Violated Law in Los Angeles National Guard Deployment

The ruling, which comes as the midterm election nears, could make it more difficult for President Trump to seize control of the National Guard.

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President Trump deployed the California National Guard across Los Angeles in June 2025.
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Supreme Court Allows Blanket Ban on Student IDs at Polls in New Hampshire

The justices had been asked to weigh in on a New Hampshire directive that prevented election officials from considering student IDs to prove a voter’s identity.

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The ruling was the latest in a string of election-related emergency actions by the justices in the lead-up to November.
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Judge Restricts D.H.S. Field Operations Aimed at Unearthing Voter Fraud

The ruling largely blocked homeland security agents from carrying out field interviews in nine states, including California, as part of a sprawling effort to find noncitizens registered to vote.

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California voters casting ballots last November in a statewide special election.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Border Wall Construction in Big Bend

A lower court judge had halted the administration’s plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers in the Big Bend region of Texas.

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People protest the plans by President Donald Trump’s administration to build a section of the border wall at the Big Bend National Park, in Study Butte, Texas, in August.
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Gambling Hotline Ex-Director Stole $1.5M to Feed Betting Habit, Prosecutors Say

Philip L. Sullivan started running the Florida hotline in 2025, a year after he was accused of stealing from a previous employer. He was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

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The Bay County Courthouse in Panama City, Fla., where Philip L. Sullivan was sentenced on Friday to nine years and 10 months in prison.
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Denying Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners

The justices, for now, agreed to continue preventing the Bureau of Prisons from implementing a policy that would prohibit gender-transition medical treatments.

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Guards on the steps of the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Ahead of Midterms, Justice Kagan Says Rulings Have Intensified Polarization

The justice said during a discussion that recent Supreme Court decisions on voting rights, gerrymandering and campaign finance have deepened America’s divides.

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Justice Elena Kagan in Washington this summer. Justice Kagan, one of the court’s three liberals, has issued strongly worded dissents in individual election-related cases.
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Flamingo Birdnapping in Las Vegas Ends With a Cruelty Conviction

The man, visiting from Canada, carried a flamingo named Peachy from its habitat to his hotel room. He was convicted of felony and misdemeanor charges.

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The man convicted in the case, Mitchell Fairbarn, left, in court with his lawyer, Josh Tomsheck.
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Supreme Court Will Not Revive Plea Deal for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 9/11 Defendants

The justices rejected a request from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two others accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, clearing the way for a potential death penalty trial.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed at Guantánamo Bay in January 2022, in a photo provided by his lawyers.
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David Sabatini, an M.I.T. Scientist, Wins $6 Million in Sexual Harassment Defamation Suit

David Sabatini, once a prominent scientist at M.I.T., sued a former colleague who accused him of inappropriate behavior. A jury found in his favor.

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David Sabatini, a former M.I.T. scientist, in court at the end of a trial in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former colleague.
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Appeals Court Questions Justice Dept. Claim That Trump Owns White House Records

A three-judge panel appeared unconvinced by claims that a federal law requiring the president to preserve and hand over his presidential papers was unconstitutional.

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President Trump using his phone during a visit to his golf course in Virginia last year.
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Judge Refuses to Reverse Penalties Against Crypto Firm With Ties to Trump Family

The ruling denied a bid by Gemini Trust and the C.F.T.C. to nullify a settlement that required the company to pay $5 million for misleading federal regulators.

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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of Gemini Trust, have backed ventures by President Trump and his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
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Clancy Trial’s Holdout Juror Says That the Defendant Was ‘Methodical’

In an interview with Fox News, his first, Michael P. Desronvil said that Lindsay Clancy had thought through the killing of her three children. That, he said, was a major reason he wanted to see her convicted.

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Lindsay Clancy never denied that she killed her children at her Massachusetts home in 2023.
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Appeals Court Blocks California Law Mandating I.D. for Federal Agents

The court said that California could not impose state requirements on federal law enforcement operations.

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An appeals court panel said the law requiring federal agents to wear visible identification was likely to be unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Sanctions on 2 Groups Aiding the I.C.C.

The ruling prevents the administration from penalizing two rights groups for working to provide information for the International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigations.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague last month.
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3 Men Found Guilty in Murders of Tourists on Mexico Surf Trip

The 2024 killings of two Australian brothers and their American friend drew international attention.

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Debra and Martin Robinson, the parents of Callum and Jake Robinson, who were murdered during a surfing trip, outside court in Ensenada, Mexico, on Thursday.
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Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Says

A judge in London said that a “significant error” had been made in the granting of search warrants in an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Officers at an entrance to Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, in February after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest. He was later released without charge and has denied wrongdoing.
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Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador

Lawyers warn that the mass trials of people imprisoned during President Nayib Bukele’s gang crackdown are marred by vague evidence and restrictions on a proper defense.

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Inmates during a mass hearing at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, prison in April in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
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