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Trump administration gives up legal battle to impose executive order on 4 law firms

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. Justice Department has dropped a legal bid to revive President Donald Trump’s executive orders …

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Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protection

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The number of snowy owls that glide above the Arctic tundra is in alarming decline as …

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Trump is set to scrap a longstanding legal basis for U.S. climate action. Here’s what that could mean

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Trump administration is expected this week to rescind a legal opinion that has guided emissions …

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Judge rules against U.S. plan to strip 350,000 Haitians of legal status, notes ‘racial animus’ of Noem, Trump

A federal judge late Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected …

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Alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding sought injunction to prevent arrest a year ago, legal documents show

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Longtime fugitive Ryan Wedding sought a court order to prevent his arrest in Mexico’s Sinaloa state …

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Costco joins other companies in legal fight to demand refund of Trump tariffs

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Costco has added its voice and heft to a lawsuit against the U.S. government seeking to ensure they will be reimbursed for tariffs they’ve been forced to …

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Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on …

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Olympic champion runner Semenya ends landmark legal fight against sex eligibility rules, lawyer says

Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending a seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field, her lawyers said Thursday, despite winning a ruling at the European Court of Human Rights in July that appeared to have reignited one of sports’ most contentious cases. Patrick Bracher, a …

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Alberta government promises to fight for school pronoun law amid legal challenge

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative government says it will fight to defend a court challenge to its school pronoun law. “Alberta’s government will vigorously defend our position in court,” Heather Jenkins, press secretary to Justice Minister Mickey Amery, said in a statement after two 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy groups officially filed …

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Trump’s treasury secretary confident U.S. Supreme Court will declare tariffs legal

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold President Donald Trump’s use of a 1977 emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on most trading partners, but he said the administration has a backup plan if it does not. Bessent told Reuters …

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