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Potential Supreme Court candidates during a second President Biden term

WASHINGTON — A continuing focus on diversity appears to be the political strategy for how President Biden would approach filling any Supreme Court vacancies in a second term. Sources close to the White House and his re-election campaign say the president would use the successful nomination of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as a template for navigating any future high court …

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New docs show Bragg spent $1M on attorneys to address House probe of Trump case amid city budget cuts

EXCLUSIVE: Findings from more than 100 pages of documents gleaned through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed that the prosecutor in NY v. Trump spent $1 million to respond to congressional oversight of his prosecution at a time New York City officials were demanding across-the-board budget cuts. Documents procured through litigation by the Oversight Project, a good-government transparency …

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Jury likely considered Hunter Biden’s own words in memoir as ‘powerful’ evidence to convict: experts

Following the historic conviction of a sitting president’s son, some legal experts pointed to Hunter Biden’s own memoir of his drug addiction recovery as “powerful” evidence for the jury to convict him. Hunter Biden was found guilty on Tuesday of making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making a false statement related to information required to be …

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Federal judge rules Florida restrictions on transgender medical treatment for kids unconstitutional

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the state government’s rules on transgender treatments for children are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled against the state regulations in his 105-page decision, in which he asserted that restricting children’s access to transgender procedures was an act of “animus.” “Gender identity is real,” Hinkle, who was appointed by President Bill …

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Two plead guilty after fentanyl found in NYC day care led to fatal poisoning of child, sickened three others

Two of the four defendants charged in connection with the fatal overdose death of a 1-year-old boy, and poisoning of three other children at a Bronx, New York, day care last fall have pleaded guilty to criminal charges ahead of their trials. Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Monday that 35-year-old Felix Herrera …

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Our school district fired us for sharing gender identity policy ideas on personal time

We didn’t expect everyone to agree with our ideas. We simply wanted to start a conversation… to engage in dialogue on a topic of profound public interest and concern… to put forth possible solutions on how our community – and nation – could best help vulnerable children. It would’ve been one thing to ignore our suggestions or even vehemently disagree …

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Unaccompanied minors represent themselves in federal court as migrant cases surge

Nearly half of the unaccompanied minors making their way through immigration courts have been unable to secure legal counsel, according to a new report, a growing issue as the backlog of court cases continues to surge. One expert who spoke to Fox News Digital said those numbers may be exacerbated by young adults posing as minors and snatching up scarce …

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Merchan called out for warning about 'troll' comment suggesting Trump jury was compromised

The judge presiding over former President Trump’s New York criminal trial is facing scrutiny for risking the credibility of his own jury after he sent a letter to the defense team about a comment posted to the court’s public Facebook page. It implied one of the jurors discussed the guilty verdict with family prior to the trial’s conclusion. The comment …

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Hunter Biden's attorneys consider putting him on the stand in gun trial; decision to be made over weekend

Attorneys for Hunter Biden, who faces three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018, left open the possibility he might testify in his criminal trial next week as court concluded Friday. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell said on Friday, the fifth day of the trial, that he will decide over the weekend whether he will call Biden …

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Clarence Thomas formally reports 2019 trips paid by friend and GOP donor Harlan Crow

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has acknowledged previously unreported trips overseas that were paid for by his friend, conservative businessman Harlan Crow. One of the 2019 trips was to Bali, where the justice was accompanied by his wife, Virginia. Another trip paid for by the Crows was to Sonoma County, California. Thomas on Friday released his amended 2023 financial disclosure …

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