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  • August 25, 2026

    9th Circ. Panel Largely Upholds Block On Feds' Grant Terms

    A divided Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday mostly upheld an injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing new grant restrictions on transportation and housing funding for dozens of local governments, concluding federal agencies likely overstepped their authority by barring the money from being used to promote "gender ideology" or "illegal immigration."

  • August 25, 2026

    Feds Seek Dismissal of Tribe's Burial Site Construction Claims

    The U.S. Department of Commerce is looking to exit a Lummi Nation lawsuit claiming broadband construction disturbed ancestral remains, saying a Washington federal court lacks jurisdiction over the Native American tribe's suit because the department has not yet taken any final agency action.

  • August 25, 2026

    NRDC Says EPA Let Cleveland Polluters Dodge Smog Cuts

    The Natural Resources Defense Council on Tuesday asked the Sixth Circuit to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval of a plan Ohio submitted for smog pollution in the Cleveland area, and accused the agency of giving a "free pass" to major polluters.

  • August 25, 2026

    FERC Beats Environmental Challenge To La. LNG Terminal

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana, saying environmental groups challenging the decision failed to show the project was not in the public's best interest.

  • August 25, 2026

    Md. Judge Trims Baltimore Bridge Wreck Damages Claims

    A Maryland federal judge has slashed claims from Baltimore, businesses and dockworkers seeking to recover millions in economic losses from the owner and operator of the container ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, saying the nearly century-old Robins Dry Dock rule bars many of their claims.

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