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  • June 18, 2026

    Justices Allow Gun Rights For Marijuana User

    U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot bar gun ownership for a marijuana user solely because he used a controlled substance, saying that the prosecution of a Texas man for owning guns as an admitted marijuana user was inconsistent with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

  • June 17, 2026

    Kentucky AG Says Kalshi And Polymarket Offerings Are Illegal

    Kentucky's attorney general on Wednesday lodged three lawsuits accusing prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, and online casino platform VGW, of violating the state's consumer protection and gambling laws by offering unlicensed sports wagering in the state, and running illegal and addictive sweepstakes casino websites.

  • June 17, 2026

    Broadview Immigration Activists Seek DOJ Misconduct Probe

    Immigration activists whose claims of prosecutorial misconduct led Chicago's top federal prosecutor to drop a criminal conspiracy case against them are now asking their judge to appoint special counsel and conduct an evidentiary sanctions hearing to determine the full extent of the misconduct and "ensuing cover-up."

  • June 17, 2026

    Calif., Ore. Cities Likely To Win Block On Federal Grant Limits

    A California federal judge said Wednesday he's inclined to block at least three federal agencies from conditioning certain grants to California and Oregon municipalities on compliance with Trump administration priorities — including immigration enforcement and anti-diversity, equity and inclusion restrictions — saying they'd established harm when it comes to grants for which they'd applied.

  • June 17, 2026

    FTX Exec's Wife Must Face Campaign Finance Charges

    A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to throw out an indictment accusing crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond of campaign finance crimes, rejecting her argument that prosecutors previously promised her husband, a former FTX executive, that his guilty plea would mean she's in the clear.

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