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August 18, 2026
A federal judge has denied a preservationist law firm's request for a preliminary injunction in its bid to stop the Trump administration from painting over a historic granite office building near the White House.
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August 18, 2026
The deadline for filing a petition in the U.S. Tax Court isn't a jurisdictional bar that prevents the court from hearing a Maine company's late-filed challenge of a transferee liability notice for unpaid taxes, but the deadline can't be extended to create fairness, the First Circuit said.
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August 18, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court injunction blocking a 2025 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that loosened prior restrictions on immigration enforcement in houses of worship, finding it likely burdens the free exercise of religion.
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August 18, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the conviction and sentences of a Florida pain doctor and a salesman found guilty of participating in a kickback conspiracy for prescribing a fentanyl spray, ruling prosecutors had "overwhelming" evidence the men knowingly participated in "sham" drug promotion events.
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August 18, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public input on AT&T's application to stop providing domestic legacy voice service amid a push toward a wireless system.
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August 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court must deny President Donald Trump's bid to lift a ban on construction of a White House ballroom, a historical preservation nonprofit told the justices Tuesday, contending that a ruling in the president's favor would wrongly enable him to continue usurping Congress' authority and dodging judicial review.
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August 18, 2026
A Michigan appellate court panel on Monday revived Corewell Health's suit seeking recovery of nearly $900,000 from State Farm Insurance for hyperbaric oxygen therapy that was provided to a child who suffered a traumatic brain injury after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike.
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August 18, 2026
Two companies have accused the Michigan city of Gibraltar of enforcing "an unlawful moratorium" that is preventing them from converting a steel processing plant into a data center.
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August 18, 2026
A former assistant U.S. attorney in Michigan is suing the Trump administration in D.C. federal court after being fired, saying her dismissal was retaliation for participating in the prosecution of anti-abortion activists.
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August 18, 2026
The Third Circuit scrapped Tuesday an early win handed to a Kutztown University professor who claimed she faced disability discrimination when her requests to teach remotely to manage an autoimmune condition were denied, ruling the lower court was too quick to resolve the case given the disputes at play.
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August 18, 2026
The Trump administration and Justice Department "strongly object" to an Aug. 3 discovery order requiring them to name individuals involved in drafting and approving executive orders targeting law firms, amid their repeated refusal to hand over certain communications in a suit brought by the American Bar Association.
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August 18, 2026
Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC announced Tuesday that its attorney Mary T. Costigan was appointed co-leader of data protection and artificial intelligence at L&E Global, an alliance affiliated with Jackson Lewis.
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August 18, 2026
The first tribes to sue Kalshi alleging it violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act are backing four New Mexico Indigenous nations' efforts to block the prediction market from offering sports-related contracts on their lands, contending U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1832 recognize Indian political independence and self-governance.
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August 18, 2026
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the political consultant convicted alongside ex-Florida Rep. David Rivera to five years in prison after she was found guilty of willfully failing to register as a foreign agent for her work on a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company.
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August 18, 2026
A former Colorado House legislative aide accused three Democratic lawmakers in state court of violating her constitutional rights by retaliating against her for criticizing the handling of her medical leave and refusing to perform campaign work, allegedly creating conditions that forced her to resign.
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August 18, 2026
A public school teacher can claim credit in Pennsylvania's pension system for her years of service in Arizona because of an apparent "loophole" that doesn't bar such carryovers if the employee has cashed out their other state pension, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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August 18, 2026
First Amendment experts said the New Jersey Supreme Court likely doomed the state's judicial privacy law when it found that the statute did not require those seeking damages to establish mental state, a decision that the Third Circuit hinted could result in the measure being struck down.
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August 18, 2026
ABC sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, accusing the Trump administration of using the agency to threaten the Disney-owned network's licenses in a bid to stop it from broadcasting anything displeasing to the president.
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August 17, 2026
A Maryland federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from walking back on plans to build a new FBI headquarters in the state, saying the administration's bid to switch the headquarters project to Washington, D.C., flouted statutory directives.
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August 17, 2026
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday the U.S. Department of Justice has finalized a rule that will give convicted felons and others a pathway to have their rights to legally possess firearms reinstated, a process that circumvents a de facto prohibition by Congress.
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August 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday floated a proposal to set standards for how and when payment stablecoins may enter the U.S. market, moving ahead on a key unfinished plank of the emerging federal regulatory framework for the stable-value tokens.
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August 17, 2026
Venezuela can't skirt a more than $25 million arbitral award issued to Air Canada, after a D.C. federal judge ruled that the country was adequately represented in the arbitration despite the tribunal allowing the administration of former President Nicolás Maduro to defend the case.
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August 17, 2026
A Meta safety executive admitted Monday to a Tennessee jury that she cannot "rule out" that addiction may occur with Instagram but said she believes that so far there is no evidence to identify anything beyond "problematic use."
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August 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to ditch case law shielding independent federal agency members from presidential removal is unlikely to resolve ongoing controversy over White House control of the Federal Communications Commission, experts said Monday.
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August 17, 2026
The California attorney general urged a federal judge to deny requests from TikTok, Meta and Google to block enforcement of a state law barring them from using algorithms to deliver feeds to children, saying the court already denied a preliminary injunction and should not grant one pending the companies' appeal.