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 Getty Images A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by churches challenging the Trump administration’s new policy permitting immigration officers to make arrests near churches, ruling that the religious groups failed to demonstrate sufficient harm to justify legal action. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, found that concerns about declining attendance…

 Getty Images An old video of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging Congress to retaliate against China’s tariffs on the United States is going viral for its uncanny resemblance to President Donald Trump’s current tariff policies. Recorded on the House floor in June 1996, the video features Pelosi calling on her colleagues to challenge the “status…

 Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the constitutionality of college bias response teams. However, despite the opinions of two conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the court did not accept a lawsuit against Indiana University officials that was brought by Speech First, a group created to protect students’ First Amendment…

 Creative Commons Broward County Circuit Judge Stefanie Moon is facing probable penalty for making political contributions, which adds to other misconduct charges for which she has already been referred for possible punishment by Florida’s Supreme Court. In newly filed documents, the state Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) accused Judge Moon of breaking judicial canons by contributing…

 Getty Images New Jersey Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba secured the dismissal of a long-running foreign bribery case on Wednesday, following a federal judge’s initial refusal to pause the proceedings by President Trump’s executive order halting enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The case, filed in 2019, targeted two executives from Teaneck, NJ-based…