A federal judge rejected Joe Biden’s effort to block the Justice Department from releasing redacted recordings and transcripts of his conversations with biographer Mark Zwonitzer to the Heritage Foundation. Biden’s lawyers sought an emergency order to pause disclosure while they appeal.
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A federal judge ordered 16-year-old Timothy Hudson jailed until trial on charges that he sexually assaulted and killed his stepsister, Anna Kepner, aboard a cruise ship. Hudson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore history and science materials removed from national parks and public monuments. The ruling pauses further changes and gives officials 21 days to reinstall affected displays.
A federal judge in Virginia indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. The court gave top officials one week to swear under penalty of perjury that the program will not move forward.
The Trump administration filed an appeal after a federal judge ordered President Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center. The board also voted to seek a stay of the ruling, which said only Congress can change the venue’s name.
A federal judge denied a watchdog group’s request to temporarily block the Trump administration’s proposed anti-weaponization fund after the Justice Department said it is not moving forward. The judge warned government lawyers: “Don’t play possum with this court.”
Jonathan Rinderknecht’s federal trial began with prosecutors alleging he deliberately set a New Year’s Day fire that later became the deadly Palisades Fire. His defense says he called 911 repeatedly and is being scapegoated for failures to fully extinguish the initial blaze.