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White House ballroom expected to get approved days after ruling halting work

A spokesperson for the National Capital Planning Commission says the agency is moving ahead with Thursday's vote because the judge's ruling affects construction activities, not planning

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Apr 2 • 8:05 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump’s White House ballroom project faces panel vote after judge ordered halt

The National Capital Planning Commission had previously delayed the vote after thousands of negative public comments

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Apr 2 • 5:58 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Congress is in no rush to authorize Trump’s ballroom after judge’s ruling

The president doesn’t appear interested in seeking lawmakers’ approval for his $400 million project — and they’re not inclined to give it.

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Apr 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements

Several Texas churches and national Christian groups brought the lawsuit challenging the Johnson Amendment.

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Apr 1 • 4:22 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status

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Apr 1 • 4:13 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Local high school entrepreneurs pitch business creations at regional competition

Over 20 students from eight different CEO programs pitched their business in front of a panel of judges.

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Apr 1 • 3:57 PM EDT • Business • wgem.com
Trump isn't immune from civil claims that his Jan. 6 rally speech incited riot, judge rules

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta's decision now sets the stage for a possible civil trial.

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Apr 1 • 3:23 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Eve-of-election hearing set for lawsuit to delay Surfside runoff due to Passover

Judge Lourdes Simon will weigh religious liberty claims against risks of disrupting an election already in motion.

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Apr 1 • 12:25 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Jay Collins vows to remove prosecutors and judges, citing problematic 'political beliefs'

'If they can't do their job to protect our people, then they need to be removed from office.'

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Apr 1 • 10:40 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Student entrepreneurs compete for $67,500 at annual Business Plan Competition

$67,500 is at stake in the The University of Miami Herbert Business Schools’ annual Business Plan Competition. For 24 years, this experience has been a chance for students to gain real advice and mentorship, and pitch their business idea to a panel of experienced judges. Dr. Susan Amat, an associate professor of professional practice in

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Apr 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • themiamihurricane.com
Wisconsin judicial panel dismisses Democratic attempt to redraw congressional maps

MADISON, Wis. — A three-judge panel in Wisconsin on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Democratic voters that sought to redraw the battleground state’s Republican-friendly congressional boundary lines ahead of

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Apr 1 • 1:30 AM EDT • Politics • telegraphherald.com
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Challenged Ban on Endorsements by Churches

Conservatives had expected a victory in the case after the I.R.S. agreed to a settlement that allowed churches to voice support for candidates.

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Mar 31 • 7:33 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements

A group of Texas churches and the IRS agreed to nix the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits nonprofits from endorsing candidates. A Trump-appointed judge said no.

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Mar 31 • 7:03 PM EDT • Politics • texastribune.org
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Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

f w e n politics journalism public-media business entertainment washington-news general-news | Talk Radio 1210 WPHT

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Mar 31 • 4:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Judge Blocks Deal Allowing Churches to Endorse Political Candidates

The Trump administration had sought looser rules for religious groups.

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Mar 31 • 4:09 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Trump's White House ballroom construction must halt unless Congress OKs it, judge orders

“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” the judge wrote.

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Mar 31 • 3:54 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Judge halts construction on Trump’s White House ballroom

The planned $400 million project has been a priority for the president.

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Mar 31 • 3:19 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

f w e n politics journalism public-media business entertainment washington-news general-news | WWL

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Mar 31 • 3:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Judge rules that White House ballroom construction ‘has to stop!’

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from moving ahead with any further work on a massive new ballroom on the former site of the White House’s East Wing.

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Mar 31 • 3:06 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn

The decision to allow the government to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.

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Mar 31 • 2:53 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR, PBS

The judge says the First Amendment right to free speech "does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type"

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Mar 31 • 2:33 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News in sick leave dispute with fired journalist

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Mar 31 • 11:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News in sick leave dispute with fired journalist

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Mar 31 • 11:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
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Climate Science Has No Place in Scientific Reference Manual for Judges, Attorneys General Say

A chapter on climate science has been removed from a manual designed to be an independent, neutral source of scientific information for judges.

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Mar 31 • 9:12 AM EDT • Science • eos.org
Private health data still being given to ICE, California says

Trump administration has defied a judge's order by continuing to provide ICE with private health data of millions of Americans, California and other states argue

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Mar 30 • 5:27 PM EDT • Health • sfchronicle.com
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Delaware Judge reassigns Musk cases following allegations of bias over LinkedIn-emoji claims

Musk's lawyers accused a Delaware judge of bias over a LinkedIn post, but she denied the claim and reassigned his lawsuits to avoid media disruption.

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Mar 30 • 1:37 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Delaware judge reassigns Elon Musk cases after LinkedIn emoji spat

Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick denies "hearting" a LinkedIn post critical of Elon Musk.

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Mar 30 • 11:59 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Trump shows off new ballroom designs as he defends $400 million project

The planned White House addition, a top priority of the president, is facing a key vote this week. A federal judge may also rule to halt the project.

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Mar 30 • 8:26 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
'It's politics, baby': Has picking RI's judges become too political?

Court reformers see signs of ethical backsliding when it comes to picking the state's judges.

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Mar 30 • 5:06 AM EDT • Politics • providencejournal.com
Yankees’ Aaron Judge drops sobering take on winning MVPs

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge was brutally honest when speaking about what he hopes to accomplish by the end of this season.

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Mar 30 • 12:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Politics Unplugged (Full Episode) March 29, 2026

This week on Politics Unplugged, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes discusses a judge’s ruling that the No Labels Party can’t change its name to the Arizona Independent Party. Then, consultants Stacy Pearson and Matt Benson discuss the impact of high gas prices in Arizona and the Phoenix City Council's vote restricting ICE's use of public facilities.

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Mar 29 • 6:22 PM EDT • Politics • azfamily.com
Dueling proposals aim to resolve prison health care issues

Two plans for a takeover of the Arizona Department of Corrections health care system are before a federal judge, but the state's appeal muddies the timeline.

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Mar 29 • 3:05 PM EDT • Health • azcapitoltimes.com
Trump’s ‘Rogue Judges’ Rhetoric Breaches His Oath

President Donald Trump asked Congress last Wednesday to pass legislation that “cracks down on rogue judges.”

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Mar 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com
My birthday party has rules, cones and judges: Nobody wins at parallel parking. Until now.

Turns out, many people believe in their parallel parking abilities with their whole hearts.

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Mar 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
Aaron Judge dents an ambulance with second HR of season
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Mar 28 • 11:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Federal judge upholds constitutionality of Colorado campaign contribution limits

A federal judge upheld Colorado’s individual campaign contribution limits as constitutional on Thursday, finding that three Republican plaintiffs failed to prove the campaign finance framework violates their First Amendment rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane recognized that Colorado’s limitations on individual contributions to state political candidates are among the lowest in the […]

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Mar 27 • 7:51 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Cam Schlittler, Yankees dominate Giants for second straight shutout

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton provided the punch to back a pitching clinic by the Cove.

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Mar 27 • 7:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Young Iowans compete for $300K in scholarships at state science fair

Hundreds of middle and high school students from across Iowa are fielding questions from judges, entering the second and final day of the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa, underway at Iowa State University. Fair director Alexa Groff says the competition is gathering Iowa’s best and brightest students to showcase their most creative ideas […]

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Mar 27 • 9:57 AM EDT • Science • radioiowa.com
Judge rejects Green Party candidate’s bid to appear on California governor ballots

California Green Party candidate Butch Ware failed to submit correct tax returns in time to appear on the June ballot for governor, a judge ruled Thursday.

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Mar 26 • 8:56 PM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
Federal judge upholds North Carolina photo voter ID mandate in win for GOP lawmakers

North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters.

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Mar 26 • 7:38 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Judge temporarily blocks the Pentagon's action against Anthropic

Anthropic has said it could lose billions if a federal judge didn't step in to block the Trump administration.

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Mar 26 • 7:36 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Democratic lawmaker asks judge to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center

In a motion filed Wednesday, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio argues that Congress was clear in its intent that the Kennedy Center is named for the late President John F. Kennedy — and no one else.

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Mar 26 • 5:16 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
North Carolina’s photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law

A federal judge has upheld North Carolina's photo voter ID law, rejecting claims by civil rights groups that discrimination against Black and Latino voters warrants striking it down.

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Mar 26 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Elon Musk's X gets case against advertisers tossed by court

A US District Court judge dismissed X's case against big advertisers like Mars and Lego, citing lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim.

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Mar 26 • 1:41 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Yankees’ Aaron Judge admits chasing Yankee legacy is ‘haunting’

Former MVP Aaron Judge spoke about the Yankee legacy and how haunting it is for him as he plays in pinstripes.

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Mar 26 • 10:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust Finds One in Three Adults Have Used AI Chatbots for Health Advice — The Monitor

KFF's latest Tracking Poll finds that one-third of the public report using AI chatbots for health information and advice in the past year. And a federal judge suspended, for now, the appointments of thirteen members of ACIP, halting a scheduled meeting and staying recent, widely debated, changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

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Mar 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • kff.org
Trump calls for law cracking down on crime and ‘rogue judges’

Trump and top aides have been railing against judges who have ruled against him, but he had not yet called for a legal crackdown on sitting judges.

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Mar 26 • 12:18 AM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Trump Calls for Law Cracking Down on Crime and ‘Rogue Judges’

Ahead of the midterms, President Trump told a Republican gathering that he wants to go after repeat offenders and “rogue judges that are criminals.”

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Mar 25 • 10:49 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Democratic lawmaker asks judge to take Trump's name off Kennedy Center

A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal judge to force the Kennedy Center to block and reverse efforts to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the historic performing arts venue.

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Mar 25 • 6:19 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
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CBS Sets Fall Syndication Slate Including 'Entertainment Tonight'

CBS Media Ventures has announced its 2026-2027 syndication slate, renewing 'Entertainment Tonight' and launching 'Adam's Law' with Judge Judy's son.

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Mar 25 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
‘Entertainment Tonight,’ ‘Inside Edition’ Renewed for 2026-27

The roster also includes the previously renewed ‘Drew Barrymore Show’ and a court show with Adam Levy, Judge Judy’s son.

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Mar 25 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
Judge says it looks like the Pentagon tried to 'cripple Anthropic'

Anthropic has sued to stop Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from labeling the company a risk after it set limits on the use of its technology.

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Mar 24 • 4:57 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Pentagon will remove media offices after judge reinstates NYT's press credentials

The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters' access to the building, a department official announced Monday.

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Mar 24 • 4:54 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Opinion | Climate Science Is Creeping Into Courtrooms

Judges are fed biased information from progressive activists and a flawed scientific reference manual.

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Mar 24 • 10:55 AM EDT • Science • wsj.com
Communicating Across Disciplines in Climate Change Litigation

Climate change litigation must climb many mountains to advance justice and reshape human behaviors for the well-being of people and our planet. On this long, arduous journey, litigants, lawyers, scientific witnesses, and judges face challenges of communicating across disciplines. UCS’s new resourc

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Mar 24 • 9:15 AM EDT • Science • blog.ucs.org
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Federal judge sides with Wisconsin in transgender health care suit

A U.S. judge ruled in favor of Wisconsin and 20 other states challenging a Trump administration declaration that tried to limit care for trans youth.

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Mar 23 • 3:23 PM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
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Top architectural and historic preservation groups sue Trump over Kennedy Center plans

A consortium of the nation’s top architectural and historic preservation groups is targeting President Donald Trump’s plans to temporarily close and extensively renovate the Kennedy Center, filing a new lawsuit Monday that asks a federal judge to indefinitely halt the project.

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Mar 23 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Commentary: Keep Kentucky judges judging and leave politics to politicians

A provision in House Bill 534 would invite judicial candidates to disclose their political party affiliation and their current and past voter registration, including “communicating political values or viewpoints consistent with his or her party affiliation.”

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Mar 22 • 10:06 PM EDT • Politics • hoptownchronicle.org
70 judges peruse hundreds of science fair projects at Interior science fair

Fourth-grader Lexi Snow wondered why she always blushes.

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Mar 22 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • newsminer.com
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47th annual Utica University science fair shows area students are smarter than ever

Four dozen science projects from 60 students from eight area schools competed for the top prizes at the Donohue Concourse underneath the Frank Gannett Library. Some of the topics may have changed over the years — there were no baking soda volcanoes — but the students still displayed their projects on decorated posterboard for staff, family and the judges to see. The projects were split between the junior division — 7th and 8th grades — and the senior division — 9th through 12th grades.

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Mar 21 • 5:00 PM EDT • Science • romesentinel.com
6 years since lockdown, here's a look at COVID vaccine guidance today

Changing guidance around COVID-19 vaccines, specifically, has been central to RFK Jr.'s run as health secretary. A judge just struck some of it down.

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Mar 21 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Yankees news: Optimism at shortstop

2026 looks promising at shortstop; Carlos Lagrange was electric this spring; Michael Kay defends Judge

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Mar 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism

The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional.

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Mar 20 • 9:36 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to Pentagon policy limiting reporters’ access

A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, agreeing with The New York Times that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.

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Mar 20 • 6:39 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Federal judge rules RFK Jr. overreached in restricting trans healthcare to minors

Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon}View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Federal judge rules RFK Jr. overreached in restricting trans healthcare to minors U…

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Mar 20 • 6:36 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Pentagon policy limiting independent press access is unlawful, judge rules

A federal judge on Friday voided various parts of a restrictive press policy rolled out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year, ruling that they trampled on the constitutional rights of reporters who seek to cover the US military from within its sprawling headquarters.

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Mar 20 • 5:17 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Federal judge sides with Washington in case over transgender youth health care

A federal judge said Thursday he will rule in favor of Washington state and a coalition of 20 other states and the District of Columbia, blocking what they call

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Mar 20 • 3:38 PM EDT • Health • komonews.com
Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people.

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Mar 20 • 2:41 PM EDT • Health • katu.com
Federal judge in Oregon rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

The judge’s ruling Thursday in Oregon is part of multistate lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general.

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Mar 20 • 10:15 AM EDT • Health • opb.org
Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

Judge Mustafa Kasubhai’s ruling was centered on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not going through the proper administrative procedures when issuing the declaration in December.

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Mar 20 • 12:33 AM EDT • Health • bostonglobe.com
Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people

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Mar 20 • 12:26 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Judge rules the government overreached with transgender health care declaration

A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people.

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Mar 20 • 12:22 AM EDT • Health • apnews.com
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Judge Rules US Government Overreached With Transgender Health Care Declaration

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge said the government overreached by issuing a declaration that called treatments like puberty blockers and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for young people experiencing gender dysphoria, according to a ruling Thursday in Oregon. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai's ruling ...

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Mar 20 • 12:22 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Judge says he will bar RFK move aimed at cutting gender-affirming care for minors

A U.S. judge on Thursday said he would block an ​effort by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr that would have sharply restricted medical providers from providing ‌gender affirming care to minors after a group of Democratic states challenged it.

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Mar 19 • 10:02 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
New dispute emerges around Subnautica 2’s early access release

Lawyers for the ousted—and now partially reinstated—leadership team of Unknown Worlds, the studio behind Subnautica 2, are crying foul over news that the game will be released into early access in May. The release announcement earlier this week was made improperly, potentially “damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community,” the lawyers said in a letter sent on Tuesday to Vice Chancellor Lori Will of Delaware’s Court of Chancery. In their letter, the lawyers also floated the idea of asking Will to find Krafton in contempt of the court’s ruling. The letter was sent just one day after Will’s bombshell ruling that publisher Krafton had breached its contract with Unknown Worlds’ executive team, when it fired them last June. The new issue isn’t necessarily the May early access timeframe, but how the news was announced. The letter and Krafton’s response have not been previously reported. A quick recap of prior events: Subnautica 2 is an unreleased, underwater survival adventure and the most-wishlisted game on Steam. Last year, longtime Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, along with studio co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, were fired by Krafton. They swiftly sued, saying the publisher had terminated them to avoid paying out up to $250 million in potential performance-based bonuses. The studio leaders had hoped to earn that with an early access release of the game, which Krafton had blocked. The publisher argued in court that Subnautica 2 wasn’t ready, which the ousted execs disputed. On Monday, Will ruled that Krafton had violated its contract, firing the execs to avoid the performance payouts, and that it had to reinstate Gill and give him full authority over any early access release for Subnautica 2. On Tuesday, IGN reported on a new memo issued that day to Unknown Worlds staff by Steve Papoutsis, the executive Krafton had put in charge of Unknown Worlds after the 2025 firings. In the note, Papoutsis said that Subnautica 2 had passed a key development milestone “last week” and that he and Krafton had determined the game “is ready for Early Access release in May.” This news appeared to catch the lawyers for Gill, Cleveland and McGuire by surprise. On Tuesday night, they sent a letter to Will expressing “serious concerns” about whether it would be possible to forge an agreement with Krafton consistent with the judge’s order. Papoutsis’ memo was a problem, they wrote. He didn’t have the authority to declare anything about Subnautica 2’s release. As of 9am ET on Monday, March 16, the effective date of Will’s order, Papoutsis wasn’t CEO of Unknown Worlds. Gill was. And, per Will’s order, only Gill could make Subnautica 2 release decisions. They continued: Krafton self-servingly announced the launch without any regard to its impact on the game, the team, or the community—let alone this Court’s Opinion. Announcing the release of a game is momentous, and it is typically accompanied by significant marketing activity, fanfare, and community coordination. And most importantly, the announcement is carefully designed to maximize excitement for the game. That entire process was supposed to be driven by Mr. Gill. However, in defiance of the Court’s Opinion, Krafton has now taken that away, further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community. The lawyers speculated that Krafton had “intentionally leaked” Papoutsis’ memo and then issued an official statement to confirm the leak. Game File is a reader-supported publication. My reporting is only possible through support from readers like you. To support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe On Wednesday, lawyers for Krafton defended their client in their own letter to vice chancellor Will, saying nothing they did violated her order nor showed contempt: Papoutsis’s message was simply celebrating the UW employees’ efforts toward a past event: Krafton’s pre-Opinion determination that Subnautica 2 was ready for Early Access release. There was nothing improper about conveying the results of the milestone review or thanking the development team for their dedication and talent. They added that Gill could still make his own call about Subnautica 2’s release: In his role as CEO, Gill will be able to assess independently his views on the state of Subnautica 2 and the appropriate release schedule; nothing in Papoutsis’s message alters Gill’s authority or discretion. Vice chancellor Will has not responded to the letters and doesn’t necessarily have to. Both parties were previously ordered by Will to confer this week and submit a proposed judgment consistent with her ruling. The letter from Gill’s attorney’s this week doesn’t indicate whether he would or would not support a May release for Subnautica 2. But it could limit his options. And, if Gill’s lawyers are right, the lack of marketing fanfare around the leak of the May date could dull the launch of the game. Any harm to Subnautica 2’s launch is an extra sensitive issue given the context of the legal dispute: millions of dollars of payouts are on the line, tethered to the scale of the game’s initial performance. In her ruling on Monday, Will noted that there was obvious “bad blood” between Gill’s side and Krafton but that the two would need to work together: “They can—and must—act in good faith to navigate their remaining contractual relationship.” Item 2: A new kind of couch co-op game A highlight of GDC each year is the Alt.Ctrl showcase that features games played with extremely experimental controllers. Perusing this year’s offerings last Friday, I found a game controlled with giant scissors, another with big toothbrushes and one that amounted to dumpster diving. My favorite was Pivot, a co-op game about collectively maneuvering a couch. It was developed by students at the University of Utah’s masters of arts and engineering games program. Players lift and tilt the physical couch in order to control the position of a virtual one. That virtual one is moving through an obstacle course on-screen, while being pursued by a giant skull. Developer Nishant Verma told me at GDC that the couch is made of styrofoam (this became more evident as I watched!) and that the name was a riff on an episode of the sitcom Friends. Item 3: In brief… 🚫 Ubisoft is laying off more than 100 workers at its Red Storm studio, as the North Carolina location known for decades for its Tom Clancy games, ceases in-house game development, VGC reports. 👀 On Monday, Nvidia’s revealed its DLSS 5 AI-driven graphics technology that purports to improve game graphics… and it has been roasted about it by the media and the online gaming public for the remainder of the week. The tech changed the faces of characters in footage from Resident Evil Requiem, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC, drawing accusations of giving carefully art-directed games the generic look of AI “slop.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had said on Monday that “DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics—blending handcrafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression.” By mid-week, Huang was telling Tom’s Hardware that the new tech’s critics were “completely wrong” because game-makers could still “fine-tune the generative AI” to suit their game’s aesthetics.

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Mar 19 • 5:28 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Judge permanently tosses bid to redraw Malliotakis' congressional district

Her district includes Staten Island and a swath of Brooklyn.

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Mar 19 • 12:35 PM EDT • Politics • ny1.com
Opinion: The dirty politics behind Judge Torgerson’s censure

Doug McMurdo: If Utah lawmakers were really worried about “the children,” where was their outrage when Stuart Adams ushered in a change to Utah’s statutory sexual assault law to protect a relative? It’s hypocrisy, plain and simple.

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Mar 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • sltrib.com
Let's keep Kentucky judges judging and leave politics to politicians

A proposal in the legislature would undermine the nonpartisan judiciary that Kentuckians believe is necessary to maintain the fairness of their courts.

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Mar 19 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • kentuckylantern.com
NJ college dean, former youth sports coach to remain in jail in child sex assault case

During a detention hearing, Superior Court Judge W. Todd Miller ordered that James Hadley, 65, of Barnegat, remain in jail pending trial.

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Mar 18 • 9:20 PM EDT • Sports • 6abc.com
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Judge Orders Voice of America to Restart All News Operations

More than 1,000 full-time journalists and support staff at the news group were ordered to return to work by March 23 and to resume broadcasting.

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Mar 17 • 8:38 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Shocking ruling strips Senegal of Africa Cup of Nations title, declares Morocco champion

Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by appeals judges who overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January.

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Mar 17 • 7:03 PM EDT • Sports • cnn.com
Judge questions Trump aides’ ‘brazen’ claims on White House ballroom

The planned $400 million project has been a top priority for the president. Judge Richard Leon said he hopes to rule this month on whether to halt construction.

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Mar 17 • 6:13 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Judge mocks White House East Wing ‘alteration’ as a ‘brazen interpretation of the laws of vocabulary’

The Trump administration’s arguments in defense of the massive White House ballroom project on Tuesday found virtually no purchase before a federal judge, who appears ready to rule that the president skirted the law by undertaking construction without congressional approval.

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Mar 17 • 5:44 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Judge upholds Apple delisting of free Musi app that streams songs from YouTube

Judge tosses Musi case against Apple, sanctions lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts."

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Mar 17 • 5:38 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Ruling on RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy Changes Leaves Health Groups Scrambling

Lawyers for both sides in the federal lawsuit, brought by six medical organizations, are trying to understand the ramifications of the judge’s decision.

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Mar 17 • 4:37 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
A gaming CEO asked ChatGPT how to avoid paying a $250 million bonus. It didn’t work

Krafton's AI-assisted scheme to oust the makers of Subnautica 2 just collapsed in court after a judge ruled the company had to reinstate the CEO and payout the bonus.

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Mar 17 • 3:23 PM EDT • Technology • fortune.com
Abby Lee Miller to judge $10 nationwide online dance contest

$10 entry lets U.S. dancers get personal grading from Abby Lee Miller, with 50 finalists in a live-streamed Stargaze Stage online event.

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Mar 17 • 11:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • stocktitan.net
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Judge blocks Kennedy's changes to US childhood vaccine schedule

Kennedy had slashed the number of recommended vaccines from 17 to 11, sparking a backlash from health experts.

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Mar 17 • 10:50 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
'American Idol' judge says Daniel Stallworth could be season's 'best singer'

Daniel Stallworth sang a dance party favorite on \

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Mar 17 • 9:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • clarionledger.com
UTC-hosted Regional Science and Engineering Fair highlights STEM talent

Dozens of students from across the Chattanooga region gathered on Monday, March 9, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Challenger STEM Learning Center to present their research projects to a panel of judges. The Chattanooga Regional Science and Engineering Fair has existed for 74 years and attracts both middle and high school students to showcase their projects and compete for the chance to advance to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.

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Mar 17 • 9:07 AM EDT • Science • blog.utc.edu
Study finds ChatGPT gets science wrong more often than you think

A new study put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to judge whether hundreds of scientific hypotheses were true or false—and the results were far from reassuring. While the AI got it right about 80% of the time on the surface, its performance dropped significantly when accounting for random guessing, revealing only modest reasoning ability. Even more concerning, it frequently contradicted itself when asked the exact same question multiple times, sometimes flipping answers back and forth.

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Mar 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
It’s Showtime for the SAVE America Act in the Senate | WSJ Politics Newsletter for March 17

Plus, a judge blocks RFK Jr’s MAHA vaccine recommendations

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Mar 17 • 7:02 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Judge blocks federal health officials from cutting childhood vaccines
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Accused DC pipe bomber tells court Trump’s broad Jan. 6 pardon should apply to him

The Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the 2021 US Capitol riot asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss his case, arguing that President Donald Trump’s expansive pardon of January 6 rioters applies to him.

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Mar 16 • 11:04 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Judge blocks US government from cutting vaccine recommendations for children

The judge said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.

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Mar 16 • 9:43 PM EDT • Health • syracuse.com
Federal judge extends order blocking Trump admin's cuts to Illinois public health funding

The loss in grant funding would have wiped out some HIV tracking programs, family planning initiatives and lead poisoning prevention.

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Mar 16 • 7:36 PM EDT • Health • chicago.suntimes.com
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Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

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Mar 16 • 7:03 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Judge blocks RFK Jr. from scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.

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Mar 16 • 5:30 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
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Federal judge halts Trump administration’s health care funding cuts to Illinois, for now

A federal judge has blocked efforts by the Trump administration to withhold $600 million in health care grants from Illinois and three other states, while the states’ lawsuit over the cuts proceeds…

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Mar 16 • 5:15 PM EDT • Health • chicagotribune.com
Federal judge puts RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule, advisers on ice

While the judge stayed the Health Secretary's appointments to a key advisory panel, he did not block its meeting this month.

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Mar 16 • 4:51 PM EDT • Health • politico.com