Tag: Federal
Journal Retracts Studies Cited in Federal Court Ruling Against Abortion Pill
The journal found that the studies, which had suggested that medication abortion is unsafe, included incorrect factual assumptions and misleading pres [...]
D.N.C. Files Federal Election Complaint Against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Democrats accused Mr. Kennedy of illegally coordinating with a super PAC to get him onto the ballot in several states that could be critical to Presid [...]
Bitcoin Mining and the Politicization of a Once Reputable Federal Agency
The Department of Energy's statistics wing is feigning an "emergency" to attack legitimate U.S. businesses and score political points, Texas Blockchai [...]
What’s Next in the Federal Election Case Against Trump?
The question of when — or whether — the former president faces trial for trying to overturn the 2020 election could hinge on how the Supreme Court han [...]
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity
The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice [...]
Federal Records Show Increasing Use of Solitary Confinement for Immigrants
A new report based on records from the Trump and Biden years found the average length of solitary detainment was longer than the duration the U.N. say [...]
Judge in Trump Federal Election Case Scraps Trial’s Start Date
Judge Tanya Chutkan removed the planned March 4 start for the trial from her calendar, formalizing a delay that had become increasingly likely in rece [...]
Federal Judge Dismisses Disney Lawsuit Against DeSantis
The company had claimed that the Florida governor and his allies violated its First Amendment rights by taking over a special tax district that govern [...]
Markets ‘Too Optimistic’ About Federal Reserve Interest-Rate Reductions in 2024: JPMorgan Asset Management
Expectations of lower rates became widespread as inflation receded in 2023 and the Fed hinted at a pivot to rate cuts at its December meeting. Accordi [...]
Norfolk Southern Agrees to Try Out Federal Safety Reporting Program
The company, which operated the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, is the first major freight railroad to join a federal program that allows [...]
What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, requires hospitals to provide medically necessary care to stabilize patients i [...]
Hunter Biden to Appear in Federal Court in Los Angeles
Last month, a grand jury in California charged Mr. Biden, President Biden’s son, with evasion of a tax assessment, failure to file and pay taxes, and [...]
Trump Wants Prosecutors Held in Contempt in Federal Election Case
The former president’s lawyers sought to have Jack Smith and two deputies explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for taking new step [...]
United States Federal Reserve Minutes: Rate Cuts Likely
The Federal Reserve’s final policy meeting of 2023 was highly significant as the Fed signalled that it expected to cut rates three times in 2024. This [...]
Federal Judge Approves Georgia’s New Voting Maps
The judge found that the Georgia legislature had complied with orders to allow Black voters an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their cho [...]