Federal appeals courts are facing a flood of cases in 2026 that will determine transgender students’ rights in public schools ...

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Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by a group of states that challenged the mass firings of thousands of federal probationary workers. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...

The law Congress passed this year to force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ...

Federal court shuts down employer strategy of forcing workers to form corporations as workaround to employment law ...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington sounded skeptical Monday of President Donald Trump’s proclamation effectively ending asylum in the United States, during oral arguments over a lower ...

Legal gambling on the presidential election and Congressional races got the greenlight Wednesday — and betting could start as soon as this week. The Court of Appeals in DC declined to issue a stay in ...

A federal appeals court agreed to allow the President Donald Trump administration to keep the National Guard in Washington ...

August 28, 2025 - As the United States grapples with the implications of trade policy, a pivotal question looms: Did President Trump overstep his bounds by invoking emergency powers to impose ...

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