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Judge rules Utah’s congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren’t drawn to favor any party. The current map, adopted in 2021, divides Salt Lake County — Utah’s population

Judge orders mental health assessment for man accused of killing 11 at Vancouver festival

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Canadian judge on Friday ordered a man accused of ramming his sport utility vehicle through a Filipino heritage festival crowd, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, to receive a mental health assessment to determine if he’s fit to stand trial. A publicity ban prevents the publication of why Judge Reginal

Biden-appointed judge blocks deportation of Boulder attack suspect’s family despite visa violations

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an emergency ruling, a Biden administration-appointed federal judge in Colorado halted the deportation of the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, the Egyptian national under federal investigation for the Boulder firebombing attack. The temporary restraining order (TRO), issued by U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher

Meta asks judge to throw out antitrust case mid-trial

Meta has filed a motion for judgment on the antitrust case it’s currently fighting in court. The motion argues that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has failed to produce any evidence that Meta unlawfully monopolized part of the social networking market, something the government argues it did through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp...

How a bankruptcy judge can stop a genetic privacy disaster

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A tech company accumulates a ton of user data, hoping to figure out a business model later. That business model never arrives, the company goes under, and the data is in the wind.  The latest version of that story emerged on March 24, when the onetime genetic

Judge starts contempt of court process over US immigration moves

A federal judge in Washington found Wednesday there was probable cause the Trump administration engaged in criminal contempt of court for refusing to comply with his order stopping the deportation of migrants under a centuries-old wartime law. Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in an opinion criticizes

US judge limits Musk’s DOGE access to social security data

A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday, April 18, to limit access to Americans' Social Security data for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following concerns raised by unions about the billionaire's broad powers. The ruling by District Judge Ellen Hollander prohibits DOGE staff from accessing personal data, such as Social Security numbers, medical histories

Judge won’t block Musk, DOGE from federal data, layoffs

WASHINGTON — A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that there are legitimate questions about Musk's authority but said there isn't evidence of the kind of grave legal harm that