This month, Oklahoma's Attorney General joined with the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit seeking to overturn an Oklahoma state law giving in-state higher education tuition rates to undocumented residents. The lawsuit piggybacks off a January executive order titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion, part of which required the Attorney General and the Department of Homeland Security to review contracts with organizations that continued to provide services to undocumented immigrants.
They note that the 152-acre project site - an undeveloped swath of creosote scrub about a half-mile from the national park boundary - may support at least 10 plant and 17 animal species that are either listed as threatened or endangered or recognized as species of concern, including loggerhead shrikes, golden eagles, burrowing owls and, of course, desert tortoises such as Big Boy and Squiggles.
In July, the Macrons sued Owens in the Delaware Superior Court, seeking compensatory and punitive damages in a 22-count complaint that lists Owens' comments from social media posts, podcasts, television shows, and elsewhere insisting that Brigitte Macron was a man and stole another person's identity to transition to a woman, that the Macrons are secretly blood relatives in an incestuous relationship, and other conspiracy theories about the couple.
Attorney Aleshire argues that the ballot language is misleading and does not clarify that the tax increase, if approved, would be permanent. He emphasizes that the City Council is attempting to mislead voters into accepting a significant tax hike.
Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co. filed a lawsuit against Applied Materials, claiming trade secret theft related to plasma source technologies used in wafer surface treatment.
The court ruled that the administration can continue to freeze or terminate billions of dollars that Congress had earmarked for foreign aid spending. In a 2-to-1 vote, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the plaintiffs in the case...did not have the legal standing to bring a lawsuit.
Match Group has known about serious user safety issues, including reports of drugging, assault, and rape, since at least 2016, according to internal documents.
Gina Carano, former MMA fighter and actress, sued Disney and LucasFilm after her firing over controversial social media posts linking political views to antisemitism. Elon Musk funded the lawsuit.
The White House announced an increased presence of federal law enforcement in Washington DC for at least the next week to combat crime amid Donald Trump's suggestions to take over the city's governance.
"In the United States of America, no one should fear a midnight knock on the door for voicing the wrong opinion," Conor Fitzpatrick, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, said in a news release. "Free speech isn't a privilege the government hands out. Under our Constitution it is the inalienable right of every man, woman, and child."
