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Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Georgia on Friday denied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Fulton County election interference case to federal court. “Having considered the arguments and the evidence, the Court concludes that Meadows has not met his burden,” Judge Steve Jones wrote in […]

Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal Constitution/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Fulton County judge has ordered two defendants in the Georgia election interference case to stand trial together on Oct. 23. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said he was “very skeptical” of District Attorney Fani Willis’ desire to try the remaining defendants’ cases together on […]

James Devaney/GC Images (NEW YORK) — A judge in New York on Wednesday said there would be no delay to the start of the civil trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his namesake real estate company. Judge Arthur Engoron said that arguments Trump and others […]

Wally Skalij/Los Angles Times (SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) — A California judge has issued a temporary restraining order on what Attorney General Rob Bonta calls Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education’s “forced outing policy.” The policy would require schools to inform parents if a student requests to use a name or pronoun different from the […]

ABC News (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Andrew Lester, the Missouri man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, will face trial, a Clay County judge ruled during a preliminary hearing on Thursday. Following testimony from 12 witnesses in a Liberty courtroom, Clay County Judge Louis Angles […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (AUSTIN, Texas) — A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against Senate Bill 12, which restricts “sexually oriented performances” and has been criticized for limiting public drag performances in Texas. The law was set to go into effect on Friday, Sept. 1. The law doesn’t specifically mention drag shows, but […]

Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images (DEDHAM, Mass.) — A Massachusetts judge ruled that defrocked Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial in a sex abuse case. He was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago. Dedham District Court Judge Paul McCallum dismissed the case against McCarrick in a […]