Texas judge dismisses Paxton lawsuit targeting Democratic voter registration

Judge dismisses Pennsylvania Republicans' overseas voters lawsuit

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed six Pennsylvania Republican congressmen’s lawsuit that could have thrown thousands of overseas ballots into question in the key swing state. U.S. District ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Democratic voter registration raises red flags for Harris

Democrats’ voter registration advantage has dropped in three key battleground states — Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada — raising a red flag for Vice President Harris as experts cite a lack ...

Politics - The Hill - October 13

Judges dismiss GOP lawsuits challenging overseas ballots

Judges in both Michigan and North Carolina dismissed lawsuits brought on by the Republican National Committee that would have increased restrictions for overseas ballots. Some Republicans argued ...

Judge dismisses news outlets' lawsuit against OpenAI

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed two news outlets’ lawsuit against OpenAI over its use of their copyrighted content to train ChatGPT, finding that failed to show an actual injury. Raw Story ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

How Democrats' voter-registration advantage eroded in Pennsylvania, and what it means for 2024

Pennsylvania is perhaps the most pivotal swing state up for grabs in this election, just like it was in 2020.

Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

A Mississippi judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is ...

Health - ABC News - October 16

Judge dismisses Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers' lawsuit about voting abroad

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of House Republican lawmakers from Pennsylvania seeking stricter ID requirements for Americans voting from locations overseas. Meanwhile, ...

Texas judge won't drop lawsuit after commission rescinds LGBTQ rights warning

A Texas judge said she will not drop her lawsuit against a state commission that publicly sanctioned her for refusing to officiate at same-sex weddings.

Pennsylvania investigating reports of fraudulent voter registration applications

Former President Donald Trump has mischaracterized investigations into a number of voter registration applications in Pennsylvania.

US judge returns lawsuit against Elon Musk’s $1m voter scheme to state court

Civil suit claims that tech billionaire and his Trump-supporting America Pac giveaway is illegal lottery. A federal judge on Friday denied an attempt by America Pac – the political action committee ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Paxton accuses Texas doctor of providing gender-affirming care in violation of state law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday sued a doctor in Dallas, accusing her of providing gender-affirming care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of the state’s law. Paxton ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Nebraska court allows voter registrations from people with felony convictions

Nebraskans with felony convictions may register to vote after the state's high court ruled Wednesday that a top election official had no authority to deem a law restoring those rights ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

What voter registration data says about 2024 election turnout

The deadline to register to vote in the presidential election has already passed in more than a dozen states, and data shows that there are millions of newly registered voters. Tom Bonier, senior ...

Michigan secretary of state pushes back against Musk's voter registration claims

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and tech billionaire Elon Musk got into a days-long back-and-forth on the social platform X about voter registration in the Wolverine State. On ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Pennsylvania officials investigating fraudulent voter registration applications in Lancaster County

Pennsylvania officials are investigating as many as 2,500 fraudulent voter registration applications in Lancaster County ahead of the 2024 election.

Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations

The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing Virginia to leave in place its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from voting

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Politics - The Hill - November 1

Pennsylvania, Arizona counties investigating suspicious voter registration forms

Several counties across Pennsylvania and Arizona are investigating batches of improper voter registration forms submitted by an Arizona-based firm in recent weeks. There is no evidence the forms ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Roman Polanski: lawsuit alleging director raped teenager in 1973 settled and dismissed

Civil suit that claimed the now 91-year-old sexually assaulted a 16-year-old in Los Angeles in 1973 has been settled to ‘mutual satisfaction’ of both parties. Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning film ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

Lawsuit Against Meta Over Section 230, Tech Shield Law, Is Dismissed

A professor sued pre-emptively to release software that would let users automatically unfollow everyone in their Facebook feed.

Tech - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Republicans hit for overseas voter lawsuits

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Democrats accuse GOP of obstructing military voters Republicans ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Prosecutors Urge Judge Not to Dismiss Bribery Charge Against Eric Adams

Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to drop one of five counts against him and to discipline prosecutors, whom he has accused of improperly leaking information to the news media.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 19

Judge upholds dismissal of charges against Alec Baldwin in fatal 'Rust' shooting

A New Mexico judge has declined to reconsider criminal charges against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting on the set of "Rust" in October 2021.

US elections live: Harris addresses first-time voters as Trump performs ‘garbageman’ stunt

Democrat speaks in Wisconsin while Republican hammers Biden on Tuesday’s remarks. Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts . Tim Walz ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

China hack targeted senior congressional Democrats

Chinese hackers also targeted cell phones belonging to senior Democratic officials in addition to former President Trump, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and people in the Harris campaign, The Associated ...

Politics - The Hill - October 26

Texas judge temporarily pauses Robert Roberson's execution

A Texas judge Thursday temporarily halted the execution of a man who was convicted of murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter. Robert Roberson would have been the first person in the U.S. ...

Judge partially blocks Texas transmission law

A federal judge on Monday struck down a section of a Texas law that gives state utilities the “right of first refusal” for building new electrical transmission lines. The law, SB 1938, made it ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Massachusetts judge rules Meta must face state's social media lawsuit

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled Meta must face a state lawsuit, alleging the company knowingly designed and deployed features harmful to young online users. Suffolk County Superior ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Judge extends in-person voting option in Pennsylvania after Trump lawsuit

Trump campaign demanded extension of deadline in Bucks county after long lines outside election offices were cut off. US politics live – latest updates A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday sided ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Judge extends Bucks County mail-in voting deadline after Trump lawsuit

Voters in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, now have until Friday to apply for or receive a mail-in ballot after the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit alleging some who sought a ballot were turned away. CBS ...

Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit to block hand-returned mail ballots

A Georgia judge has blocked attempts to keep voters in Fulton County from submitting mail-in ballots in person. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion spoke with officials in the Peach ...

OpenAI’s data scraping wins big as Raw Story’s copyright lawsuit dismissed by NY court

The dismissal of Raw Story’s lawsuit is more than a win for OpenAI—it’s an indicator of how courts may handle similar copyright claims.

Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago

Latino support for Democrats appears to be shrinking in Texas

Democrats have counted on the Latino vote for years, but their support appears to be slipping. NBC News polling shows a growing number of working class Latino voters in Texas are casting their ...

Politics - NBC News - October 18

Democrats hope for Texas upset in Allred-Cruz race

Rep. Colin Allred (D) is homing in on suburban voters to pull him over the finish line with a week to go in Texas’s increasingly tight Senate race. Polls have shown Allred closing the gap with ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

New Mexico judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in a fatal movie set shooting

Entertainment - ABC News - October 25

Judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in on-set shooting

A New Mexico judge has upheld her own decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie