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Federal Court System Prepares For Impact Of Government Shutdown

National

Federal courts trumpet steps to protect workers after #MeToo movement

4:34pm November 20, 2024

The federal courts say they have taken "extensive" steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don't trust the internal system for reporting complaints.

In this photo illustration, a person looks at the drug mifepristone on their smartphone.

A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market

7:11pm February 01, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A decision is expected soon in a case challenging the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a drug commonly used to induce abortions.

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NPR and The New York Times have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

NPR and New York Times ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

12:30pm January 25, 2023

by David Folkenflik

NPR and the New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

A courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie in New York in January 2013.

Politics & Government

What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master

5:00am September 16, 2022

by Jasper Ruppert

Dearie, 78, a former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York, was one of the special master candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.