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A federal judge on Monday struck down President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee requirement for employers seeking H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, ruling that the administration exceeded its authority by imposing what amounted to a tax that only Congress can authorize or delegate. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, an Obama appointee, issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 states in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, according to court filings. The...

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Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee, ruling it an unconstitutional tax

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Supreme court approves Alabama map that erases majority-Black district

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Supreme Court reinstates Republican-favored Alabama congressional districts

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Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that eliminates a majority-Black district

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that eliminates one of two majority-Black districts in the state in a win for Republicans. The justices, split 6-3 on ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, granted an emergency request filed by Republican officials seeking to use the map, which was enacted in 2023 but has never been used. In the unsigned three-page order, the court said the state is likely to ultimately prevail on its claim that the map...

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Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund

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Feds say ex-NBA player Terry Rozier accepted $100K bribe in sports betting scheme

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NCAA: Sorsby's college career should be over

The NCAA says it would be forced to become the first major American sports league to allow an athlete who bet on their own games to continue to compete if a district court were to grant quarterback Brendan Sorsby an injunction allowing him to play for Texas Tech this season. The NCAA laid out its opposition to Sorsby's request in a legal brief filed late Friday in district court in Lubbock, Texas, that revealed new details about law enforcement's involvement in the origin of the case and the...

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Maryland sheriffs should not be handcuffed by reckless sanctuary politics

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Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that dilutes Black vote

The Supreme Court on Tuesday night said it would allow the state of Alabama to use a new map for congressional districts that a lower federal court had ruled was discriminatory to Black voters. The 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court is expected to result in Republicans in Alabama gaining one seat in the House of Representatives in November's midterm elections because of the dilution of Black voters in the district. The ruling by the Supreme Court's six-member conservative majority was unsigned.

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