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  Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash

  By Rachel Rippetoe

  Three attorneys who are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with ...(read more)

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  Trump Funding Freeze Blocked As Court Doubts Reversal

  By Julie Manganis

  A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration fro...(read more)

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• Trump Fires CFPB Director Chopra

  By Jon Hill

  President Donald Trump has fired Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in a long-awaited move to purge another holdover of the Biden administration.

• Trump Administration Fires Jan. 6 Prosecutors, Reports Say

  By Hailey Konnath

  The U.S. Department of Justice's new leadership on Friday terminated more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal cases regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, and also began probing potentially thousands of FBI agents who worked on similar investigations, according to news reports.

• Top Bribe-Taker In NYC Housing Corruption Bust Gets 4 Years

  By Pete Brush

  A New York federal judge hit a former New York City public housing superintendent with a four-year prison term Friday, after he admitted taking $329,000 in bribes — the largest amount reported among 70 city workers caught up in a large-scale anti-corruption takedown.

• NY Doctor Charged In La. For Prescribing Abortion Pill Online

  By Mark Payne

  A Louisiana grand jury indicted a New York doctor on Friday, alleging she prescribed abortion drugs online to a Louisiana woman who then provided the pills to her teenage daughter to induce an abortion, a violation of the state's law.

• Up, Up And Away Again: New 'Superman' IP Suit Takes Flight

  By Hailey Konnath

  The heirs of "Superman" co-creator Joseph Shuster on Friday launched another intellectual property fight, this time alleging that DC Comics has continued to exploit the foreign copyrights to the original character and story even though, in a handful of countries, those rights automatically reverted to his estate years ago.

• Full DC Circ. Will Not Review White House NEPA Power Ruling

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected petitions for en banc review of a panel's ruling that the White House does not have the legal authority to promulgate regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act.

• New EPA Leader's First Days Bring Heat From Senators, Staff

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new chief is facing stiff tests from Democratic senators demanding answers about whether money Congress appropriated for grants has been inappropriately frozen and from workers speaking out about deteriorating morale.

• Former Fed Adviser Charged With Spying For China

  By Elliot Weld

  A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested Friday on charges of stealing confidential data for the government of China, which prosecutors said could be used to conduct market manipulation.

• Court Won't Block Tempur Sealy's $4B Mattress Firm Deal

  By Matthew Perlman

  A Texas federal court on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission's bid to put a hold on Tempur Sealy International Inc.'s planned $4 billion purchase of Mattress Firm Group Inc. over concerns about rival mattress suppliers' access to the retail chain.

• Dem AGs Say Trump's DEI Attacks Undercut Anti-Bias Efforts

  By Patrick Hoff

  A dozen state attorneys general decried President Donald Trump's attempts to roll back diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs across the federal government, saying Friday his stance threatens decades of bipartisan work to combat discrimination and provide equal job opportunities.

• Goldstein Case Raises The Stakes For A DOJ Office In Tumult

  By Phillip Bantz

  The bombshell tax-crimes case of U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein landed at a U.S. Department of Justice outpost in Maryland that has been plagued in recent years by botched cases and internal strife — pitting a beleaguered U.S. attorney against a pair of former Donald Trump attorneys itching for a fight.

• Ex-Trump Atty Sidney Powell Again Escapes Texas Discipline

  By Catherine Marfin

  Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell has again escaped disciplinary action in connection with her efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.