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US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges
Read full article: US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challengesA federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges continue.
Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech
Read full article: Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speechA federal appeals court is temporarily lifting a gag order on Donald Trump in his federal election interference case in Washington.
White House, Jan. 6 committee agree to shield some documents
Read full article: White House, Jan. 6 committee agree to shield some documentsThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its request for hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration.
Appeals court weighs Trump arguments to withhold records
Read full article: Appeals court weighs Trump arguments to withhold recordsA panel of judges on Tuesday questioned whether they had the authority to grant former President Donald Trump’s demands to stop Congress from gaining access to documents related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena
Read full article: Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoenaSteve Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, has been indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Court revives House's challenge of Trump wall funding
Read full article: Court revives House's challenge of Trump wall fundingThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the House Democrats’ lawsuit. The appeals panel cited the House's argument that it was cut out of its “constitutionally indispensable legislative role” when Trump unilaterally moved about $8 billion to border wall construction. House Democrats sued three months after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, triggered by Trump's demand for border wall funding. Another appeals court ruled in June against the transfer of money from military construction projects. Building a border wall was one of Trump's signature campaign pledges four years ago, though he promised then that Mexico would pay for the wall.