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  States Launch Challenge To Trump Auto Emissions Policy

  By Keith Goldberg

  California and 22 other states sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Friday over its elimination o...(read more)

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  New NLRB Rule Would Block Grad Student Unions

  By Braden Campbell

  The National Labor Relations Board on Friday released a proposed rule that would block college teaching and rese...(read more)

• US Hits Iran With New Sanctions, OKs Troops To Aid Saudis

  By Daniel Wilson

  The Trump administration lobbed fresh sanctions on Iran on Friday, while greenlighting troops to defend Saudi Arabia, following the recent attacks on Saudi oil fields.

• US Strikes Asylum Deal With El Salvador, But Details Unclear

  By Suzanne Monyak

  The Trump administration and the government of El Salvador have struck an agreement to boost the Central American country’s asylum capacity, according to a Friday announcement that offered scant details on how the agreement would be carried out.

• Gov't Must Revisit $1.4B Food Contract For Troops Overseas

  By Kaitlyn Burton

  The Defense Logistics Agency cannot proceed with a contract worth up to $1.38 billion to supply food to overseas troops after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that it wrongly credited a Kuwaiti company for owning a warehouse.

• Marketing By Vape Cos. 'Severely' Limited In LA Settlement

  By Craig Clough

  Two e-cigarette companies would be banned from using actors and social media influencers under the age of 30 in their marketing and be "severely restricted" in other areas of their California advertising and promotional strategies under a lawsuit settlement announced Friday by the Los Angeles city attorney.

• Dues Refunds After Janus Not A Sure Bet, 7th Circ. Chief Says

  By Celeste Bott

  The namesake plaintiff in the landmark Janus case and other nonunion state workers urged the Seventh Circuit on Friday to grant them a refund of the "fair share" fees they once paid for collective bargaining, but the judges said it's not a given that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision applies retroactively.

• Facebook Suspends 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Apps

  By Ben Kochman

  Facebook said Friday it has suspended "tens of thousands" of apps that may have misused its members' information, a far higher number than the social giant has previously disclosed amid fallout from the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal.

• 1st Circ. Revives Georgeson Tix-For-Votes Fraud Case

  By Chris Villani

  A wild fraud case involving three former Georgeson LLC advisers was revived Friday by the First Circuit, which said a lower court dismissed the case improperly on double jeopardy grounds after their first trial abruptly ended on its next-to-last day because of a shorthanded jury.

• Trump Not Feeling Pressure For Quick China Trade Truce

  By Alex Lawson

  President Donald Trump said Friday that he will not settle for a partial agreement to knock down Chinese trade barriers and that he is not in a rush to wrap up talks with Beijing before next year's election.

• 13 Months Sought For 'Varsity Blues' Parent Who Sued School

  By Chris Villani

  Federal prosecutors said late Thursday a business executive who paid $400,000 to have his son fraudulently admitted to Georgetown University and then sued the school for kicking his son out when the "Varsity Blues" scheme unraveled deserves 13 months in prison.

• FDA Releases Proposed Rule On E-Cig Applications

  By Emily Field

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposed rule setting requirements for companies seeking approval of their e-cigarette products, including keeping records on the legal marketing of their products.