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  Marriage Equality Bill Heads To Biden After House Approval

  By James Arkin

  The U.S. House of Representatives voted in bipartisan fashion Thursday to pass landmark legislation enshrining p...(read more)

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• 5th Circ. Scolds Judge Over Stock Conflict, But Backs Ruling

  By Emma Cueto

  A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in a published ruling Thursday that there was "no doubt" a district court judge should have recused herself from a case against Wal-Mart and several local law enforcement officers while owning stock in the retail giant, but kept in place her dismissal of a suit against the company.

• Lawmakers Told Of 'Stealth Missionaries' Lobbying Justices

  By Jimmy Hoover

  An ex-evangelical leader turned whistleblower testified to the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday about his 20-year campaign of deploying wealthy donors as "stealth missionaries" to befriend and embolden conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices to oppose abortion.

• Senate Confirms Ohio Judge, Committee Advances 5 Picks

  By James Arkin

  The Senate confirmed an Ohio district court pick Thursday and advanced the nominations of judges for the Third and Fifth Circuits, setting up confirmations for as soon as next week.

• Texas AG Says Mallinckrodt Trust Can't Be Used For Atty Pay

  By Rick Archer

  The Texas Office of the Attorney General told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday it may ask him to rule against a request to pay attorney fees in Texas opioid multidistrict litigation out of the opioid claims trust established in the Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 plan.

• Maryland District Judge Hazel To Resign In February 2023

  By Jack Rodgers

  Maryland District Court Judge George J. Hazel on Thursday announced his intent to retire in late February 2023, giving President Joe Biden another judicial vacancy to fill.

• House Passes $858B Defense Bill For 2023

  By Daniel Wilson

  The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a final, $858 billion version of the annual defense bill for 2023, a significant boost to the U.S. Department of Defense's 2022 budget that will also eliminate the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

• House Probe Rips Snyder, NFL For Toxic Workplace In Report

  By David Steele

  The NFL's Washington Commanders and owner Dan Snyder subjected team employees to a "deeply entrenched toxic work culture" for more than two decades, all while the league gave them cover by mishandling its own investigation and burying the results, according to a scathing report by a congressional committee released on Thursday.

• WNBA Star Griner Freed From Russia In Prisoner Swap

  By Alex Lawson

  WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was freed from a Russian penal colony in a swap for imprisoned arms dealer Viktor Bout, officials in both countries confirmed Thursday, ending a monthslong saga that began with the Phoenix Mercury center's detention for drug smuggling.

• Chauvin Prosecutor Among 4 Attys Elevated To Federal Bench

  By James Arkin

  The Senate on Wednesday confirmed four nominees for district courts in Pennsylvania and Minnesota, including a BakerHostetler partner in Philadelphia and the Minneapolis attorney who served as a special prosecutor in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of the murder of George Floyd.

• Russian Agent Used Condos To Launder Money, Feds Say

  By Faith Williams

  A Russian intelligence agent was charged with fraud and money laundering in connection with the purchase of two Beverly Hills condominiums and with violating U.S. sanctions, authorities said Wednesday.

• Indiana Sues TikTok Over Chinese Data-Sharing, Kids' Safety

  By Allison Grande

  Indiana's attorney general on Wednesday unleashed a pair of lawsuits accusing popular video-sharing app TikTok of being a "Chinese Trojan Horse" that has misled users about the Chinese government's access to their personal data and has exposed children to inappropriate content.

• SG Asks Justices To Overturn Terror Aid Decision

  By Nadia Dreid

  Twitter, Facebook and Google are not the kind of "culpable actors" that Congress had in mind when it expanded the Antiterrorism Act of 1990 to allow victims of terrorism to seek damages from those who aided or abetted an attack, the federal government has told the U.S. Supreme Court.