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  • January 30, 2026

    DOE-Created Climate Panel Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

    A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy violated the law when it formed a climate change science advisory panel that environmental groups alleged was created to undermine findings on the harmful impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

  • January 30, 2026

    Kroger, Albertsons Look To Block FTC Testimony Handover

    Grocery giants Albertsons and Kroger asked a California federal judge to protect sensitive expert testimony that helped the Federal Trade Commission torpedo their planned merger in 2024, which a new FTC target said is urgently needed to show that the regulator is creating contradictory market analyses.

  • January 30, 2026

    Calif. Senator Floats Bill To Expand Data Deletion Rights

    A California senator is pushing to update the state's landmark data privacy law to expand the type of personal information that consumers can ask businesses to delete and to require companies to provide residents with more ways to submit data deletion, access and correction requests. 

  • January 30, 2026

    Irish Luge Team Says Russians Iced Athlete Out Of Olympics

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport said the Irish Luge Federation has appealed a decision to award athletes from Russia places in the women's singles competition for the upcoming Winter Olympics, claiming it ices an Irish athlete out of the games.

  • January 30, 2026

    Senate Passes Gov't Funding Package; House Must Vote Next

    The Senate voted 71-29 on Friday to pass five of the remaining government funding bills for fiscal 2026 and a short tenure extension for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security bill to give lawmakers and the White House time to work on possible immigration enforcement changes.

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