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May 20, 2026
Connecticut is asking a federal court to block the Interior Department from accepting any requests from Indigenous nations seeking to reapply for federal recognition under a revised rule finalized last year, claiming it's the product of an unlawful procedure and is arbitrary and capricious in its substance and application.
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May 20, 2026
A ballot group at the center of a voter referendum that revoked an Arkansas gaming permit for Cherokee Nation Entertainment is backing the state's right to enforce the ballot measure in the Eighth Circuit, arguing that state and Prohibition-era Supreme Court precedent confirms there's no protectable property interest in the license.
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May 20, 2026
A man convicted along with his mother of murdering another man on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation has asked the Eighth Circuit to rehear his case, arguing that footage of the killing shouldn't have been admitted due to gaps in the recording.
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May 19, 2026
Federal prosecutors urged the Ninth Circuit Tuesday to revive lawsuits against California and Oregon claiming states are required to hand over voter registration lists that include driver's license and Social Security numbers, saying the data would be used to look for noncitizens and others not eligible to vote.
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May 19, 2026
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Minnesota on Tuesday to block a newly enacted ban on prediction markets, the sixth state the CFTC has taken to federal court to assert control over regulation of the markets.
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May 19, 2026
A coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors are challenging a rule recently promulgated by the U.S. Department of Education, alleging in a complaint in Maryland federal court Tuesday that it unlawfully limits access to federal student loans for those pursuing professional degree programs.
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May 19, 2026
New Jersey plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a recent Third Circuit decision that upheld an injunction on the state's attempt to ban sports prediction markets, according to a joint status report filed by the state and KalshiEx LLC in New Jersey federal court.
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May 19, 2026
SunZia Transmission LLC and the U.S. Department of the Interior are asking an Arizona district court to dismiss a challenge to the construction of a 520-mile power line route through the San Pedro Valley, saying the "late-breaking" litigation is one of the greatest threats to completing needed energy infrastructure.
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May 19, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued before a Senate committee on Tuesday that the nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund announced on Monday as part of the president's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax documents "is not a slush fund."
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May 19, 2026
The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians says Wisconsin is misinterpreting tribal regulatory authority in its bid to block the tribe from barring nonmember fishing in 19 lakes within its reservation, telling a federal district court that the state can't prove key elements of its claims.
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May 18, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking public comment on a new set of proposed regulations for complying with the age determination and parental consent aspects of a looming law that restricts social media platforms from using algorithms to deliver addictive feeds to children.
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May 18, 2026
A split Eighth Circuit panel has upheld the sentences of a mother and son convicted of murdering a man on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, rejecting their claims that home surveillance camera footage of the two beating the victim should not have been admitted because of alleged tampering.
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May 18, 2026
California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection granted safety regulation waivers without proper review, allowing Sable Offshore Corp. to restart operations of a Santa Barbara oil pipeline system a decade after a catastrophic oil spill, environmental and Native American organizations said in a suit removed to federal court.
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May 18, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge ordered Aetna to comply with a preliminary injunction requiring it to reconsider coverage denials affecting two transgender health plan participants who sought gender-affirming facial surgery, refusing to stay the insurer's compliance obligations during its pending appeal in the proposed class action.
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May 18, 2026
An Indigenous nonprofit is seeking to intervene as a defendant in a constitutional challenge to the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program, telling a federal district court that the litigation threatens $2.2 million of annual work that's central to its mission and will impede ongoing collaborations for the upcoming fiscal year.
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May 18, 2026
Iowa aligned with a higher threshold under federal tax law for determining when state income tax must be withheld on gambling winnings as part of a bill signed by the governor.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded an Eighth Circuit challenge by two North Dakota tribes that looks to overturn a ruling prohibiting lawsuits against states for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision civil rights groups say could disenfranchise voters in seven states.
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May 15, 2026
Putting Meta under the supervision of a court-ordered monitor would only cause a slowdown in the development of new child safety features, a compliance executive testified Friday in the New Mexico attorney general's bench trial seeking changes to company practices.
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May 15, 2026
Federal Democratic lawmakers are backing environmental and tribal advocacy groups' opposition to the Trump administration's plan to rescind the long-standing Roadless Area Conservation Rule, arguing the rollback will cause widespread harm to public lands, wildlife, frontline communities and regional economies.
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May 15, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Rhode Island federal judge that a stay blocking grant conditions tied to immigration status and diversity efforts should apply only to several programs and that a nonprofit coalition is improperly trying to expand its reach.
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May 15, 2026
The Ninth Circuit won't revisit a decision saying the University of Washington violated a computer science professor's First Amendment rights after he voiced opposition to the school's policy that acknowledges Indigenous tribes as the traditional caretakers of the campus' land.
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May 15, 2026
The city of Detroit has urged a Michigan federal court to deny Robinhood Derivatives LLC's bid to block the state from enforcing its state gaming laws, arguing the company's sports-related event contracts threaten Detroit's tax revenue and local economy.
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May 14, 2026
A judge denied Meta a midtrial win Thursday morning over harm to underage social media users, prompting the social media giant to call an executive to begin building a defense case that platform changes requested by New Mexico's attorney general are unnecessary or even counterproductive.
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May 14, 2026
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has won a bid in Oklahoma federal court for a preliminary injunction against a city that has challenged the tribe's sovereignty by arresting tribal citizens on reservation land.
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May 14, 2026
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to relax Biden-era rules requiring coal-run power plants to treat toxic wastewater so it doesn't seep into waterways, saying the move would reduce the cost of electricity by more than $1 billion a year.