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May 13, 2026
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must revisit rulemaking on a flame retardant known as decaBDE, a Ninth Circuit panel said Wednesday, agreeing with a Native American tribe and environmental groups that the federal agency failed to adequately explain its past decisions declining to further regulate the chemical's disposal.
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May 13, 2026
A Fourth Circuit judge on Wednesday appeared less than pleased with counsel for a collection of environmental groups during a hearing to consider halting construction on an interstate pipeline, calling attention to the "one sentence" devoted to the public harm of ongoing energy shortages.
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May 13, 2026
An Indigenous activist is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a federal government petition that looks to overturn a Tenth Circuit decision that said he can't be convicted of simple assault under the Major Crimes Act, telling the justices that the government's "bizarre" arguments flout the law's plain text.
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May 13, 2026
The (Muscogee) Creek Supreme Court won't hold the tribe's citizenship board or executive branch in contempt over an order that gives citizenship to those once enslaved by the Indigenous nation, saying the governmental entities have shown that they're taking steps to comply with the directive, albeit slowly.
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May 13, 2026
A bipartisan bill aims to improve how immigration officials interact with Native Americans following reports that members of Indigenous communities are getting swept up in immigration raids and of officers not accepting their Tribal IDs despite them being U.S. citizens.
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May 13, 2026
The National Federation of Federal Employees and a group of federal workers are accusing the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture of unlawfully imposing her religious views on a "captive audience" of agency employees through agency emails, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court Wednesday.
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May 12, 2026
A tribal lending company alongside its officers and members of the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria have asked a North Carolina federal judge to toss a proposed class action against it, arguing the predatory loan suit can't survive.
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May 12, 2026
A Wisconsin federal judge has ruled that the Ho-Chunk Nation can sue prediction market platform Kalshi under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, but he stripped racketeering and false advertising allegations from the tribe's gambling lawsuit targeting the company's sports event contracts.
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May 12, 2026
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has signed the first ever tribal energy resource agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior that will allow the Indigenous nation to manage and develop energy resources on its own lands without having to obtain federal approval for each endeavor.
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May 12, 2026
A Montana district court judge has temporarily blocked a state law that cut off federal Election Day voter registration at noon, saying it will prevent otherwise eligible voters from casting ballots and disproportionately affects Native American and young voters.
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May 12, 2026
A Florida federal judge has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid to stay her preliminary injunction requiring noncitizens detained at the South Florida Detention Facility to have outgoing phone access to legal counsel, finding that his motion merely repeated prior arguments.
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May 11, 2026
A computer science expert testified Monday that Meta should be ordered to revise minor users' content recommendation formula to prioritize safety as much as engagement, as part of the New Mexico attorney general's ongoing bench trial over teen mental health.
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May 11, 2026
Several Native American tribes in Oklahoma and a nonprofit intertribal organization have voiced their support for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation as it asks the Tenth Circuit to block Tulsa County's district attorney from exercising criminal jurisdiction on its reservation.
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May 11, 2026
Kalshi Inc. on Monday told the federal court overseeing its sports contract brawl with Arizona regulators that it's appealed an order denying its request to enjoin Arizona officials from enforcing state gaming laws against it to the Ninth Circuit.
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May 11, 2026
Four tribes in Maine and the head of the state's gambling agency have asked a federal judge to hand them an early win in a lawsuit by Churchill Downs Inc.'s Oxford Casino over online betting, arguing that a recently enacted internet gaming law is valid.
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May 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior has asked a Montana district court to pause litigation challenging bison management at Yellowstone National Park, saying it intends to issue a supplemental analysis that will update the plan's final environmental impact statement.
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May 11, 2026
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Greenpeace International can't relitigate in a Dutch court claims against the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that resulted in a $345 million defamation and property damage state jury verdict, saying the "collateral attack" would erase any final damage awards.
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May 11, 2026
Federal regulators have said that environmental groups can't challenge the first in a series of offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by last year's budget reconciliation bill, telling a D.C. federal judge that Congress' instructions were clear and precise.
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May 08, 2026
Recent suits by a social media user and two state attorneys general in their bids to hold Meta and other tech giants accountable for the allegedly addictive nature of their platforms have brought to the forefront a potentially lucrative strategy for more broadly regulating online harms, as the First Amendment and other roadblocks continue to stymie legislative efforts.
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May 08, 2026
A Washington federal judge on Friday hinted that she lacks jurisdiction over a multistate challenge to the federal government's cancellation of a solar energy project grant program, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent indicating that a bid to reinstate the funding would belong in the Court of Federal Claims.
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May 08, 2026
Chevron and offshore industry groups have told a federal judge that the recent exemption of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities from Endangered Species Act requirements moots a lawsuit challenging federal evaluations of offshore drilling's effects on endangered species.
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May 08, 2026
Two foster parents are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act after the Minnesota Supreme Court determined they don't have standing to take on the bedrock law on claims of constitutional equal protection rights, telling the justices that the case "cries out for certiorari."
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May 08, 2026
The Lummi Nation is asking a Washington district court for an order that would block a telephone company from continuing to construct a broadband project at a site where Indigenous remains have been unearthed, arguing that they have not been allowed to assess the damage or properly rebury their ancestors.
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May 08, 2026
The Trump administration asked a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss challenges to the president's executive order limiting mail-in voting, saying it's premature to challenge the directive before any concrete steps are taken to implement it.
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May 08, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced it made 1.4 million acres of federal land available to Alaska to make way for more state energy production, as part of its broader land transfer program under the Alaska Statehood Act.