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President Joe Biden’s nominee to be only the second Black man appointed to a federal appeals court in the past decade was confirmed by the Senate, sending Embry Kidd, a US magistrate judge in Orlando, Florida, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (…

The House voted overwhelmingly, 336 to 95, to approve an unusual two-tier spending bill to keep some government offices open through January 19, 2024, while others would operate through February 2, 2024.

The Senate is expected to vote on the measure later this week.

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A jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding Virginia-based military contractor CACI Premier Technology Inc. responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago (…

Today, on Veterans Day, Defender Nation honors the service and sacrifice of those who have served in our nation’s armed forces. Their commitment to duty, honor, and country is a powerful reminder of the values that we hold dear—not only as citizens but as defenders.

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The Iowa Supreme Court is being asked to consider, again, if state courts can bill poor defendants for their court-appointed lawyers, even when they're acquitted or the charges against them are dropped (access…

A military judge on Sunday postponed a hearing to receive the guilty plea of and two other men and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, so that prosecutors can seek again to nullify the plea deal (…

In en banc news, the Fourth Circuit will reconsider its decision that it wasn't a "search" when law enforcement got a "geofence warrant" for cell-phone data from Google that placed the defendant with 150 meters of a bank and…

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more people eligible for capital punishment, including child rapists,…

Does law enforcement's use of a "pole camera" to film the front of someone's home amount to a "search" under the Fourth Amendment? Seventh Circuit (2021…

Wednesday, the federal government shed light on a new wave of scams targeting attorneys across the country.

Attorneys across the country are being targeted with fake electronic filing notifications, in which emails…