Public Policy & Legal
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Trump Ordered to Pay E. Jean Carroll More Than $5.8 Million
The order follows the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear Trump’s appeal of the 2023 civil verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation
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Trump Loses Another Appeal to Get His Name Back on the Kennedy Center
The president was ordered to remove his name from the building in May and lost his initial appeal in June
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Oregon AG to Ask Court to Pause Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal for 60 Days Amid Records Dispute
“[The information] has nothing to do with whether this transaction complies with Oregon’s antitrust laws and is not a legitimate basis to delay a plainly lawful, pro-competitive transaction,” a Paramount spokesperson responds
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Judge Throws Out Trump Media’s $3.8 Billion Suit Against Washington Post
“[Trump Media] has failed to present evidence that would allow a jury to find … that [The Washington Post] published the allegedly defamatory statements with actual malice,” Judge Thomas Barber writes
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ABC Says the Government Can’t ‘Sit in an Editor’s Chair’ in Fiery Response to FCC Over ‘The View’
“That is the seat the Commission now proposes to take, deciding which broadcast programs qualify as legitimate news,” the company says in a new regulatory filing
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Prince Harry, Elton John Lose UK Tabloid Privacy Invasion Case
A U.K. High Court judge has dismissed all hacking and bugging claims against the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday publisher
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Taylor Swift Wins Plagiarism Lawsuit Against Florida Poet
Judge Aileen Cannon ruled Kimberly Marasco’s poems “do not contain protectable expression” and “failed to plausibly plead copying”
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Mike Rowe Sues Discovery, Claims Over $2 Million in Unpaid ‘Deadliest Catch’ Narration Fees
The suit comes over a year after Rowe sued Warner Bros. Discovery over a royalties dispute tied to streaming
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Fake Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note
Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother has been missing since Feb. 1
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‘Married at First Sight UK’ Star Arrested Over Rape Allegations
“Enquiries remain ongoing,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Thursday
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FBI Determines 3 Kidnapping Notes in Nancy Guthrie Case Are Fake
“Some have been deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy. Other ransom demands may potentially be legitimate,” an FBI spokesperson says
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Colleen Zenk, ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘Young and the Restless’ Actress, Arrested for DUI
The actress’ May arrest marks her third since 2010 for driving under the influence
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Dish Files for Court Approval of Prepackaged Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The satellite TV provider expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the third quarter under its debt restructuring plan
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NPR Retracts Report That Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Is Retiring
Editor in Chief Thomas Evans says it was reported due to a “misunderstanding” and that an apology has been issued to Justice Alito
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California AG Rob Bonta Downplays Report He’s Pushing Paramount to Sell CNN
“We have to be concerned about that. We’re not naive. We see what’s happening in the world,” Rob Bonta tells Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW
