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Katie Hill Ordered to Pay $220K in Legal Fees Over Failed ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit

Katie Hill, the disgraced former California Congresswoman who resigned from her House seat after her inappropriate affairs with staffers came to light, was ordered to pay $220,000 in legal fees to the Daily Mail and to two journalists she sued, according to Fox News. Hill filed the lawsuit last year...

Health Dept. Whistleblower Sues NJ Governor; Claims His Firing was COVID-Coverup Retaliation

(Todd DeFeo, The Center Square) A former New Jersey official has asked a court to add defamation claims against the governor and a state lawmaker to his pending whistleblower lawsuit. Christopher Neuwirth, a former assistant commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health’s Division of Public Health, Infrastructure, Laboratories and Emergency...

Judge Upholds Biden Decision to Disallow Fireworks at Mt. Rushmore on July 4th

(Associated Press) A federal judge on Wednesday rebuffed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's efforts to force the National Park Service to grant the state permission to shoot fireworks from Mount Rushmore National Memorial to celebrate Independence Day this year. Noem sued the U.S. Department of Interior in an effort to reverse...

MLB Hit w/$100M Lawsuit for Pulling All-Star Game from Ga.

Major League Baseball was hit with a $100-million lawsuit this week over its decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta, Georgia, in response to the state’s new election integrity law. The Job Creators Network, which has more than 30 partners, filed a lawsuit in New York City...

Appeals Court Imposes Injunction on SBA Over Discrimination Against White Males

(Jon Styf, The Center Square) A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a Tennessee bar and restaurant owner, granting an injunction against the U.S. Small Business Administration from prioritizing COVID-19 relief funds based upon the restaurant owner’s race and sex. Two of the three judges on the panel agreed with...

‘Big Tech’ Sues Florida Over New Anti-Censorship Social Media Law

(John Haughey, The Center Square) Two lobbying associations that partner with Twitter and Google are challenging the legality of Florida’s new social media law. The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming Senate Bill 7072, signed into law Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is...

LAWSUIT: Biden Admin Excludes Rancher from Loan Forgiveness Program Because She’s White

(The Center Square) A Wyoming rancher is suing the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture claiming race discrimination over a federal loan forgiveness program that bars her from participating because she is white. Leisl Carpenter, a 29-year-old rancher from Laramie, says in the lawsuit that the “American Rescue Plan”...

LAWSUIT: Women- & Minority-Owned Businesses at Front of the Line for ‘COVID Relief’

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Texas Public Policy Foundation and America First Policy Institute have sued the U.S. Small Business Administration, alleging a provision in the America Rescue Act requires the SBA to prioritize businesses owned by women and minorities to receive nearly $30 billion in COVID-19-designated relief money...

Newsom Ordered to Pay $1.3M Settlement Over COVID Church Restrictions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was ordered to pay a $1.35 million settlement this week over his persistent lockdowns of the state’s churches during the coronavirus pandemic. A federal judge ruled that Newsom, in his capacity as governor, must pay the costs and attorney fees for a lawsuit brought by a...

Biden DOJ Appeals Obama Judge’s Order to Release Memo on Russia Hoax

(Headline USA) In a move that ironically pits the far-left Biden administration against a radical leftist activist group backed by a judicial appointee of Barack Obama, the Biden administration pushed back against releasing legal memo on whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. The lawsuit was...

Leftists Dangle Court-Packing Threat to Sway SCOTUS Abortion Case

Senate Democrats are using the Supreme Court’s decision to take up a case about state abortion restrictions to re-up their threats to pack the court if the justices rule in a way leftists don’t like. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed to hear a case regarding a Mississippi law that...

Texas AG Claims Big Win in Lawsuit over Biden’s Attempted Deportation Freeze

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully blocked President Joe Biden's administration from implementing a 100-day moratorium on deportations, Just the News reported. "This is a big win for Texas and the nation," Paxton said in response. "It sends a clear message to the Biden Administration that they will not be...
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