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Germany’s AfD won a state election in a landslide, sounding an alarm for centrist politics

Berlin — Sunday’s election results did not give Germany’s controversial AfD party automatic control of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, but what the far-right party achieved wasn’t just an election victory. It was a political landslide. Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in the legislative election, and while that may not be enough to…

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Judge rules Trump administration illegally punished AI firm Anthropic

A judge late Thursday permanently barred the Trump administration from enforcing a set of rules aimed at cutting off Anthropic from the federal government, ruling the administration had unconstitutionally punished the artificial intelligence company for protected speech. The ruling marks a victory for Anthropic in its monthslong legal battle against the administration over its push…

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Appeals court says Trump lacks authority to build White House ballroom without approval from Congress

Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday said the Trump White House lacks the authority to unilaterally construct a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom where the East Wing once stood, finding that the $400 million project requires congressional approval. In a 2-1 decision, a federal appellate panel in D.C. sided with a lower court in ruling that the…

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DOJ seeks to empower immigration judges to hold lawyers and their clients in contempt

The Justice Department is proposing a new rule to empower federal immigration judges to hold attorneys, their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders, in a move that departs from historical practice and which legal experts warn could be unconstitutional.    The regulatory proposal by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an office of…

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