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A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected a motion from the Trump administration that would have allowed it to implement a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents.

A federal appeals court in Virginia is allowing a defamation lawsuit against them to continue after denying a petition from InfoWars and other far-right defendants.

A federal judge who ruled that Texas’ embattled foster care system was unconstitutionally broken said Tuesday she will fine the state $50,000 a day for ignoring her orders to have foster children in group settings supervised around-the-clock by an adult who is awake.

A federal appeals court has heard arguments in a lawsuit accusing the University of Texas of violating free speech rights by removing three Confederate statues from campus

A federal court of appeals is hearing arguments in a lawsuit accusing the University of Texas of violating free speech rights by removing Confederate statues.

A Texas inmate who claimed he was intellectually disabled was executed Wednesday for fatally stabbing his two stepsons during a 2007 attack in which his wife also died.

A lawsuit alleging Fox News exploited the killing of a Democratic National Committee employee was revived by an appeals court Friday after a lower court tossed it out. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Joel and Mary Rich, of Omaha, Nebraska, had sufficiently alleged they were subjected to emotional distress after their son, 27-year-old Seth Rich,...

A federal appeals court says a Texas law that keeps Walmart from selling packaged liquor in the state does not violate the Constitution.

The husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member has won a reprieve in his deportation battle.

Joe Giudice is staying in the United States for the time being. The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star got a small win in his ongoing legal battle to avoid deportation to his native Italy when a judge granted his attorneys’ motion for a “stay of removal,” weeks after granting a temporary one.

Even though a record-setting number of Hispanics have been elected as lawmakers in Texas, a review has found that the racial breakdown of the Legislature does not accurately reflect the diversity of the state’s general population.

Twenty-one states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let Alabama ban a commonly used second trimester abortion procedure

A federal appeals court panel on Thursday lifted a lower-court ban that prohibited Texas from eliminating Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.

A federal appeals court has struck down dozens of measures ordered by a judge to improve Texas’ foster care system, but the court said the state must still make improvements.

The family of a Fort Worth man who died after they say officers needlessly choked, kicked and shot with a stun gun during a 2013 drug raid can proceed with a wrongful death lawsuit against two officers and the city, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a new trial in a lawsuit accusing Led Zeppelin of copying an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem “Stairway to Heaven.”

A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for fatally running over his girlfriend in a jealous rage more than 18 years ago. It was the state’s second execution in as many days.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that plaintiffs in 30 lawsuits can proceed in a lower court with their claims against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A three-judge panel rejected the argument, saying there is no proof of impending harm that would justify such fear.

A federal appeals court rejected an appeal from Diane Zamora, a former Naval Academy midshipman serving a life sentence in Texas for the 1995 slaying of her high school boyfriend’s lover, to be returned to protective custody.