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State court rules against Jefferson Griffin on challenge to more than 65,000...
As a hearing on Judge Jefferson Griffin’s election challenge commenced, protesters assembled on the steps of the Wake County Courthouse to demand their votes be counted. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC...
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Democratic AGs allege Trump administration is freezing federal funds despite...
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Gov. Stein sues to block GOP-led law stripping his power to make court...
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Lawsuits multiply against Trump barrage of orders as Democrats struggle to...
Demonstrators outside the U.S. Senate buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., protest billionaire Elon Musk and the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International...
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Third judge blocks Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship
In this aerial view, Mexican immigration officials and police escort deportees after they were sent back into Mexico on Jan. 22, 2025, as seen from Nogales, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty...
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GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin appeals trial court loss in his effort to throw...
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin continues to pursue litigation in hopes of overturning the results of the November election he lost to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. (File...
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Trump sued over his suspension of refugee resettlement
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Republican NC judge “won’t participate” at the Appeals Court in his election...
NC Supreme Court (Photo: Clayton Henkel) Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin said Tuesday that he will not participate in his case against the state Board of Elections as it reaches the tribunal on...
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Federal judge in nationwide ruling blocks Trump administration cut to NIH...
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Faith groups file suit challenging Trump policy to allow ICE raids in places...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Center in El Centro, California. (Getty photos)More than two dozen religious groups, including the North Carolina Council of Churches,...
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NC Board of Elections wants Griffin’s election challenge to skip the Court of...
Supreme Court of North Carolina (Photo: nccourts.gov)The state Board of Elections and Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs want a Republican judge’s elections lawsuit to go straight to the state high...
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Two new federal lawsuits challenge Trump, Musk and DOGE on constitutional...
Elon Musk arrives for the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — More than a...
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Seattle judge blocks Trump order on gender-affirming care
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown speaks outside the federal courthouse in Seattle where a judge sided with his office, temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s order to stop federal funding...
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Federal judge extends order blocking Musk and DOGE from Treasury payment systems
Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent prepares to testify before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing for Treasury secretary in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on...
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Climate and environmental justice programs stalled by Trump freeze, despite...
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
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Rally speakers say NC judge’s attempt to win his election by tossing ballots...
Rally in Raleigh protesting Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin's challenge of more than 60,000 votes in the NC Supreme Court race. (Photo: Lynn Bonner)The challenge of more than 60,000 votes in the...
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Trump administration fires 20 immigration judges, amid mass dismissals of...
Migrants wait throughout the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall, hoping they will be processed by immigration authorities before the...
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State lawmakers introduce bill for nonpartisan judge elections in memory of...
Rep. Joe John (Wake Co.) (Photo: NCGA) Democrats in the General Assembly proposed legislation recently in memory of the late state Rep. Joe John that would realize his vision of a return to nonpartisan...
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Federal judge turns down attempt by Democratic AGs to block Elon Musk and DOGE
White House staff secretary Will Scharf, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, joined by his son X Musk, center, and President Donald Trump appear for an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the...
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Legal battles escalate over Trump executive order on birthright citizenship
Four nationwide injunctions have been issued in connection with President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Wednesday...
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