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Princeton University
Courts & Law

Transgender woman sues Princeton for ‘humiliating’ removal from track meet

This case follows ongoing national debates and legal battles over transgender athletes' participation in women's sports.

3 days ago

Emil Bove speaks
NPR
Courts & Law

Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. All of the panel's Democrats walked out and did not vote.

5 days ago

Kelly Drive in Philadelphia flooded
Weather

Pa., Del. and N.J. sue Trump’s FEMA over end of grant program that helps states prevent flooding

The funding would have helped reduce flooding in Lewes, Delaware, and Philly neighborhoods, as well as strengthened a dam in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

5 days ago

Listen 1:06
Shannon Keeler stands outside a courthouse wearing sunglasses
Courts & Law

Man who sent Facebook message about committing a campus sexual assault pleads guilty

Thirty-two-year-old Ian Cleary faces a proposed four- to eight-year sentence after Thursday’s plea.

5 days ago

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters about Senate Republicans' efforts to claw back $1.1 billion of funding authority from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and about $8.3 billion from foreign aid programs targeted by DOGE, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs

Senators approve Trump-backed budget rollback, slashing foreign aid and public broadcasting funding; bill heads to the House by Friday.

5 days ago

The U.S. Supreme Court building
Courts & Law

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

The order comes despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.

2 weeks ago

A pregnant U.S. citizen stands at a protest for birthright citizenship
Courts & Law

What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling

The legal battle over President Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is not over, despite the administration’s victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.

3 weeks ago

LaMonica McIver exits the grounds at Delaney Hall
Courts & Law

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver pleads not guilty to assault charges stemming from immigration center visit

The charges stem from a congressional oversight visit at Newark's Delaney Hall facility on May 9. Mayor Ras Baraka also was arrested the same day.

4 weeks ago

Emil Bove looks on
Courts & Law

Trump judicial nominee faces Senate questions, denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders

Emil Bove was nominated to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sees cases from the Delaware Valley. A whistleblower said Bove proposed ignoring court orders.

4 weeks ago

Castor Ave. in Northeast Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Northeast Philly neighbors sue to block PennDOT’s plans to narrow a commercial corridor for cars, add bike lanes

Take Back Your Neighborhood filed a lawsuit against PennDOT, SEPTA and State Rep. Jared Solomon over plans to remove car lanes along Castor Avenue.

1 month ago

Listen 1:01
The exterior of a church in South Jersey
Courts & Law

New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules

In early May, the Diocese of Camden said it would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse.

1 month ago

Three ICE agents outside a building
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmakers move bills limiting cooperation with federal immigration agents to a floor vote

Delaware police trade unions oppose legislation limiting cooperation between local and federal immigration agencies.

1 month ago

DHS police and National Guard protect the outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles
Courts & Law

Appeals court temporarily blocks judge’s ruling to return control of National Guard to California

The ruling comes after a federal judge’s order said Trump's National Guard deployment was illegal.

1 month ago

Chester Water Authority building
Courts & Law

Chester retirees sue receiver over Chester Water Authority sale process

The Official Committee of Retired Employees filed a legal complaint against the city of Chester’s receiver urging a bankruptcy judge to compel the receiver to change course.

1 month ago

Listen 1:04
Larry Krasner speaks
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Krasner supports federal lawsuit against Trump’s $500M cut to public safety programs

Philly's district attorney joined more than a dozen prosecutors and other state and local government officials from around the U.S. in signing onto an amicus legal brief.

1 month ago

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