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A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against a Texas bill that restricted "sexually oriented performances" and has been criticized for limiting public drag performances in the state. U.S. District Judge David Hittner said the law is an "unconstitutional restriction on speech" and "violates the First Amendment as incorporated to Texas by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United

A federal judge in Georgia has allowed the state’s ban on gender transition care for minors to go back into full effect, after a federal appeals court panel allowed a similar law in Alabama to be enforced. Before the appellate ruling, the same judge, Sarah Geraghty, had granted a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocked part of the Georgia ban. Background: The ban initially went into

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up during a press conference in his home state of Kentucky Wednesday, raising new questions about his health after undergoing a similar episode a little more than one month ago. In a video posted by WLWT producer Hannah Thomas Wednesday, the 81-year-old suddenly appeared unable to speak after a question about his re-election prospects

Peter Navarro was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The former Trump White House adviser was charged after refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. He refused to appear for a deposition and provide documents. Ahead of trial, the federal judge overseeing the case rejected Navarro's claim that Trump