The government said it would send the aid after a court ruled last week that it must preserve the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.
Category: Decisions and Verdicts
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Trump Administration Faces Court Deadline on Food Stamp Benefits
The government must inform two courts how, and when, it intends to pay benefits in November, as the shutdown continues.
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Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power
The justices face so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult.
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Delaware’s Highest Court Considers Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Plan
The justices on the state Supreme Court heard arguments in a long dispute about whether the Tesla chief executive’s compensation was fair to shareholders.
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2 Men Charged After Ian Watkins, Former Lostprophets Singer, Is Killed in Prison
Mr. Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex abuse offenses at the Wakefield Prison in northern England.
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Customers May Openly Carry Firearms in Florida’s Publix Stores, Company Says
The supermarket chain said it was complying with state law, including a ruling last month that overturned a ban on openly carrying firearms.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $966 Million in Latest Talc Lawsuit
The case involves a California woman who died from mesothelioma, a rare cancer. Her family claimed Johnson and Johnson’s talc powder products were to blame.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Future: Prison, Fine and a Shunning
Many who have tracked the music mogul’s career think his reputation has been irreparably damaged by testimony that cast him as an abusive boss and boyfriend.
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Overlooked No More: Bessie Margolin, Lawyer Who Turned Workers’ Hopes Into Law
Her streak of Supreme Court victories, which began during the New Deal era, benefited millions of workers and continue to shape labor rights today.
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What to Know Before Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Sentencing
The music mogul will be in court on Friday when a judge is scheduled to announce Mr. Combs’s penalty for convictions on two prostitution-related offenses.
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Uber Not Responsible for Sex Assault, Jury Finds, as More Cases Follow
The company is facing similar lawsuits in federal and state courts from people who claim their drivers sexually assaulted or harassed them.
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Judge Denies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Request to Vacate Conviction
The music mogul will be sentenced on Friday after a jury found him guilty of transporting people for prostitution.