Ryan Knappenberger

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In a pair of cases, the Supreme Court clarified when Clean Air Act challenges should be heard by the D.C. Circuit — if they have a nationwide scope — or by regional courts. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court gave the Environmental Protection Agency a leg up in pollution disputes on Wednesday, ruling that challenges to a renewable fuel program must be fought on the agency’s turf.

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WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Army and President Donald Trump’s joint birthday parade escaped potentially disastrous weather on Saturday, but, for all its grandeur and pomp, even the rare sight of military tanks rolling down Constitution Avenue in the nation’s capital seemed dwarfed by the energy of the thousands of protests stealing the spotlight across the country.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Kelsey Reichmann |Ryan Knappenberger

WASHINGTON (CN) — The often ideologically divided Supreme Court found agreement on Thursday to boost lawsuits from two different families searching for accountability for wrongdoing. In two different unanimous rulings, the justices sided with an Atlanta mother, Trina Martin, whose home was accidentally raided by the FBI, and with Ava, a teenager with epilepsy whose school denied her disability accommodations.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Ryan Knappenberger

The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden’s order striking down the ban should be stayed until an ultimate decision by the appellate court. WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel opened the door for President Donald Trump to bar the Associated Press from the White House again on Friday, pausing a court order that deemed the ban a clear violation of the First Amendment.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Ryan Knappenberger

WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former D.C. Police Lieutenant Shane Lamond to 18 months in prison for tipping off ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio about his looming arrest in the days before the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that Lamond had “betrayed his badge," his colleagues and D.C. residents when he informed Tarrio about a police investigation into his burning of a Black Lives Matter flag.