Biden Administration Moves to Halt Sept. 11 Plea Deal

Justice Department lawyers are defending the defense secretary’s decision to back out of the agreement that avoided a death penalty trial, moving the question from military to civilian courts.

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FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court

After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday.

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Trump Loses Appeal of Carroll’s $5 Million Award in Sex-Abuse Case

The president-elect had asked a court to overturn the defamation judgment against him in the case, which centered on E. Jean Carroll’s account of a sexual attack in a dressing room.

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TikTok Asks Court to Temporarily Pause Ban As It Looks to Supreme Court or Trump to Weigh In

The company is requesting a pause on a law that requires the app to be sold or face a ban in the United States by mid-January, aiming to buy time for the Supreme Court or the incoming Trump administration to rescue it.

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TikTok Faces U.S. Ban After Losing Bid to Overturn New Law

The law will ban the video app in the United States by Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese company.

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Justice Gorsuch Recuses From Supreme Court Case That Could Benefit Colorado Billionaire

The justice had been under pressure to step aside from the matter because of his myriad ties to Philip Anschutz, an oil and gas magnate.

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E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide

After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.

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