Deadline for government’s ‘Fork in the road’ mass resignation program delayed by court A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, meant to push out career government workers as part of the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged effort to cut federal spending, several outlets report. The program gave employees a deadline just before midnight o…

He’s back! Dick Vitale is ready to return to the court Dick Vitale is returning to the men’s college basketball broadcast booth on Saturday — and has a lot to be thankful for.

Kerr feared for her life in taxi, court hears Chelsea forward Sam Kerr said she feared for her life when “trapped” in a taxi before she was alleged to have caused racially aggravated harassment to a police officer, a court heard.

Hermoso’s brother tells court she was pressured The brother of Jenni Hermoso and one of her teammates told a judge Wednesday there were attempts to pressure the player into downplaying the unsolicited kiss by former Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales in the awards presentation ceremony…

Sam Kerr racially abused police officer, court told Chelsea forward and Australia captain Sam Kerr went on trial in a London court on Monday, accused of racially abusing a white police officer

The Wars Within Trump’s Court The second Trump White House is starting out with a remarkable degree of conflict among different individuals, constituencies and worldviews.

Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.

Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.

Substack is spending $20 million to court TikTokers Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesMeta and YouTube aren’t the only platforms looking to benefit from TikTok potentially disappearing — Substack wants in on the action, too. The company announced Thursday it’s launching a $20 million “creator accelerator fund,” promising content creators they won’t lose revenue by jumping ship to Subs…

Supreme Court Revives Law Meant to Fight Money Laundering The Corporate Transparency Act, which requires businesses to disclose ownership information, was blocked by a federal judge as beyond Congress’s authority.

WazirX Wins Approval From Singapore Court to Repay Users Following $230M Hack The Court has allowed WazirX to convene a scheme meeting with users in a “significant step” to distributing funds lost in the attack

Single Parents Should Get as Much Paid Leave as Couples, Spanish Court Rules The decision follows a constitutional court ruling that barred discrimination against babies born into single-parent families.

Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row.

Two Prominent Judges Are Shot Dead Outside Iran’s Supreme Court The gunman took his own life after killing two judges and wounding a third in what officials described as a terrorist attack.

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Religious Objections to L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks Parents in Maryland said a school board’s refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the storybooks violated the First Amendment.

Appeals Court Rules DACA, Obama-Era Immigration Program, Is Illegal But the judges stayed their ruling and for now, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients will continue to have protection from deportation.

What’s Next Now That the Supreme Court Has Upheld the TikTok Ban With the Supreme Court upholding Congress’ TikTok ban, here’s what could be next for the hotly contested app.

The Supreme Court ruled on TikTok — and nobody knows what comes next Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesNow that TikTok has finally reached the end of its legal options in the US to avoid a ban, somehow its future seems less clear than ever. The Supreme Court couldn’t have been more direct: the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as applied to TikTok, withstands Fi…

TikTok Facing U.S. Ban on January 19 After Supreme Court Upholds Law On Sunday, January 19, Apple will need to remove TikTok from the U.S. App Store, because the app will be officially banned in the United States. On the 19th, app distributors and websites will be prohibited from distributing, maintaining, or updating the TikTok app, though the app itself could continue to function on devices where it has already…

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline Although President-elect Donald Trump could choose to not enforce the law, it’s unclear whether third-party internet service providers will support the app.