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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. U.S.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump delivered on his promise to order a ban on transgender female athletes. What’s next?

Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FIle)

Trump administration sues Chicago in latest crackdown on ‘sanctuary’ cities

The Purdue Pharma offices are seen, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship

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Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family to pay $7.4 billion in settlement over the toll of OxyContin

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several states announced Thursday.

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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FILE - A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement

FILE - Forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee faces reporters regarding the death penalty system at the Statehouse in Boston, May 3, 2004. Connecticut's Attorney General has agreed to a $25 million settlement with two men wrongly convicted of murder based on evidence presented by Lee that a court ruled was fabricated. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)

Connecticut agrees to a $25 million settlement in the Henry Lee evidence fabrication case

FILE - Opponents of a bill to repeal Connecticut's religious exemption for required school vaccinations march down Capitol Avenue before the State Senate voted on legislation on April 27, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. A federal appeals court on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, upheld a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP, File)

Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption