Judges on a U.S. appeals court on Thursday said they likely lacked the power to second-guess President Donald Trump's decision to strip hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively bargain.

Justices, in a 5-1 decision, said an alternative requested by voting-rights groups for a North Florida district would violate the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause because it would involve racial gerrymandering.

Paulette Jiles, a horse-riding poet and historical novelist who evoked the grit and grandeur of the American West in “News of the World,” died at 82. A fossil of a young carnivorous dinosaur fetched over $30 million at Sotheby’s. The auction house had estimated its value at $4 million to $6 million.

The decision means Florida's current congressional districts that give Republicans a 20-8 advantage over Democrats will remain in place for the 2026 midterm elections and beyond.

I can’t in good conscience tell them that they’re not in danger,’ the attorney said, referring to the fast-tracking of detentions and deportations.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday voided the 2017 fraud conviction of a former HSBC executive who spent two years in prison for "front-running" a British oil and gas exploration company's $3.5 billion currency trade.

The motion is part of a lawsuit lawyers for the cities filed in US District Court in February accusing the government of launching an unconstitutional attack on localities.

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats walked out before Republicans voted on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of Emil Bove -- the controversial top Justice Department official who formerly served as Trump's defense attorney -- to a seat on the powerful Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of the National Rifle Association's lawsuit accusing a New York state official of violating its free speech rights by coercing banks and insurers to avoid doing business with it.