"The 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court will decide what they want and then try to rationalize it," one First Amendment advocate told Newsweek.

The US president's decision came shortly after he said he would sue the Wall Street Journal after it reported that Trump's name appeared on a "bawdy" 2003 birthday note to Epstein. It "contained several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker," the publication reports.

Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo's attempt to overturn a $63.5 million verdict against him, or at least be given a retrial, has failed after a federal appeals court ruled against him Thursday.

President Trump suggested a deal was coming, but officials are still demanding more from Harvard, including extensive information about international students, staff payroll and protests.

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

An appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking deportation protections and work permits for thousands of people from Afghanistan.

Black landowners from a tiny island community founded by freed slaves are back in a Georgia court fighting to move ahead with a lawsuit accusing local officials of race discrimination.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione alleged the Manhattan DA violated HIPAA by using a fake subpoena to get medical records, prompting a call for sanctions or dismissal.