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Former President Trump backed Republican Eric Hovde on Tuesday in the Wisconsin Senate competition to oust Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). “I met Eric, and I’ve studied Eric and I — because we have to get it right and running against some very fine people, really. But I’ve looked it out, and they’re going to have other…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Utah and its corrections department on Tuesday over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for discriminating against an incarcerated transgender woman. The Utah Department of Corrections failed to grant the woman, who is not named in court documents, equal access to health care…

The lawsuit filed in federal court in upstate New York on Friday contends that the lockdown on April 8 violates inmates' constitutional rights to participate in a religiously significant event.