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Pete Marocco, a political appointee focused on gutting USAID, departs after briefing the House Foreign Affairs Committee behind closed doors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to shut down African Development Foundation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Judge: Trump hotel boost from presidency does not break law

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2018, file photo, the logos for Time Warner and AT&amp;T appear above alternate trading posts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Defending court approval of its huge merger with Time Warner, AT&amp;T is arguing the Trump Justice Department failed to show that the merger will raise wholesale prices for pay-TV programming and for consumers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

AT&T fires back in bid to preserve its deal with Time Warner

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2018, file photo, the logos for Time Warner and AT&amp;T appear above alternate trading posts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Trump Justice Department says it proved that AT&amp;T's mega-merger with Time Warner will hurt competition, and the judge who allowed the takeover was clearly wrong to conclude consumers wouldn't be harmed. The government's argument came in its brief filed Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, with a federal appeals court. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

The federal courts of appeal should prevent the merger of AT&T-Time Warner

By Peter Morici

FILE - In this June 13, 2018, file photo, the logos for Time Warner and AT&amp;T appear above alternate trading posts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Trump Justice Department says it proved that AT&amp;T's mega-merger with Time Warner will hurt competition, and the judge who allowed the takeover was clearly wrong to conclude consumers wouldn't be harmed. The government's argument came in its brief filed Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, with a federal appeals court. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Government seeks to overturn AT&T-Time Warner merger ruling

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 photo, people pass an AT&T store, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

ATT-Time Warner merger: Justice Department appealing court ruling

By Marcy Gordon - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2018, file photo, the logos for Time Warner and AT&amp;T appear above alternate trading posts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Justice Department said in a one-sentence document Thursday, July 12, 2018, it is appealing the ruling last month by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, which blessed one of the biggest media deals ever following a landmark antitrust trial. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Trump DOJ appealing judge’s OK of AT&T-Time Warner merger

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

The Latest: Judge approves merger of AT&T and Time Warner

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2018, file photo, AT&amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson leaves the federal courthouse, in Washington. The U.S. government pleaded its case Monday, April 30, for blocking AT&amp;T from absorbing Time Warner, saying it would hurt consumers as a big antitrust trial crept toward its end and a decision by a federal judge. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Govt argues that AT&T-Time Warner deal would hurt consumers

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

Hogan: Judge weighing purple line has conflict of interest

Associated Press

This photo posted to Twitter on May 8, 2016, by the Arlington Police Department shows a BB gun and fake ammunition that were taken from a drug suspect police say. Police in Texas say more crimes are being committed with imitation weapons like BB guns, likely because they're cheap, easy to obtain and criminals may mistakenly believe that if they're caught, they'll avoid the severe punishment that can come with a serious weapons charge. (Arlington Police Department via AP)

D.C. concealed carry applications soar while ‘good reason’ requirement not enforced

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Gun owners said the D.C. ban on concealed carry was so restrictive that most law-abiding citizens would be unable to obtain permits. (Associated Press/File)

Judge blocks D.C. from enforcing ‘good reason’ requirement for concealed carry permits

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Judge Richard Leon (AP Photo/File)

Richard Leon, judge in Cornell Jones tax case, outraged at ex-drug kingpin’s plea deal

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Judge Richard Leon (AP Photo/File)

Judge Richard Leon worries about NSA phone snooping violations of Constitution

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 6, 2004 file photo, Larry Klayman speaks in Melbourne, Fla. Activist attorney Larry Klayman won the first round in December, when U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a Republican appointee, ruled that the NSA’s surveillance program likely runs afoul of the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches. The government appealed. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove, File)

Larry Klayman salvages NSA lawsuit Verizon Business user as plaintiff

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KEENE: A judicial difference of opinion

By David Keene

Judge Richard Leon (AP Photo/File)

EDITORIAL: Spies unlike us

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2013 file photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration will continue the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and cyber command operations under the direction of a single military commander, the first move in advance of what published reports described Friday as limited changes proposed by a task force that deliberated for months in secrecy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

NAPOLITANO: NSA spies pick up interference from the Constitution

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Larry Klayman. (Associated Press)

NSA snooping programs taken to federal court

By Stephen Dinan and Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times