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The trucker made an illegal U-turn on the Turnpike on August 12, killing three people.

A federal judge was considering whether Florida’s attorney general disobeyed her temporary order prohibiting the enforcement of a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter Florida.

The former Florida attorney general is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment trial when he was accused — but not convicted — of abusing his power as he tried to condition U.S. military assistance to Ukraine on that country investigating then-former Vice President Joe Biden.

Democrat Aramis Ayala has won the party’s primary and will challenge Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody in November.

Democrats Armaris Ayala, Daniel Uhlfelder and Jim Lewis are seeking the party's nomination to challenge Florida's Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody.

"I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question," Trump said in a statement. He called the case a politically motivated witch hunt.

Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month in the New York attorney general's civil investigation into his business practices.

Florida, Alabama and Georgia filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that the Biden administration is not properly deporting undocumented immigrants who commit crimes.

The settlements left Walgreens as the sole defendant in a lawsuit that targeted businesses involved in all aspects of the opioid industry. A Pasco County judge is scheduled to begin jury selection next week.

Since March of last year, some 25,496 inmates have been placed in home confinement, including those who have already completed their sentences. But, on Jan. 15, just a few days before the Trump administration ended, the office of legal counsel in the Department of Justice issued a memo saying that the CARES Act requires inmates who got extended home confinement to go back to prison once the pandemic emergency ended.

The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to run the Justice Department. He's vowed to crack down on violent domestic extremists and reduce racial disparities in the justice system.

Two more of President Biden's nominees to lead the Justice Department will be questioned by the Senate this week as Merrick Garland prepares for confirmation as attorney general.