Laws

• Suspected Brown shooter Valente is found dead, authorities say - The suspected gunman, Claudio Manuel Nueves Valente, 48, had been a graduate students in physics at Brown University in the early 2000s, authorities said.
• New York AG sues UPS for allegedly shorting Christmas season workers' wages - "UPS has played the Grinch," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a new lawsuit accusing the company of shorting seasonal workers on their pay.
• Trump slams Rob Reiner after killing; director's son Nick in custody - Rob Reiner was a staunch Trump critic, recently saying, "we have a year before this country becomes a full-on autocracy, and democracy completely leaves us."
• Epstein photos: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released files - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released the photos to pressure the Trump administration to release files about Jeffrey Epstein.
• Trump sued by preservation group seeking to halt White House ballroom construction - The lawsuit argues that President Trump was legally required to get federal approvals before demolishing the historic East Wing of the White House.
• Reddit challenges Australia’s under-16 social media ban in High Court filing, says law curbs political speech - Reddit filed a legal challenge seeking to either declare the law invalid, or exclude the platform from the provisions of the law
• ICEBlock developer sues U.S. government after DOJ demanded Apple remove app from store - The developer of the ICEBlock app sued the U.S. government for alleged free speech infringements.
• Supreme Court to hear case on Trump birthright citizenship order - The U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment had been understood to grant citizenship to children born in the country, even if their parents are not citizens.
• Costco sues for Trump tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules on if they're illegal - Costco joins dozens of other companies that are seeking to protect their rights to refunds of Trump's tariffs without first waiting for the Supreme Court.
• Appeals court disqualifies Trump's N.J. prosecutor pick Alina Habba, rejecting DOJ challenge - The ruling affirming Habba's disqualification came one week after another Trump-picked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was deemed invalidly appointed.