An environmental group, a local landowner and a group formed to preserve a church asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to deny the Trump administration's request to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas. The November argument session opens Monday.

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JUST IN: The Justice Department picked Jacksonville, Baton Rouge, Jackson and St. Louis out of nearly 50 applicants to share almost $300 million under its new Model Cities Initiative to cut violent crime, according to details obtained by Fox News Digital.

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JUST IN: DOJ's Fraud Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota say they have charged, convicted or sentenced 13 defendants since Sept. 30 in schemes with nearly $83 million in intended losses to the federal government. "Minnesota is the epicenter for fraud in America," said Acting Deputy AG Trent McCotter.

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JUST IN: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona says it has opened a case into reporting that three non-profit groups registered non-citizens to vote in Arizona, and has referred the matter to the FBI. U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine announced it four days before the Nov. 3 election.

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JUST IN: The State Department designated former Libyan Judicial Police official Osema Almasri Habeesh Najeem and his wife under Section 7031(c) over the torture of detainees at the Mitiga and al Jadida prisons, including the "targeting of Christians and members of other minority groups." Both are now barred from entering the U.S.

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JUST IN: U.S. Attorney for Alaska Michael Heyman confirmed Friday that both a criminal investigation and a civil suit are underway over the alleged ballot scheme to run a second "Daniel J. Sullivan" against Sen. Dan Sullivan. "We will not let anyone or any group undermine the election," Heyman said.

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JUST IN: A presidential memorandum dated Oct. 28 delegates the sanctions authorities under Section 8335 of the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (22 U.S.C. 10704) to the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State. Published in the Federal Register, 91 FR 69203.

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JUST IN: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says the federal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar is a "large case" targeting multiple people. "This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations," he told Fox News. Omar denies wrongdoing; no charges have been filed.

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A 42-year-old Chesterfield Township, Michigan man, Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, has been charged with transmitting threatening interstate communications after allegedly writing in an Oct. 8 Facebook message that he had "put a hit out" on an associate of FBI Director Kash Patel, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan said. He was detained pending a Nov. 2 hearing and faces up to five years if convicted.

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JUST IN: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas Children's Hospital has opened the nation's first detransition clinic, under a $10 million settlement finalized in August. The hospital must fully fund the clinic for five years and provide care at no cost to patients through age 21.

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JUST IN: Alaska's attorney general office asked a federal judge to dismiss the DOJ lawsuit seeking to halt certification of the state's Senate race, calling the request to separate ballots cast for the second "Dan Sullivan" on the ballot "both disturbing and impossible."

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JUST IN: Meta settled with an 18-year-old Mississippi plaintiff on Friday while a jury was being selected in a Los Angeles Superior Court trial over social media addiction claims. Snap Inc. is now the sole defendant. Settlement terms were not released.

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JUST IN: A federal judge in Miami dismissed President Trump's amended defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal with prejudice on Saturday. Judge Darrin Gayles ruled Trump had "not plausibly alleged that the Defendants published the Article with actual malice." Trump's team says it will appeal.

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JUST IN: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Ukraine: "I don't know if a negotiated peace is achievable in Ukraine. That's what we're trying to find out." He added that no one is claiming a settlement is close. — State Department transcript, Atlanta, Oct. 31.

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A federal judge dismissed President Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against the Wall Street Journal's publisher on Oct. 31, ruling he failed to allege actual malice. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles dismissed it with prejudice, writing that Trump was "grasping at straws."

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JUST IN: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out more than $15 billion in payments and initiatives for farmers, plus $13.8 billion in safety net payments for the 2025 crop year covering corn, soybeans, wheat and rice growers. Details come later this month.

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JUST IN: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed two days before the midterms. Trump on Truth Social: "It's a thing called bravery." Schumer called the endorsement "a despicable betrayal."

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JUST IN: Online intelligence firm Graphika reports a China-linked network is repurposing older social media accounts to pose as Americans ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. One account tied to the Spamouflage operation now carries about 201,600 followers.

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JUST IN: The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to order California to segregate mail ballots from more than 20,000 people it says are likely noncitizens, one day before Election Day. Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote that "segregating ballots is a routine remedy when the lawfulness of ballots is questioned." The 9th Circuit refused the request 2-1 on Friday.

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JUST IN: President Trump says U.S. aid to Israel ends at the close of this year, telling "Fox & Friends": "We were giving them $4 billion - we are - but it gets cut off at the end of the year." He said Israel can still buy its own weapons: "They don't need it."

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