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Deadline reports: The Menendez brothers will have to wait another month to discover whether they have a chance of getting their sentences of life without parole reduced or reassessed. Unsurprisingly, the previously rescheduled resentencing hearing set to begin March 20 has been kicked down the road. Now, Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez will get their day(s) in court on April …

Reuters reports: A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge’s ruling that had blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses that contract with the federal government. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a February ruling that said the directives by …

NPR reports: Four astronauts are scheduled to make a trip to the International Space Station later this evening. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers will launch to the station aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Also on board is Takuya Onishi, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. This is the second attempt to …

MedPage reports: Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to nearly 300 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Texas state health officials said Friday there were 36 new cases of measles since Tuesday, bringing Texas’ total to 259. Five more people were hospitalized, for a total of 34. The outbreak has spread …

The Hill reports: The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding was due to lapse. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law. The final vote was 54-46. Two members of the Democratic caucus voted for the bill, …

NewsNation reports: President Donald Trump gave an unprecedented speech at the Department of Justice, delivering a political speech at an agency where presidents have usually attempted to maintain a distance to avoid politicizing it. While previous presidents have spoken at the department to announce policy changes or crime-fighting initiatives, Trump delivered a purely political speech that included repeats of topics …

The Washington Post reports: The Senate has voted 62-38 to advance a measure Friday to extend federal funding levels through September and avert a government shutdown set to begin just after midnight. The Senate will now vote on three Democratic amendments offered by Sens. Jeff Merkley (Oregon), Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) and Chris Van Hollen (Maryland). All three of those measures …

NBC News reports: Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean McCauley resigned from the Justice Department this week, calling his work on Jan. 6 cases the “opportunity of a lifetime” and the attorneys within the now-defunct Capitol Siege Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office some of “the finest, brightest attorneys in the country” who created a historic record of the violent attack on …

“They are targeting Tesla dealerships, the stations where you charge a Tesla, they’re vandalizing cars. I have already directed an investigation be opened to see how is this being funded, who is behind this, doing this? We have people we’re locking up on that. We have someone in jail right now from one of the dealerships. They threw a Molotov …

Law & Crime reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is refusing to pay a court-ordered debt, according to a Wednesday filing in Washington, D.C., federal court. Now, voting software company Smartmatic wants the bedding magnate held in civil contempt “for violating the clear and unambiguous terms” of a January court order that put Lindell on the hook for $56,369 over frivolous …