By Blake Brittain July 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude.

Ms. Carroll had asked a federal judge to order the president to pay the judgment after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her.

A federal judge on Friday dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against several Proud Boys members — granting a request from Trump’s Justice Department and undoing one of the Biden administration’s most celebrated victories against those who it said inspired the January 6,

A longtime federal judge in Southwest Florida, John Steele, died on July 14. The day after his death, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube introduced articles of impeachment against the judge. Steube accused Steele of "high crimes and misdemeanors" for ordering the release of a man convicted of aircraft piracy.

This marks one of the first tests of a new law passed months ago by the Florida Legislature designed to create a process for questioning someone’s eligibility for the ballot.

Four lawyers seek two seats.

A federal judge in Boston on Friday blocked the Office of Management and Budget from using an obscure grant termination clause to revoke billions of dollars in federal funding based on shifting agency priorities.

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Andrew B. King as a new circuit judge for the Big Bend area, filling a recent vacancy.