Houghton will take the bench Aug. 16 and stand for election in 2026. He succeeds Kristina Bogardus, who retired in June.

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A woman who fled domestic violence in El Salvador successfully revived her case seeking refugee status after adequately pleading her risk of harm to a federal appeals court.

A federal judge blocked an Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools. The law is one of three being ...

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A federal judge on Monday decided to halt an Arkansas law that mandated the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, barring four of the state’s largest school ...

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