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Judge Brinkema gave the government one week to get Todd Blanche and Scott Bessent to sign off on the $1.776 billion fund's dissolution or face continued injunction.

Sens. Wyden and Markey say only $20.6B of $166B in court-ordered refunds has been paid, with $60B not even in process, and demand answers by June 24.

A federal judge will rule on written briefs after the Public Integrity Project sued over the $60 million event, calling it a scheme to enrich Trump and allies.

In a late-night vote Wednesday, lawmakers rolled back legal protections for submetered renters’ electric bills that were established by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Three GOP lawmakers joined House Democrats in voting against the 58-36 bill, which drew on Heritage Foundation model legislation and added the mandate to an interstate school psychologist compact.

Physicians told a Senate committee the bill would force them to share debunked abortion-reversal information, as the panel's next meeting may not come until November.

The $100 million deal covers 279 of 280 remaining victims, bringing Ohio State's total Strauss payouts to more than $161 million across seven settlements since 2018.

The carveout exempts Ohio's eight Hillsdale College-affiliated classical schools from a curriculum DeWine has called one of his most important achievements.

Cancer now accounts for roughly 66% of career firefighter line-of-duty deaths nationwide, yet fewer than 1,000 of Ohio's 40,000 crews have enrolled in the CDC registry.