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Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses

Undrinkable water. Leaks. Mold. Federal courthouses need billions of dollars in repairs, and judges say the General Services Administration is a bad landlord.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Inside the modernist, steel-and-glass exterior of the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, judges say that longstanding maintenance problems are interfering with the performance of their duties.
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Emil Bove Defended Trump in Court. Then Trump Made Him a Judge.

President Trump is appointing his former personal lawyers to judgeships, part of a larger effort to put his stamp on the federal courts.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Emil Bove III, right, represented Donald J. Trump during his trial in Manhattan related to hush money payments in 2024.
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