Nightly Brief

Your Friday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including the federal government saying it needs more time to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border despite a federal judge’s order last week setting a 30-day deadline; word the FBI agent removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team because of derogatory text messages about President Donald Trump will speak publicly to a pair of committees next week; Leandra English, deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces that she is leaving the agency and will end her legal quest to head the agency; the Wisconsin Supreme Court orders Marquette University to reinstate a political-science professor who rankled his colleagues with a blog post criticizing liberal speech policing; in just 8 days, what started as a barbecue pit fire in southeastern Colorado has grown to 103,000 acres, making the Spring Creek wildfire the third largest in state history, and more.

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**National **

1.) The federal government says it needs more time to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border despite a federal judge’s order last week setting a 30-day deadline.

2.) Reportedly a finalist to take Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, Sixth Circuit Judge Ray Kethledge has earned a reputation as an experienced judge who could receive a modicum of bipartisan support if President Donald Trump calls his name next week.

3.) The FBI agent removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team because of derogatory text messages about President Donald Trump will speak publicly to a pair of committees next week.

4.) President Trump’s embattled ex-campaign chair Paul Manafort asked for a court order Friday waiving his right to appear in an Alexandria, Virginia federal court except for his upcoming trial and any potential sentencing.

**Regional **

6.) In the second of a two-part series, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief visits Denver, a city in the midst of an economic and housing boom after reporting from stable if staid Cheyenne, Wyoming.

7.) Despite its promise to stop scanning emails for advertising purposes, Google let outside developers access and read millions of users’ private emails without consent, an Ohio man claims in a new class action.

8.) The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered Marquette University on Friday to reinstate a political-science professor who rankled his colleagues with a blog post criticizing liberal speech policing.

9.) A federal judge gave preliminary approval Thursday to Time Inc. in a class action of its alleged sale of magazine subscriber data.

10.) In just 8 days, what started as a barbecue pit fire in southeastern Colorado has grown to 103,000 acres, making the Spring Creek wildfire the third largest in state history.

11.) Two weeks after promising to pull his net neutrality bill after a California state Assembly committee stripped key protections, a state senator on Thursday announced a breakthrough in negotiations on the stalled landmark legislation.

**International **

12.) France’s Constitutional Council has issued a decision in the case of a farmer convicted for helping migrants who entered the country illegally, saying “fraternity” is a principle “of constitutional value” and should not be prosecuted.