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Letlow to challenge Cassidy for Senate Incumbent has advantage in campaign funds; challenger has support of President Trump
STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER
Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill step out from the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Tuesday.
Appeals court hears arguments in lawsuit over Commandments in La. schools BY PATRICK WALL
Staff writer
First, standing up for our parents, securing our borders, supporting law enforcement, rooting out waste, fraud and abuse that drives up inflation and fighting to fix an education system too focused on woke ideology instead of teaching.” Nonetheless, Cassidy says he plans to wage a vigorous campaign to retain his seat.
A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in a closely watched case centered on Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments, which could have national implications for religious freedom and is expected to end up in the U.S. Supreme Court. The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered a lawsuit brought by a multifaith group of families seeking to block the 2024 law, which requires public K-12 schools and colleges to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The case was combined with one related to a similar law that the Texas Legislature passed last year, provoking a legal challenge by public school parents. The relatively rare review of the cases by the entire court comes after a panel of three 5th Circuit judges last year declared Louisiana’s law “plainly unconstitutional,” upholding a lower court’s ruling. The decision by the full court, which is considered the country’s most conservative federal court of appeals, to rehear the case could signal some disagreement with the panel’s decision, legal observers said. During Tuesday’s hearing, a few judges asked pointed questions about the laws, including how
ä See SENATE, page 4A
ä See APPEALS, page 5A
“I don’t think the crux of the campaign will be about endorsements.”
“I have fought alongside President Trump to put America first.”
U.S. SEN. BILL CASSIDy, R-Baton Rouge
U.S. REP. JULIA LETLOW, R-Baton Rouge
Staff writer
ä Race to fill Letlow’s House seat already underway. PAGE 4A
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy begins the 2026 Senate race with $11 million in the bank, millions of dollars more in a supportive super PAC — and a big problem. U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow told a Baton Rouge crowd Tuesday morning that she is challenging Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, three days after President
Donald Trump said he would back her. Two hours after her announcement, Letlow, R-Baton Rouge, posted a two-minute video that included pictures of her two young children and said, “I have fought alongside President Trump to put America
BY TYLER BRIDGES
Trump threats spark outrage from Europe
Settlement OK’d for wrongful conviction City agrees to pay $2.5 million
dence decades earlier. Monday’s settlement came a week into a federal jury trial in which Flanks sought much more for his lost BY JOHN SIMERMAN years, while an attorney for Staff writer the district attorney claimed The city has agreed to a Williams’ civil rights divi$2.5 million payout to Ray- sion had overstepped in mond Flanks, who spent agreeing to the release. Flanks’ attorneys, Chris39 years locked up before District Attorney Jason Wil- topher Murell and David liams’ office in 2022 agreed Shanies, said in a statement to vacate his murder con- that their client, now 64, viction based on a failure by prosecutors to turn over evi- ä See SETTLEMENT, page 6A
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BY WILL WEISSERT, JAMEY KEATEN and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press
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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen talks during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pledge to provoke a sweeping tariff fight with Europe to get his way in taking control of Greenland has left many of America’s closest allies warning of a rupture with Washington capable of shattering the NATO alliance that had once seemed unshakable. The European Union’s top official on Tuesday called Trump’s
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planned new tariffs over Greenland a “mistake” and questioned Trump’s trustworthiness. French President Emmanuel Macron said the EU could retaliate by deploying one of its most powerful economic tools, known colloquially as a trade “bazooka.” Trump prides himself on ratcheting up pressure to try to negotiate through a position of strength. He was leaving Tuesday — the anniversary of his inauguration — for
ä See TRUMP, page 6A
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