Before an appeals court panel considers arguments next week on President Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee, academic research bolstering the policy is under scrutiny for errors that critics say contributed to faulty conclusions about wage gaps with American workers.

For nearly three years, the two sides have battered each other with relentless legal filings in a New York court, and their war over who should pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars to sex abuse victims shows few signs of abating. Both accuse the other of an underhanded public relations campaign.

The Justice Department’s removal of some restrictions on non-career appointees’ participation in political activities walks back years of policy across presidential administrations aimed at maintaining the department’s independence, former government ethics lawyers said.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, having lost roughly half its lawyers during President Donald Trump’s second term, is trying to reshuffle the remaining ones to finalize rules on open banking and other contentious issues and to prepare for industry lawsuits.

Medical marijuana treatments can’t be reimbursed under federal workers’ compensation laws, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

US companies added the most jobs since November last month, adding to evidence of some stabilization in the labor market.