Judge orders Kennedy Center renovation plans turned over to Democratic board member before Monday closure vote after calling administration secrecy “preposterous.”
Energy Secretary Wright invokes Defense Production Act to restart a California offshore oil pipeline shut down after a 2015 spill that sent more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil onto the coast.
Federal judge orders VA to restore collective bargaining, ruling Secretary Collins violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the largest federal employee union.
DOJ drops prosecution of veteran who burned flag near White House after judge ordered inquiry into whether the case was political retaliation for protected speech.
Federal judge temporarily blocks termination of deportation protections for more than 1,000 Somalis, days before the status was set to expire.
Trump’s seized oil tankers are costing millions as one ship runs up $47M in maintenance on a $10M vessel, undercutting claims of a financial windfall.
Texas jury convicts eight protesters of providing material support to terrorists for ICE facility ambush, the first trial convictions under Trump’s Antifa terrorism designation.
DOJ charges man with selling stolen gun to convicted ISIS supporter who killed ODU ROTC instructor, five years after ATF investigated the seller and issued only a warning.
More than 30 state attorneys general resume Live Nation antitrust trial Monday after rejecting DOJ’s settlement, as judge allows employee “gouge” chats as evidence.
Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind starts powering 350,000 homes and businesses after suing to overturn Trump’s suspension of five offshore wind leases.
Federal judge quashes DOJ subpoenas of Fed Chair Powell, finding the investigation’s primary purpose is to pressure him into lowering interest rates or resigning.
Rep. Beatty accused Trump of excluding her from a Kennedy Center board meeting in a court filing, then found the invitation in her email spam folder.
Trump nominates new head of Voice of America’s parent agency after a federal judge voided months of Kari Lake’s actions, including firing over 500 employees.
Trump administration sues California to block its 2035 zero-emission vehicle mandate as gas prices spike nationwide from the Iran war.
Fourth Circuit becomes first federal appeals court to uphold a state ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery, citing last year’s Supreme Court transgender ruling 70 times.
Arbitrator orders Social Security to restore telework after ruling the agency’s indefinite suspension was a “clear and patent breach” of its union contract.
Costco member sues for tariff refunds on behalf of all customers in one of at least five class actions demanding companies share the estimated $170 billion in repayments.
Trump personally ordered the Justice Department to reverse its decision to drop unconstitutional sanctions against four law firms after learning about it from a news report.
Justice Department appeals order that blocked it from searching a Washington Post reporter’s devices, arguing journalists deserve no special protection from government searches.
Texas excludes every Islamic school from its $1 billion voucher program while approving Christian, Catholic and Jewish schools, prompting a religious discrimination lawsuit.
Federal judge halts construction of Maryland ICE detention center for 1,500, ruling the state will likely succeed in its challenge that DHS skipped environmental review.
Seventeen states sue the Trump administration over a new survey requiring colleges to report years of student data broken down by race, gender and income.
Federal judges decline to retain interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel in Milwaukee after Sen. Baldwin called the former Republican AG a “clearly partisan actor.”
D.C. Bar files ethics complaint against DOJ Pardons Attorney Ed Martin for threatening Georgetown Law over DEI, then trying to derail his own disciplinary investigation.
Smartmatic calls DOJ bribery case political retaliation, noting the administration dropped other foreign bribery prosecutions as policy while pursuing this one.
Second federal judge in one week restricts Portland ICE agents’ use of tear gas, this time protecting nonviolent protesters and journalists with class-action status.
Federal judge blocks DOJ rule that would have automatically dismissed most immigration appeals within 10 days, calling it devoid of “meaningful consideration.”
Justice Jackson publicly criticizes Supreme Court’s emergency rulings favoring Trump, saying the shadow docket is “not serving the court or this country well.”
Justice Department settles with Live Nation mid-trial without telling 28 state co-plaintiffs or the judge, who calls it “absolute disrespect for the court.”
Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and Pentagon leaders, calling its blacklisting for refusing to allow autonomous weapons and mass surveillance unconstitutional retaliation.
Federal judge disqualifies all three leaders of New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, ruling they were installed to circumvent Senate confirmation after Habba was barred.
Federal judge orders ICE to justify arrest of Nashville journalist who covered immigration raids the day before she was detained, after attorneys call crumpled, unserved warrant unconstitutional.
Federal judge voids 1,400 layoffs at Voice of America, ruling Kari Lake unlawfully ran the agency through an unconstitutional appointment.
CBP tells judge it cannot comply with order to begin $166 billion in illegal tariff refunds to 330,000 importers, asks for 45 days to build a system.
Federal judge orders Portland ICE officers to stop using tear gas after chemicals from their facility seeped into a nearby apartment building housing seniors, veterans, and disabled tenants.
Florida Bar says it “erroneously” told a watchdog group it was investigating Trump’s former personal lawyer after two federal judges ruled her appointment as U.S. attorney unconstitutional.
Newly released footage shows a 23-year-old U.S. citizen was driving slowly with brake lights on in Texas last March before an immigration agent shot him through his car window.
DOJ lawyer tells federal judge that RFK Jr.’s vaccine authority is “unreviewable,” including the hypothetical power to recommend Americans get measles instead of a vaccine.
Minnesota U.S. Attorney Rosen faces second contempt hearing in a week after judges find ICE lost immigrants’ property and ignored release orders across dozens of cases.
SEC settles fraud case for $10 million with crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, the top buyer of Trump’s World Liberty Financial token, after alleging $31 million in fraudulent trades.
Twenty-four state attorneys general file first legal challenge to Trump’s new 10% global tariffs, arguing he is sidestepping the Supreme Court’s rejection of his earlier tariffs.
Florida Bar investigates Trump’s former personal lawyer after two federal judges ruled her appointment as U.S. attorney unconstitutional and she continued using the title in defiance of court orders.
Federal judge orders $130 billion refund on illegal tariffs to importers who already passed the costs to consumers.
Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum a second time, allowing early voting to begin Friday despite Republican legal challenges.
Federal judge rules Trump’s effort to kill NYC congestion pricing unlawful, calling administration’s decision-making “arbitrary and capricious” in 149-page ruling.
New Jersey federal judge orders ICE agents to acknowledge court orders in writing under penalty of perjury after finding 17 violations in three months.
DOJ revives appeals against law firms one day after dropping them, as targeted firms argue court should reject the unexplained reversal.
Georgia jury convicts father of Apalachee High School shooter who bought son an AR-style rifle after deputies warned of possible attack threats.
FBI Director Patel fired a dozen counterintelligence staffers with Iran expertise days before strikes began, retaliating for their work on the Mar-a-Lago investigation.
ProPublica sues Education Department for hiding civil rights records as open discrimination investigations nearly doubled to 24,000 under Secretary McMahon.
