Ninth Circuit lifts both lower-court restrictions on federal officers’ use of tear gas at Portland ICE facility, dismissing apartment tenants’ suit entirely.
Justice Department indicts former Fauci aide David Morens, 78, on two counts of concealing pandemic-origin emails as administration promotes lab-leak theory.
Trump-appointed federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit demanding Arizona’s voter rolls, the sixth federal court to reject the administration’s nationwide rolls campaign.
Second Circuit unanimously rules Trump cannot indefinitely detain most immigrants without bond hearings, marking first appellate loss for mandatory detention policy.
DOJ files unsigned-by-career-lawyers brief asking judge to lift White House ballroom injunction, citing Correspondents’ Dinner shooting and using Trump’s social media voice.
Justice Department indicts Comey on two counts over 2025 Instagram seashell post months after first case was dismissed.
ICE transfers detainees from overcrowded Mesa airport facility on Boeing 777 to New Hampshire detention center as Mirror documents 777-person peak in space rated for 203.
Wyoming judge blocks state’s six-week abortion ban, citing voter-approved 2012 constitutional amendment that protects healthcare decisions.
National Trust refuses Justice Department demand to drop White House ballroom lawsuit, days after Saturday shooting cited as grounds.
Justice Department demands preservation group drop White House ballroom lawsuit by Monday, citing Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
Justice Department reverses position and grants captured former Venezuelan president Maduro access to Venezuelan funds to pay his New York criminal defense.
Arizona AG Mayes sues the Trump administration over plans to convert a Surprise warehouse across the street from a hazardous chemical storage site into an ICE detention center.
Federal judge questions whether Trump can sue the IRS for $10 billion over leaked tax returns when he controls the agency he is suing.
Watchdog groups sue White House over guidance allowing officials to delete text messages, three weeks after DOJ declared the 1978 Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.
Federal appeals court strikes down Trump’s Day 1 “invasion” order banning asylum at the southern border, ruling only Congress can rewrite the law.
Federal judge releases Boulder firebomber’s wife and five children held nearly a year in Texas family detention, finding political targeting by guilt-by-association.
Iowa federal judge orders third bond hearing for truck driver held 10 weeks, says government wants to “whipsaw” him with retroactive mandatory detention rule.
Virginia circuit court judge blocks results of redistricting referendum a day after voters narrowly approved map that would favor Democrats in 2026 midterms.
Federal judge dismisses FBI Director Patel’s defamation lawsuit against former FBI counterintelligence official, calling the nightclub comments “rhetorical hyperbole.”
Justice Department agrees to pay Carter Page $1.25 million to settle 2016 surveillance lawsuit, a month after paying Flynn over $1 million.
Colorado prosecutors charge Customs and Border Protection officer with assault for grabbing protester by hair, throwing her down embankment outside ICE field office.
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun sues Trump-co-founded World Liberty Financial for extortion, alleging the company froze his $776 million in tokens after he declined further investment.
Trump tells CNBC he will “remember” companies that decline to seek refunds from the $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court ruled illegal.
11th Circuit vacates injunction ordering Everglades immigration detention facility closed, accepting Florida’s argument that the state-built camp is exempt from federal environmental review.
DOJ withdraws grand jury subpoenas in Brennan probe hours after installing Trump loyalist Joe diGenova, who called Brennan a conspiracy “head” on TV.
Florida attorney general opens criminal probe of OpenAI, subpoenas internal records after chat logs show ChatGPT advised FSU gunman on weapons and campus crowds.
5th Circuit rules Texas can force public schools to post Ten Commandments, declaring a 1980 Supreme Court precedent against such displays no longer binding.
Virginia voters approve mid-decade redistricting referendum 51-49, potentially flipping four Republican House seats after GOP states redrew maps for Trump.
Rumeysa Ozturk returns to Turkey after receiving Tufts doctorate and settlement in which Trump administration conceded her status was lawful throughout detention.
Texas AG Paxton sues ActBlue over alleged foreign donations weeks before his own GOP Senate primary runoff.
Environmental groups sue Interior Department over approval of BP’s ultra-deepwater Gulf drilling project on 16th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court strikes down state Medicaid abortion coverage ban as sex-based discrimination under state Equal Rights Amendment.
Justice Department and Maryland separately sue DC Water over February Potomac sewage spill, alleging neglected maintenance of aging sewer line.
CBP opens $166 billion importer refund portal two months after Supreme Court loss as administration studies reducing payouts.
U.S. Customs opens portal Monday for $166 billion in tariff refunds, two months after Supreme Court struck down Trump tariffs.
D.C. Circuit clears Trump White House ballroom construction through June, pausing Judge Leon’s halt on security grounds.
Federal judge blocks Nexstar’s $6.2 billion takeover of Tegna until antitrust trial, despite FCC and DOJ approval Trump personally endorsed in February.
Trump and IRS open talks to settle his $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax records against the agency he now oversees.
Fine Arts Commission, stacked with Trump appointees, approves 250-foot triumphal arch that will dwarf Lincoln Memorial and obstruct Arlington Cemetery views.
House defies Trump, votes 224-204 to extend Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians, with 10 Republicans joining Democrats.
Trump administration releases $3.4 billion in Second Avenue subway funding minutes before MTA lawsuit hearing, after seven-month DEI standoff.
Federal judge reaffirms halt on above-ground White House ballroom construction, calling Trump’s claim it implicates presidential safety “disingenuous.”
Justice Department adds terrorism charge against Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. five years after DNC and RNC plantings.
Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Powell if he doesn’t step down May 15, as Warsh confirmation remains blocked.
California Supreme Court disbars former Trump attorney Eastman over 2020 election scheme, five years after Jan. 6.
Kentucky’s Republican supermajority overrides most of Gov. Beshear’s vetoes, including a judicial budget that courts say would force drug and mental health courts to close.
Customs agency will begin issuing refunds April 20 from $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as unlawful in February.
Prosecutors from D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro’s office show up unannounced at Federal Reserve headquarters demanding a tour of renovations a judge already ruled were investigative pretext.
Federal judge rules 61 fired Fannie Mae workers of Indian descent cannot sue housing director Pulte after he accused them of fraud on television without evidence.
Justice Department asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of 12 Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders who organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
