Two federal appeals judges, one a Trump appointee, question the Justice Department’s bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots it says went to likely noncitizens.
Democratic Rep. Beatty asks a judge to force release of about 180 Kennedy Center texts with Commerce Secretary Lutnick, withheld as privileged presidential communications.
Common Cause and Alaska voters, with ACLU lawyers, ask to fight the Justice Department’s suit to block Alaska’s Senate certification, calling it baseless.
Appeals court over Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi rules 10-7 that ICE can jail undocumented immigrants without bond hearings, even longtime residents with no criminal record.
Federal appeals court lifts the block on Mississippi’s school DEI ban and takes the case from the judge whose clerk’s AI use put fabricated names in an order.
Justice Department sues to stop Alaska certifying its Senate race if Republican Sen. Sullivan loses, at Trump’s order, over a same-named challenger.
Federal appeals court rules ICE violated due process jailing an Iranian refugee in Kansas who met every condition of his release for two decades.
Federal judge rules the Office of Personnel Management broke privacy law giving DOGE agents personal data on millions of federal workers and applicants.
Justice Department asks a judge who called its last voter-roll demand illegal to force California to set aside ballots from people on its suspected-noncitizen list.
Federal judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion BBC suit by Dec. 11 or risk dismissal, after months of cancellations.
Supreme Court bars student IDs at New Hampshire polls 12 days before the midterms, lifting a three-week-old order to avoid changing rules near an election.
New Mexico Attorney General Torrez sues Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant, now his estate’s executors, alleging they helped enable and hide his sex trafficking.
North Carolina mail ballot rejections rise to 3.1% under a Republican-led elections board rule tossing unsealed inner envelopes, after a judge declined to block it.
Judge bars Homeland Security Department agents from questioning likely citizens in nine states’ voter-fraud sweeps until polls close Nov. 3, finding union intimidation.
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion, cut from a $219 billion calculation, for misleading Facebook users for 11 years about their data.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to resume Texas’ Big Bend border wall construction, saying the pause costs $460,000 daily, after a judge refused Tuesday.
Trump administration drops appeals of rulings striking its plan to cut off loan forgiveness for workers at groups aiding undocumented immigrants and transgender youth.
Supreme Court blocks Trump from cutting off hormone therapy for transgender federal prisoners, after letting him ban transgender troops.
Democratic leaders Schumer and Jeffries sue to block federal voter-fraud probes in California and Nevada, calling them a pretext to seize control of the midterms.
Supreme Court Justice Kagan says her conservative colleagues’ rulings on voting and campaign money made America more polarized and less democratic, two weeks before midterms.
Florida charges former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, 95, in the 1996 shootdown of two Miami exile planes, five months after a federal murder indictment.
Federal judge says she’ll find DC tree cutting was part of Trump’s golf course overhaul, hours after he called her a “crazed lunatic.”
Trump says East Potomac golf course closes Nov. 15 for championship rebuild, two days after Justice Department told federal judge it was preliminary.
Federal judge warns Trump of sanctions for putting off a deposition in his own $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC.
White House claims executive privilege over Trump’s Kennedy Center communications in Democratic Rep. Beatty’s suit, which says he’s sued as board chair, not president.
Federal appeals judges press Justice Department claim that presidents own their White House records, asking whether one could then sell national security secrets on eBay.
Interior Department’s final plans for Trump’s 250-foot arch omit the drones, snipers and ammunition he said it would house, ahead of possible Nov. 5 approval.
Justice Department says federal judge violated separation of powers by ordering Interior Department officials to testify in DC golf course tree-cutting case.
Democratic Rep. Omar’s lawyers say agents ignored a judge’s limits on searching her DC home, demanding the return of her seized phone and passport.
White House review finds painting the Eisenhower building white would harm the 138-year-old landmark, but still prefers paint since cleaning won’t match the White House.
Veterans Affairs Department again ends union contract covering more than 320,000 workers, citing an appeals court stay the union says gives no such permission.
Federal judge refuses to let crypto firm Gemini and its federal regulator jointly erase the firm’s $5 million fine, as founders back Trump family ventures.
Federal judge tosses Justice Department suit against New York City’s sanctuary laws, ruling that forcing local officials into immigration enforcement violates the Constitution.
Justice Department sues California to set aside mail ballots from voters it calls likely noncitizens, as its 48-hour deadline lapses.
Federal judge tosses ex-CIA Director Brennan’s bid to preserve “grand conspiracy” probe records as premature, noting his claim investigators who doubted the case were removed.
Voting groups sue Homeland Security Department over voter files from 47 states it combines with commercial data, alleging it breaks federal law.
Nine FBI agents who worked Trump’s classified documents case sue Director Patel for their jobs, saying he cited “Article II” to fire them without hearings.
Judge clears fired FEMA finance chief, ruling Musk and then-DHS Secretary Noem knowingly spread false claims she approved migrant hotel payments.
Federal appeals court rules Florida’s ban on social media accounts for children under 14 is likely constitutional, vacating block on its enforcement.
Eight states sue OpenAI in their own courts, alleging ChatGPT is an unsafe product that harms children and deceives parents.
Judge orders Oklahoma education board to reconsider revoking ex-teacher’s license over a banned-books QR code, citing former state schools chief Walters’ conflict of interest.
Federal appeals court unanimously blocks California law requiring ICE and other federal agents to wear visible ID, ruling states can’t regulate federal operations.
Supreme Court lets party committees keep discounted candidate ad rates through Election Day, freeing FCC from a deadline Democratic candidates sought.
Appeals court weighs Trump’s power to keep National Guard in DC, after video showed troops stationed beside ballot drop boxes.
Watchdog sues to remove Trump son-in-law Kushner as envoy in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza talks, citing no Senate confirmation or financial disclosures.
FTC and seven states ask judge to hold former drug executive Martin Shkreli in contempt, saying he livestreamed trades violating his lifetime pharma ban.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Agriculture Department from using money Congress approved to move thousands of employees to five regional hubs, siding with unions.
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of sanctions against 2022 Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake’s lawyer for a “frivolous” suit against vote-counting machines.
Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump administration’s bid to shield DOGE from public records requests, three months after the Musk-led cost-cutting unit shut down.
Judge extends DC golf course tree-cutting halt to Oct. 26, orders acting Park Service chief and Interior aide named as ordering the cuts to testify.