A federal judge releases a man charged with aiming a laser at Marine One, calling prosecutors’ detention request “not remotely appropriate.”
A federal judge ends the 31-day halt on the Revolution Wind farm, ruling the Trump administration’s stop-work order was arbitrary and capricious.
Trump taps his legal adversary Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell for the U.S. investor group buying TikTok after freezing a congressionally mandated sale.
The National Labor Relations Board sued New York State days after it enacted a law to bypass what Democrats call Trump’s gutting of the federal agency.
Trump publicly demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute his rivals one day after firing the federal prosecutor who declined to charge Letitia James.
Trump nominated a former personal lawyer to run the Virginia prosecutor’s office one day after firing the U.S. Attorney who declined to charge Letitia James.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws banning law enforcement from wearing face masks and accessing schools 12 days after the Supreme Court allowed roving immigration patrols.
A federal judge blocks a USDA plan to collect SNAP data for immigration enforcement two months after the agency threatened states.
The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on the ‘X’ passport marker five months after a judge blocked it as discriminatory.
US Attorney Erik Siebert resigns after Trump administration officials pressured him to criminally charge New York AG Letitia James.
The Justice Dept. again asks the Supreme Court to end Venezuelan TPS, accusing a lower court of disregarding its previous order.
A federal judge rejects Trump’s rambling lawsuit against The New York Times and orders a revised, shorter complaint within one month.
Trump fires a U.S. attorney just four months after his own nomination for refusing to prosecute political rival Letitia James without evidence.
South Carolina’s election commission fires its director, who is under criminal investigation, just days after the state Supreme Court approved releasing voter data to the Justice Dept.
A Trump-appointed judge blocks the deportation of 600 Guatemalan children, ruling the administration’s family reunification claim lacks evidence.
Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook after lower courts blocked her removal as likely illegal.
Six months after his arrest in Trump’s immigration crackdown, an immigration judge orders pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil deported to Algeria or Syria.
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly made the same type of mortgage pledge the administration is using to justify firing Fed’s Lisa Cook.
Judge Madeline Haikala rules Jefferson County’s commission map illegally packs Black voters and orders the lines be redrawn.
An Army veteran pleads not guilty to charges from Jeanine Pirro’s office for a protest held the same day as Trump’s flag burning order.
Eleven West Africans deported from the U.S. claim they are still detained in Ghana, directly contradicting Ghanaian officials’ recent statements.
A coalition of university groups sued the Trump administration, calling its demand for $1 billion and policy changes at UCLA unconstitutional coercion.
The Justice Dept. sued Oregon and Maine for voter data weeks after the states refused the demand, citing residents’ privacy rights.
Trump files a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, expanding his legal battle with media over reports linking him to an Epstein note.
Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey sues the Justice Dept., alleging her firing was retaliation against her father, James Comey.
U.S. removes 14 men to Ghana, creating chaos as lawyers and officials give conflicting reports on their whereabouts.
A federal appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook one day before a key meeting on interest rates.
Following months of public pressure on the Fed, the Trump administration appeals a block on its firing of Governor Lisa Cook for alleged fraud.
A federal judge accused the Trump administration of using Ghana to make an ‘end run around’ court orders protecting African immigrants from deportation.
A federal judge ruled the Office of Personnel Management unlawfully directed mass firings and ordered agencies to correct records stating poor performance as the cause.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s HUD from awarding housing grants under new rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions and transgender-inclusive policies.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook asked a U.S. appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s bid to fire her days before the central bank’s next interest rate vote.
A federal appeals court overturns a judge’s order, clearing the Trump administration to deport 500,000 migrants admitted under a parole program.
Loan documents from 2021 contradict the Trump administration’s mortgage fraud basis for attempting to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed a U.S. response after Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced ally Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years for plotting a coup.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reopen TPS registration for Venezuelans after its online system went down on the final day of the sign-up period.
A U.S. appeals court reversed a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood.
Two federal judges blocked an Education and HHS Dept. policy issued in July that required immigration verification for families to access Head Start.
A federal judge in Arizona blocked the Trump administration from deporting 69 Guatemalan and Honduran children.
Judge Aileen Cannon stopped the self-represented Ryan Wesley Routh from finishing his opening statement in the Trump assassination trial after a rambling political speech.
A Trump-appointed judge confronts the Justice Dept. for falsely claiming families requested the Labor Day deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children.
The Education Dept. cuts $350 million from minority-serving colleges, labeling the programs discriminatory two months after the Justice Dept. abandoned their legal defense.
A divided Supreme Court permits a transgender South Carolina student to use the boys’ restroom, ruling the state failed to justify an emergency stay.
A federal judge blocks a Trump administration rule cutting immigrant access to Head Start and health clinics in 20 states that challenged the policy.
The Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking the removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, escalating a legal battle over the central bank’s independence.
Fired senior FBI agents allege in a new lawsuit that Director Kash Patel prioritized White House loyalty demands over federal law.
Citing the Supreme Court’s Skrmetti decision, the 11th Circuit rules a Georgia county can deny gender-affirming surgery because the exclusion is based on diagnosis, not discrimination.
House Republicans push bills to give the president control over D.C.’s attorney general and judges the day after Trump’s federal police takeover expired.
Fired Justice Dept. attorney pleads not guilty to a misdemeanor for a sandwich assault after a grand jury rejected a felony charge sought during Trump’s D.C. surge.
A Michigan judge dismisses the criminal case against 15 ‘fake electors,’ finding they lacked intent while following instructions from uncharged Trump campaign lawyers.
