Pentagon gives 3 million personnel ChatGPT and Musk’s Grok for unclassified work, days after a judge ruled it unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic for refusing surveillance and weapons uses.
Federal judge pauses Florida and Texas’s bid to revoke the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide until after the midterms, at the FDA’s request during its safety review.
FTC and over 20 states sue Amazon, alleging it secretly bid in its own ad auctions since 2018 to overcharge sellers more than $20 billion.
38 Minnesota church protesters including ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon seek dismissal, saying Homeland Security used over 90 customs summonses to gather phone and travel records without judicial approval.
Supreme Court lets White House ballroom construction continue 5-4, Chief Justice Roberts dissenting, as the 65% complete project could finish before courts decide its legality.
Trump administration appeals the June order barring it from freezing NY-NJ rail tunnel funds it withheld to punish Democrats, after 4 court losses.
Homeland Security uses a customs-import law to obtain a Minneapolis journalist’s phone records without court approval, weeks after a judge twice rejected its warrant request.
Justice Department settles its 2020 lawsuit against Walmart for $50 million over pharmacies that filled pill-mill opioid prescriptions their own pharmacists had flagged.
Pentagon pauses the firing of 3 Stars and Stripes journalists until September 4 after a judge asked for more time to weigh their First Amendment suit.
3 Trump-appointed appeals judges rule Kalshi’s sports bets are gambling Nevada can regulate, splitting with the 3rd Circuit as the CFTC sues states to shield prediction markets.
California sues to void a $120 million federal buyout that paid Golden State Wind to drop its offshore lease and fund Gulf Coast fossil fuel projects.
Federal judge rules unconstitutional the immigration provision Rubio used to deport foreign students for criticizing Israel, in a case won by Stanford’s student newspaper.
Interior cuts over 60 East Potomac Park trees days before Trump’s golf course overhaul, after Judge Ana Reyes asked for notice before removing more than 10.
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to let it enforce its transgender troop ban on those already serving, calling an appeals court’s animus finding “gravely erroneous.”
River outfitters and Lipan Apache members win a court order halting all Homeland Security border barrier construction in Big Bend National Park until at least September 15.
Justice Department appeals a judge’s 14-day block on Postal Service rules letting it withhold mail ballots, one day after she found compliance “practically impossible” by November.
Federal judge refuses to move Trump’s hush money convictions to federal court, ruling covering up an affair with Stormy Daniels is not an official presidential act.
Labor Department rules a civilian mariner’s alleged rape by her captain aboard a Navy ship, in her locked cabin, was a workplace injury, leaving workers’ comp as her only remedy.
Justice Department says it will appeal the dismissal of its antisemitism suit against Harvard 2 weeks after a judge found the claims rested on one school year plus 3 later incidents.
Stars and Stripes’ editor, publisher and a reporter sue the Pentagon to block firings set for Saturday, calling them retaliation for criticizing its takeover of the paper.
Texas jail frees ICE agent Christian Castro, charged with shooting a Minneapolis man through a closed door and lying about it, as Gov. Abbott keeps blocking his extradition.
Judge cuts off DOJ’s claim that the Kennedy Center is “dilapidated” as a “non sequitur” while weighing whether Trump’s board can put his name on the facade and grounds.
Masked, armed CBP agents escort border wall contractors onto Tohono O’odham Nation land to begin drilling, 11 days after a judge refused to halt construction.
Federal judge rules the Pentagon violated the First Amendment by barring Anthropic from defense work to “make a public example” of its criticism of military AI plans.
New Mexico sues the US and border wall contractors over unauthorized wells in protected water basins, demanding double repayment for stolen groundwater.
Maryland judge blocks the November redistricting ballot question, ruling Democrats missed their own July 1 certification deadline in the August special session.
Trump-appointed judge refuses to erase Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction, ruling prosecutors never explained why dismissal serves justice.
Meta agrees to pay states up to $17 billion and cap minors at 2 hours daily to settle the landmark child safety trial midway through testimony.
24 states and DC sue to block the Postal Service mail-ballot rule 2 days after their Supreme Court loss, calling the required overhaul Herculean.
Judge lets Trump’s mail-ballot order proceed after Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, noting challengers have substantial arguments that could still reverse it.
Federal judge rejects Minnesota’s bid to extradite ICE agent Christian Castro, ruling Texas Gov. Abbott can stall the transfer indefinitely with no deadline.
Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s “meritless” bid to vacate her sex-trafficking sentence, ruling the released Epstein files further incriminate her rather than exonerate.
Federal judge signals he won’t keep ICE officer Christian Castro jailed past Thursday, as Abbott stalls Minnesota’s extradition on charges that include lying about his shooting.
Judge blocks Ohio’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule before the October 5 midterm deadline, won by 2 civic groups who sued the state.
La Crosse County prosecutor declines to charge Musk over his $1 million Wisconsin Supreme Court election offer, despite the elections commission finding probable cause.
Justice Department tells a court the Kennedy Center faces demolition unless Trump’s board renames and renovates it, months after judges forced his name off the building.
Judge blocks Florida International University from punishing students who silently protested campus police working as ICE agents, citing 60 years of precedent.
400 volunteers put 29,000 shielded immigration court records online, exposing arrest patterns a 2007 rule kept locked in courthouse kiosks.
Judge orders the US to retrieve a cartel witness it deported to Mexico despite torture protections, after ICE and Rubio revoked them without a hearing.
Nevada sues Interior over Colorado River cuts, saying the plan announced as 17% actually authorizes taking up to 70% of Las Vegas’s water supply.
Supreme Court lets Trump’s mail-ballot executive order proceed 6-3, lifting the block on a federal voter list and USPS delivery restrictions before the midterms.
Judge rules a 1-year-old in government custody with no lawyer must file an asylum application or face deportation, after HHS replaced the contract funding children’s attorneys.
Trump moves to block BBC subpoenas of his children in the $10 million defamation suit he filed, after the Secret Service stopped servers at their homes.
Idaho appeals the ruling that allowed abortions to protect a woman’s health or prevent suicide, arguing the exceptions should cover only the doctor who sued.
Judge strikes down Rubio’s 75-country visa ban after a State Department cable showed officers ordered to deny applicants who proved they weren’t public burdens.
Chief Justice Roberts lets White House ballroom construction continue while crews work 20-hour days to finish before courts can rule Congress never authorized it.
Kennedy Center board member Rep. Beatty asks the court to block Trump’s name from returning September 8, calling the reworded inscription naked defiance.
Appeals court rules Indiana cannot punish Planned Parenthood for telling minors where abortion is legal, calling referrals protected First Amendment speech.
Appeals court bars DHS immigration enforcement at 1,400 houses of worship after finding the policy already cut attendance at Quaker, Sikh, and Baptist congregations.
Judge blocks HHS from converting the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program to abstinence-only teaching after it canceled 53 evidence-based grants worth $67 million.
