Rubio launches a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court, warning nations under the US security umbrella to reject its authority or face scrutiny.
Judge voids Trump’s IRS settlement shielding his family from audits, ruling he sued the agency he controls for an improper purpose.
Trump shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante again, cutting 3 million acres and leaving the Utah monuments below a tenth of their size.
Judge permanently dismisses Proud Boys leaders’ January 6 seditious conspiracy convictions at DOJ’s request, writing that granting the motion is not agreement with it.
New York Times countersues the EEOC, saying the agency sued over a white editor’s promotion 8 days after Times reporting exposed its pro-Trump case targeting.
Federal judge orders GEO Group to let Washington inspectors inside its Tacoma ICE facility after years of refusal and 3,500 uninvestigated complaints.
Judge admonishes Chicago US Attorney Boutros for revealing sealed suspect photos at a DOJ press conference while one Tren de Aragua defendant remained at large.
Justice Department sues Maryland over its new law limiting police cooperation with ICE, the 21st federal suit against state sanctuary policies.
Judge says the man charged with killing Guard member Sarah Beckstrom is in “dire circumstances” after a jail hunger strike, some days refusing water.
Three-time Olympian David Hearn pleads not guilty to felony property destruction for touching peeling coating on the Reflecting Pool during a June bike ride.
Appeals court upholds Illinois’s assault weapons ban 2-1 a week after the Supreme Court agreed to review similar bans, with a Trump appointee writing the majority.
Ohio grand jury indicts 8 men on terrorism and murder conspiracy charges in a foiled drone and sniper attack targeting Trump’s June White House UFC event.
Trump says he’ll ask the Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case it decided against him, a request not granted in decades.
Judge orders release of Trump’s $5.8 million payment to E. Jean Carroll, writing “it’s time for him to ‘do equity'” after years of stalling.
Appeals court refuses a second time to restore Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, finding his fundraising-harm claim backed by no evidence.
Judge fines ex-Judge Dugan $5,000 with no prison for helping an immigrant avoid ICE arrest, rejecting prosecutors’ 15-to-21-month recommendation.
John Deere settles the FTC’s right-to-repair suit, agreeing to give farmers and independent shops dealer-level repair access for 10 years.
Faculty groups sue Texas Tech over classroom limits on race and gender they say ban teaching Plato, Dred Scott facts, and Holocaust history.
Unions sue to block USDA’s relocation of thousands of Washington-area employees, arguing it is a disguised mass layoff that Congress explicitly barred without its approval.
Appeals court rules Florida’s Stop WOKE Act unconstitutional at state universities, with a Trump-appointed judge writing the state cannot puppeteer every professor it pays.
Judge tosses Trump Media’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against the Washington Post, finding no evidence the paper published its 2023 Truth Social story with actual malice.
Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks an election-denial group from learning which residents under guardianship have lost their voting rights, ruling 5-2 the records stay sealed.
Judge quashes DOJ subpoena for personal data on thousands of 2020 Fulton County election workers, calling it an arbitrary fishing expedition of staggering breadth.
Southern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges over paying informants inside the KKK, a prosecution it calls political retribution.
Lawsuit alleges ICE hand-delivered confidential asylum files of pro-democracy protesters and religious minorities to Iran’s government, continuing even after the U.S. went to war with Iran.
Rochester man sues DHS alleging agents violated the First Amendment by tracking him to a hotel over an angry email criticizing ICE’s former director.
Supreme Court lets Texas enforce its app store age-verification law while a First Amendment challenge proceeds, denying tech industry and student emergency appeals.
Judge rules Trump’s blanket January 6 pardon does not shield the accused DC pipe bomber, who was not charged until months after it issued.
House Speaker Johnson urges Congress to restrict birthright citizenship over “birth tourism” days after the Supreme Court ruled the 14th Amendment protects it.
Federal judge denies Trump’s request for more time to fight paying E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million, days after the Supreme Court refused his appeal.
The Justice Department admits it accidentally sent Jack Smith’s sealed report to lawyers for the former prosecutor charged with leaking that same report.
The Justice Department tells a federal judge its bribery case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani was baseless, calling charges he misled U.S. investors a foreign matter.
Iowa restores SNAP recipients’ ability to buy soda and candy after a federal court rules the food-restriction waivers violate the federal definition of food.
A New Orleans special prosecutor refuses to withdraw the arrest warrant for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill despite a state Supreme Court stay of her 16-count indictment.
Justice Department refuses court-ordered release of more Epstein files, seeking a 60-day delay and arguing the transparency act cannot be privately enforced.
Appeals court rules the Trump administration can keep slavery, climate, and immigration materials out of national parks, reversing a June restoration order.
Federal judge blocks USPS rule refusing to deliver mail ballots in states that withhold voter lists, ruling it violates a 2021 NAACP settlement.
Federal judge demands assurances Trump won’t start East Potomac golf course renovations before the lawsuit resolves, citing his September 1 announcement and detailed Fazio plans.
Orleans Parish grand jury indicts Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on 16 felony counts over letters threatening New Orleans officials with removal from office.
Supreme Court refuses to halt an $800 daily fine against journalist Catherine Herridge for shielding her source on FBI leaks about a scientist never charged.
Disability and education groups sue the Education Department and OMB for withholding nearly $2 billion in congressionally appropriated research funds set to expire.
Fourteen Minnesota protesters plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges as prosecutors say they need 90 extra days to process 20 terabytes of evidence.
A federal judge blocks Virginia’s ban on law enforcement masks hours before it was set to take effect, ruling states cannot regulate how federal agents operate.
Federal judges sentence seven more people for terrorism over the shooting at a Texas immigration detention center protest, a week after eight others got up to 100 years.
The Justice Department sues Virginia over its AR-15 sales ban and California over its Glock restrictions, one day after the Supreme Court took up AR-15 cases.
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor launches a review of more than 1,000 grand jury presentations after misconduct forced dismissal of charges against immigration crackdown protesters.
Former CIA Director Brennan sues the Trump administration to preserve records of its conspiracy investigation against him, saying officials branded him a criminal before charges.
A federal judge in Iowa holds an ICE officer in contempt for “astonishing” defiance of a court order, as a second judge warns the agency against treating detainees as “bargaining chips.”
The Justice Department sues Rhode Island and Massachusetts over tuition breaks for noncitizen students, bringing to twelve the states it accuses of discriminating against U.S. citizens.
A federal judge blocks Hegseth’s rule requiring press escorts inside the Pentagon, ruling the policy retaliatory and its security rationale “facially dubious,” another First Amendment loss for the Defense Department.
