Fired U.S. Attorney Rogoff sues Trump, arguing his removal 54 minutes after judges unanimously appointed him to a Seattle vacancy was illegal.
Appeals court unanimously upholds Trump adviser Navarro’s contempt of Congress conviction, ruling he invented an executive privilege claim Trump never actually made.
Federal judge blocks ICE from deporting a witness to agents’ fatal shooting of a Houston man whose family disputes the government’s account.
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuits against Minnesota, its two largest cities, and Hennepin County over sanctuary policies, ruling preemption claims failed.
Trump orders debarment officials to review a judicial science manual over its climate chapter, which the judiciary already withdrew under Republican pressure.
Federal judge pauses Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros. takeover for 14 days after 12 states sue, one month after Trump’s Justice Department approved it.
Justice Department activates a secret 1996 terrorist deportation court for the first time, filing a sealed, classified case its own judge called insufficiently thought through.
New York Mayor Mamdani reviews whether the city can arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on his ICC war crimes warrant during a September UN visit.
Full federal appeals court strikes down New Jersey’s 36-year-old assault weapons ban and magazine limits, splitting with every other circuit.
Federal judge rules the administration illegally used an OMB budget clause to cancel billions in grants Congress already approved for states.
Federal judge scolds Justice Department lawyers for citing an apparently AI-fabricated case while opposing an ICE detainee’s release petition.
Louisville jury orders ghost gun sellers to pay $104 million to the mother of a teen who killed himself with a kit shipped without a background check.
Appeals court lets the Pentagon keep requiring government escorts for journalists, overturning a judge who found the restrictions defied his prior order.
Federal judge dismisses DOJ’s demand for New Mexico voter rolls with Social Security numbers, one of 14 such lawsuits yet to yield any data.
Federal judge blocks State Department from revoking visas and green cards of researchers targeted solely for working in content moderation and disinformation fields.
National Park Service installs panels overnight at Philadelphia’s President’s House saying Washington’s enslaved staff enjoyed autonomy and theater tickets, replacing exhibits on slavery’s brutality.
New York Times moves to quash grand jury subpoenas FBI agents served at three reporters’ homes demanding they name confidential sources.
Trump fires the U.S. attorney federal judges appointed in Seattle less than an hour after his swearing-in, without responding to two weeks of outreach.
Justice Department subpoenas 13 top law firms for their communications with Trump’s personal lawyer while asking a judge to shield the White House’s own records.
E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump three years after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse, and two weeks after the Supreme Court declined his appeal.
Twelve states sue to block the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger the Justice Department approved over its own staff lawyers’ objections.
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.
