Trump administration argues Justice Department guidance supersedes independent Merit Systems Protection Board after two fired immigration judges win appeals, claiming presidential power overrides workers’ due process rights.
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension, with $22 million funding White House State Ballroom construction through tax-exempt trust, the third platform to settle with Trump this year.
Reagan-appointed judge blocks Kari Lake’s plan to eliminate 532 Voice of America jobs, accuses Trump administration of egregious disregard for court orders that would support contempt trial.
Border Patrol commander says agents arrest people based on ‘how they look’ during militarized Chicago sweep three weeks after Supreme Court approved racial profiling in his California operation.
Educators in Iowa, South Carolina and Indiana file separate lawsuits after losing jobs over Kirk assassination comments, each claiming First Amendment violations.
Rudy Giuliani settles Dominion’s $1.3 billion defamation suit for undisclosed sum, two years after Fox paid $787 million for same election lies.
Trump appeals to Supreme Court to overturn 150-year understanding of 14th Amendment, claiming birthright citizenship was “mistaken.”
Federal appeals court blocks Trump’s attempt to strip union rights from Pentagon K-12 teachers by labeling them national security workers.
Trump fires Sacramento US Attorney hours after she warned Border Patrol chief that planned raids would violate court order.
Justice Dept. subpoenas Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s travel records one day after indicting James Comey in escalating probe of Trump’s foes.
Federal judge extends block on deportation of 70 Honduran and Guatemalan children after finding Trump’s reunification claims false.
Federal judge rules Trump ally Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic 51 times while promoting 2020 election lies, facing nine-figure damages.
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid despite GAO ruling the move illegal.
Planned Parenthood halts Wisconsin abortion services after appeals court lifts injunction blocking Trump’s Medicaid funding ban.
Former Fed chairs Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen warn Supreme Court that removing Lisa Cook threatens independence and could trigger inflation.
A George W. Bush-appointed judge rules the Trump administration cannot tie FEMA disaster aid to states’ cooperation on immigration enforcement.
A federal judge rebukes Attorney General Pam Bondi and warns of sanctions for public statements that jeopardize the trial in the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder.
A federal judge finds Trump’s firing of 17 government watchdogs unlawful but denies their reinstatement, stating he could legally fire them again with proper notice.
A Justice Dept. official suggested a criminal probe into the FBI agent who sued Alex Jones just three days after the official was photographed with Jones.
Ryan Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen immediately after a jury found him guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump.
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore over $500 million in UCLA health grants suspended over claims of antisemitism.
The Supreme Court allows Trump to fire an FTC commissioner while it considers overturning a 90-year-old precedent on removal power.
A West Point professor files a First Amendment class-action lawsuit, alleging a free speech crackdown followed a Trump executive order.
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.
