A nonprofit relaunches the government’s deleted climate.gov, restoring 15 years of data, research, and the National Climate Assessment the Trump administration took down.
Federal judge rules Trump’s national voter database illegal and orders it dismantled, finding agencies knew it violated privacy law but built it anyway.
A Trump-appointed judge orders the Milwaukee mosque president freed from ICE detention, finding his arrest may have been retaliation for his pro-Palestinian advocacy.
The National Science Foundation reverses its dismantling of a $386 million ocean monitoring network after a bipartisan revolt and a unanimous Senate bill led by Merkley and Murkowski.
Virginia defends its July 1 bans on masked federal agents and local ICE cooperation as the Justice Department sues to overturn them.
A federal judge blocks most of Idaho’s law making transgender bathroom use a crime, two weeks before it would have taken effect.
Preservation groups sue to block Trump’s planned 250-statue National Garden of American Heroes in West Potomac Park, citing a congressional ban on new monuments in the Mall’s core.
No Kings stages a First Amendment concert in New York countering Trump’s 80th-birthday UFC fight card in Washington.
The Kennedy Center removes Trump’s name from its façade after losing two court bids to keep it past Saturday’s deadline.
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore displays about slavery and climate it stripped from national parks, ruling the removals unlawful censorship.
Federal magistrate acquits former New York City comptroller Brad Lander of obstruction from his arrest while trying to inspect ICE holding rooms, finding his testimony credible.
Federal judge rules Alabama’s nitrogen gas executions cruel and unusual two days before a scheduled execution, finding the inmate’s firing squad alternative feasible.
Salt Lake City and county sue to stop ICE from turning an 830,000-square-foot warehouse into a 10,000-bed detention center.
Activists move their “Trump and Epstein Memorial Reading Room,” displaying all 3.5 million pages of the released DOJ files, to downtown Washington for the president’s birthday.
Former Trump campaigner Rich Logis puts up a Nashville billboard advertising his LeavingMAGA.org organization for wavering Trump supporters.
ICE releases Guatemalan asylum seeker Andrea Pedro-Francisco after four months without surgery for a dangerous ovarian cyst, following a senator’s call to DHS.
House votes 215 to 208 to halt the Iran war, but the measure still needs the Senate and may not legally bind Trump.
Seven states sue to block the administration’s $795 million deal paying a foreign energy company to abandon offshore wind off New York and New Jersey and drill oil and gas instead.
Detainees at New Jersey’s largest ICE jail reach day 10 of a hunger strike demanding freedom, as Jeffries tours the facility and calls for it to be shut down.
Civil rights groups sue ICE over conditions at the country’s largest immigration detention camp, in Texas, where three detainees have died and inspectors logged nearly 50 violations.
Federal judge bars Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and blocks its two-year closure, ruling only Congress can rename it.
Tom Morello announces a ‘Power to the People’ protest festival on October 3 near Washington, with Springsteen, Foo Fighters, and Dave Matthews headlining.
Thirty-five former judges ask court to reopen Trump’s IRS case and investigate his settlement as fraud on the court.
South Carolina Senate kills Trump-pushed redistricting for the year as Republicans flip votes hours after early voting begins.
Federal judge dismisses human smuggling indictment against wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “vindictive and selective,” citing DOJ retaliation for his successful return.
Trump-appointed U.S. attorney drops Chicago immigration protest case with prejudice after judge scrutinizes prosecutor meeting with grand juror outside proceedings.
Two Jan. 6 officers sue Trump administration to block $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, citing 14th Amendment ban on paying insurrection debts.
Colorado Supreme Court orders Children’s Hospital to resume gender-affirming care for 800 minors after hospital cut access citing federal funding threats.
Hennepin County charges ICE officer Christian Castro with four felony assault counts for firing through Minneapolis home’s front door during Jan. 14 chase.
5,000 rally in Montgomery and faith leaders march Edmund Pettus Bridge against southern Republican redistricting after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling.
Texas Supreme Court rejects Gov. Abbott’s bid to oust House Democratic leader Gene Wu and 12 others over August redistricting quorum break.
Federal judge in Rhode Island quashes DOJ subpoena demanding identities and complete medical records of every minor treated for gender dysphoria at Rhode Island Hospital since 2020.
USDA employees sue Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins over ‘escalating’ Christian religious messaging to 100,000 staff, alleging First Amendment and Administrative Procedure Act violations.
The Secret Handshake installs satirical Iran war arcade games at DC War Memorial, mocking administration’s video-game style war messaging.
Preservation group sues to halt Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repainting, saying Trump bypassed historic review to coat it “American Flag Blue.”
Tucson volunteers launch community ICE enforcement map after Padlet pulled People over Papers and federal pressure took ICEBlock offline.
New York budget deal bans law enforcement from concealing identities, ends 287(g) agreements, and bars ICE from schools and hospitals.
Protesters fill Tennessee and Alabama capitols as three Southern states advance maps targeting Black-majority districts a week after Louisiana ruling.
Illinois State Police investigates ICE killing of Silverio Villegas González eight months later, after damning Pritzker commission report.
Epstein survivors push New York to lift estate immunity and hold hotels and banks liable for enabling sex trafficking.
Democracy Forward asks federal judge to block Trump’s East Potomac Golf Links renovation as White House East Wing demolition debris piles on the public course.
May Day Strong protests organized by labor unions and 50501 take place at thousands of US locations to oppose Trump policies.
ICE releases Mississippi high school brothers detained at school bus stop with valid F-1 student visas after Republican Sen. Wicker’s office and Sen. Hyde-Smith’s office press the case.
Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady and Powell announces he will remain a Fed governor through January 2028, citing political attacks.
Second Circuit unanimously rules Trump cannot indefinitely detain most immigrants without bond hearings, marking first appellate loss for mandatory detention policy.
Wyoming judge blocks state’s six-week abortion ban, citing voter-approved 2012 constitutional amendment that protects healthcare decisions.
Federal appeals court strikes down Trump’s Day 1 “invasion” order banning asylum at the southern border, ruling only Congress can rewrite the law.
Federal judge releases Boulder firebomber’s wife and five children held nearly a year in Texas family detention, finding political targeting by guilt-by-association.
Iowa federal judge orders third bond hearing for truck driver held 10 weeks, says government wants to “whipsaw” him with retroactive mandatory detention rule.
