Federal appeals court strikes down Trump’s Day 1 “invasion” order banning asylum at the southern border, ruling only Congress can rewrite the law.
Justice Department reinstates federal executions, adds firing squad, and moves to shorten death row appeals and clemency petitions.
Trump FY2027 budget earmarks $7.5 million for ICE smart glasses with real-time biometric identification of migrants in the field.
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.
ACLU, Amnesty International and 120 groups warn World Cup visitors of “serious risk” from Trump immigration enforcement seven weeks before tournament.
Iowa federal judge orders third bond hearing for truck driver held 10 weeks, says government wants to “whipsaw” him with retroactive mandatory detention rule.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs law banning local DEI funding and says white men are the “disfavored” group most discriminated against.
Trump administration negotiates sending 1,100 U.S. war allies stranded in Qatar, including 400 children, to Congo after Trump halted program letting them resettle here.
DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on money laundering and wire fraud charges for paying informants inside the KKK, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist groups.
Rumeysa Ozturk returns to Turkey after receiving Tufts doctorate and settlement in which Trump administration conceded her status was lawful throughout detention.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court strikes down state Medicaid abortion coverage ban as sex-based discrimination under state Equal Rights Amendment.
U.S. gives Cuba two-week ultimatum to release political prisoners after first U.S. government plane lands in Havana since 2016.
Texas Medical Board finds wrongdoing against three doctors in deaths of two women under state abortion ban, with punishment totaling only eight hours of continuing education.
Defense Secretary Hegseth gives Pentagon components 24 hours to terminate collective bargaining agreements across the department.
U.S. kills three in fifth Pacific boat attack in five days, pushing known death toll to 177 with no evidence of drugs.
U.S. military kills four in its 51st boat strike since September, bringing the death toll to at least 174 with no public evidence of narcotics recovered.
Appeals court blocks Judge Boasberg for a second time from investigating whether Trump officials committed contempt over Venezuela deportation flights.
Minnesota prosecutors investigate ICE agents for potential kidnapping and false imprisonment after a U.S. citizen was detained in his underwear during Operation Metro Surge.
FBI arrests California man shot seven times by ICE immediately upon hospital discharge while he was still unable to sit up, his attorney says.
U.S. military kills two more people in its 50th boat attack targeting alleged drug traffickers in the eastern Pacific, raising the known death toll to 170.
U.S. military has killed at least 168 people in 50 boat attacks targeting alleged drug traffickers since September, with no public evidence of narcotics recovered.
ICE detains second Venezuelan doctor in South Texas in a week, separating an ER physician with a valid work permit from her 5-year-old U.S. citizen daughter.
Surprise congressional visit finds Arizona ICE holding facility packed to five times its 157-person capacity, with detainees sleeping on concrete floors for days.
Trump DOJ settles predatory lending case against Texas developer without compensating victims, redirecting $20 million to immigration enforcement instead.
Immigration appeals board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s bid to dismiss deportation case, moving the former Columbia protest leader closer to re-arrest.
Pope Leo XIV calls Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” truly unacceptable and urges citizens worldwide to contact political leaders and demand peace.
ICE agents shoot and critically wound a man on his way to work in California after claiming he is an 18th Street Gang member wanted in El Salvador, a charge his family and attorney deny.
Education Department rescinds Obama and Biden era civil rights settlements requiring seven schools to protect transgender students from discrimination.
Congo becomes at least the eighth African nation to accept U.S. deportees under third-country deals that have cost $40 million for roughly 300 migrants.
Family says 3-year-old immigrant girl suffered sexual abuse in government foster care during five months of detention her father spent trying to get her released.
Federal judge rules Trump’s mandatory detention policy violates federal law, allowing up to 60 immigration detainees per week in Nevada to seek bond.
Georgia lawmakers pass bill letting property owners sue local governments for not enforcing homeless encampment bans and immigration cooperation laws.
WIRED investigation identifies dozens of masked Border Patrol paramilitary agents responsible for 144 uses of force against civilians in Chicago, the largest such deployment in U.S. history.
ICE detains the president of Wisconsin’s largest Islamic organization, a 32-year legal resident, over decades-old Israeli conviction from his teenage years.
Federal inspection finds 49 deficiencies at Camp East Montana, the nation’s largest detention facility, where three migrants have died since mid-December.
Coroner rules Rohingya refugee’s death a homicide after Border Patrol dropped him at a closed coffee shop in freezing Buffalo and he died of hypothermia five days later.
Federal judge finds Border Patrol defied her orders by using identical boilerplate forms to justify detaining 12 day laborers at a Sacramento Home Depot.
Supreme Court majority signals opposition to Trump’s birthright citizenship order as he becomes the first sitting president to attend oral arguments.
Trump-appointed judge rules HUD unlawfully rewrote $75 million homeless housing grant criteria to impose political tests on sanctuary city policies and transgender protections.
Supreme Court rules 8-1 that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors violates the First Amendment, calling it viewpoint discrimination subject to strict scrutiny.
Federal judge orders University of Pennsylvania to turn over names of employees affiliated with Jewish organizations to the EEOC for its antisemitism investigation.
DOJ sues Minnesota over policies allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports, threatening nearly $3 billion in federal education funding.
Federal judge orders Florida immigration detention facility to publish attorney visit policies and provide confidential legal phone calls to detainees.
Images show U.S. land mines scattered near residential areas in southern Iran, the first American use of the weapons in over two decades.
Justice Department sues SeaWorld’s parent company over ban on wheeled walkers at its parks, alleging disability discrimination under the ADA.
Justice Department investigates California and Maine for housing transgender women with female inmates, threatening federal funding.
Federal judge extends order requiring ICE give Minnesota detainees access to lawyers within one hour and blocks out-of-state transfers for 72 hours.
ICE agents ran Minnesota lawmakers’ license plates, followed them home and photographed their houses during Operation Metro Surge, records show.
Defense Secretary Hegseth removes rank from military chaplain uniforms and cuts Pentagon’s recognized religious affiliations from over 200 to 31, dropping Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
