Four-year-old with life-threatening illness and mother granted one-year humanitarian parole after DHS terminated their status in April, forcing public outcry to avoid deportation that could prove fatal.
Hegseth orders Navy to strip gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s name from ship during Pride month, announcing the renaming aboard USS Constitution to “reestablish warrior culture.”
Federal judge blocks Trump’s order cutting transgender inmates’ hormone therapy after prison officials abruptly stopped treatment that could cause depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts when discontinued.
Trump administration revokes Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions to stabilize patients, despite federal law mandating emergency rooms treat all medical emergencies.
Boulder attack suspect charged with federal hate crime after planning Molotov cocktail assault for a year, telling police he “wanted to kill all Zionist people” and would “do it again.”
Justice Department threatens legal action against 1,600+ California school districts unless they ban transgender athletes by June 9 despite state compromise allowing dual medals.
Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman uses makeshift flamethrower to injure eight Israeli hostage awareness marchers in Boulder, shouting “free Palestine” in what FBI calls targeted terrorism.
AB Hernandez wins gold in high jump and triple jump at California track championships despite Trump’s federal funding threats and Justice Department Title IX investigation into the transgender woman’s participation.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from revoking protected status for 5,000 Venezuelans who received paperwork during brief January-February extension window.
Customs and Border Protection collected DNA from 133,000 migrant children as young as 4 and uploaded genetic data to FBI criminal database designed for violent offenders.
Trump administration knew that vast majority of 238 Venezuelans jailed without trial in El Salvador had no U.S. criminal convictions, with government data showing only 32 were convicted of crimes and most violations were immigration-related.
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole from 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
National Association of the Deaf sues White House for removing sign language interpreters from press briefings after Trump eliminated diversity programs.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypassed CDC and expert review to end federal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy pregnant women and children.
CA high school sports federation adds more girls to state meet after Trump threatens funding over trans athlete.
Missouri Supreme Court halts abortions again by ordering district judge to reconsider ban despite voter approval.
Privacy groups sue Trump administration over USDA demand for personal data of 42 million SNAP recipients, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers from five years of records.
Jailed Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil finally holds his one-month-old son after federal judge overrules Trump administration’s attempt to force plexiglass barrier between father and infant.
White House calls federal judge “liberal activist” after he ruled Trump administration violated court order by giving South Sudan deportees only 12 hours notice instead of “meaningful” due process.
Trump administration moves to terminate 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement that limits detention of immigrant children and requires government provide them food, water and clean clothes.
Education Department investigates Virginia’s elite Thomas Jefferson High School for alleged discrimination against Asian American students despite Supreme Court upholding admissions policy that reduced Asian enrollment from 73% to 54%.
Trump administration finds Columbia University violated Jewish students’ civil rights by showing “deliberate indifference” to harassment since October 7, 2023, including failure to investigate swastika vandalism.
Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students after university refuses to turn over five years of foreign student conduct records including protest footage.
Federal judge reverses Trump’s firing of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members, ruling president lacks authority to remove independent agency officials without cause.
Justice Department cancels Minneapolis and Louisville police reform settlements following George Floyd and Breonna Taylor killings days before fifth anniversary of Floyd’s murder.
ICE denies Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil’s request to hold his newborn son during detention center visit after jailing the legal resident for over two months without criminal charges
Trump-appointed federal judge strikes down EEOC regulations requiring employers to provide time off and accommodations for abortions.
Donald Trump played a video and presented news articles falsely claiming white genocide in South Africa to President Cyril Ramaphosa during their Oval Office meeting, despite South Africa’s denials.
Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore voting rights of Republican lawmaker punished for identifying transgender student athlete in social media post.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shocks Senate committee by incorrectly defining habeas corpus as presidential power to deport immigrants.
Federal judge orders U.S. to maintain control of migrants sent to South Sudan after finding Trump administration potentially violated court restrictions on third-country deportations.
RFK family foundation awards Maine Gov. Mills human rights prize for defying transgender policies of administration where RFK Jr. serves as HHS Secretary.
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans, shortening Biden’s extension to 2026.
Trump-appointed Texas judge strikes down federal workplace protections for transgender workers as EEOC leadership abandons discrimination cases.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka claims prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by requiring second fingerprinting and mugshot after ICE detention center arrest.
Pentagon to screen troops for gender dysphoria during routine medical exams as part of effort to remove transgender service members from military.
Federal appeals court blocks Florida’s drag show law as overly broad, citing First Amendment violations
Episcopal Church quits federal refugee program as presiding bishop condemns Trump for giving white South Africans preferential treatment over millions blocked and still waiting in camps.
EEOC moves to fire suspended administrative judge who resisted Trump directives on gender identity cases and criticized agency leadership.
DHS Secretary Noem strips legal residency from 9,000 Afghan nationals in U.S., making them deportable despite Taliban control of Afghanistan.
Harvard sends letter to Education Dept. denying partisan bias claims and warning of government overreach.
IL Gov Pritzker blocks federal access to personal autism health data two days after Kennedy announces plan to probe condition’s causes.
Hamas announces plan to release last known living American hostage Edan Alexander as goodwill gesture following secret U.S. talks before Trump Middle East trip.
Quakers march 300 miles from New York to Washington to protest Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants supporting faith tradition of activism.
Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk arrived in Boston Saturday after federal judge orders her release from six weeks of ICE detention for writing opinion piece critical of Israel.
Trump orders DHS to add 20,000 officers focused on deportation and deputize state and local law enforcement.
Tennessee Highway Patrol makes over 500 stops and ICE arrests more than 100 people during joint operation supporting deportation effort.
DHS confirms Democratic members of Congress may face arrests after scuffle with ICE officers during protest of Newark mayor’s arrest.
Federal judge orders release of Turkish Tufts student detained over Israel criticism, saying detention ‘chills speech of millions’.