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Judge temporarily blocks Trump National Guard deployment to Chicago area

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump’s federalization and deployment of hundreds of National Guard members throughout...

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5 issues to watch as Supreme Court kicks off new term

Presidential powers, LGBTQ rights and the role of race in elections are among a spate of high-profile issues before the Supreme Court as the justices...

06.10.2025 40

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Judge temporarily blocks Trump National Guard deployment in Portland

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked President Trump’s deployment of 200 National Guard members to Portland, Ore. U.S. District Judge...

05.10.2025 30

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Alito: Originalists must shed ‘insecure mindset’ causing worry over 'desirable' results

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito touched on two lightning rod cases Friday in explaining the pitfalls and promises of originalism. The...

04.10.2025 40

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DC federal court pumps brakes on Trump policy legal fights amid shutdown

The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday pumped the brakes on lawsuits challenging Trump administration policies amid the...

01.10.2025 2

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Supreme Court lets Trump administration freeze billions in foreign aid

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to allow the Trump administration keep frozen billions of dollars in foreign aid that is set to expire next week,...

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Lisa Cook argues firing would transform Fed into 'body subservient to the President’s will'

Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook implored the Supreme Court to keep her in her post while her lawsuit over President Trump's...

26.09.2025 10

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Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted: 5 things to know

Former FBI Director James Comey was hit with two federal charges late Thursday, days after President Trump ramped up pressure on his Justice...

26.09.2025 30

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Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted: 5 things to know

Former FBI Director James Comey was hit with two federal charges late Thursday, days after President Trump ramped up pressure on his Justice...

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Judge urges prudence as DOJ mulls death penalty in Israeli Embassy staffer killings

A federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly urged prudence as the Department of Justice (DOJ) contemplates whether to seek the death penalty for a man...

25.09.2025 10

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Man found guilty of assassination attempt against Trump at Florida golf club

Ryan Routh, the man accused of plotting to kill President Trump as he golfed in south Florida last year, was found guilty Tuesday following a trial...

24.09.2025 50

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Convicted would-be Trump assassin tries to stab himself with pen after verdict

The man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed last year in South Florida tried to stab himself with a pen after a...

24.09.2025 50

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Authorities tracking unspecified threats to Charlie Kirk memorial attendees

Federal authorities are tracking “several threats of unknown credibility” against people planning to attend a Sunday memorial service in Arizona...

20.09.2025 10

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Oct. 7 victims, families file $7B lawsuit against 'primary architects' of attacks

American victims of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and their families filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Palestinian militant...

18.09.2025 3

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Utah seeks death penalty against Charlie Kirk's suspected killer

Utah County Attorney General Jeff Gray said Tuesday that the state will seek the death penalty against the man accused of fatally shooting Charlie...

17.09.2025 10

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Maurene Comey sues Bondi, DOJ over dismissal

Maurene Comey on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging her July dismissal from her job as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), tying...

15.09.2025 5

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Charlie Kirk, Ukrainian refugee's killings bring death penalty to forefront

President Trump’s suggestions that the suspects in two high-profile killings face the death penalty add to his administration’s increasingly...

15.09.2025 5

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Kirk killing suspect arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder

The 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder and two other state felony charges, according...

12.09.2025 3

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DC 'sandwich guy' pleads not guilty to misdemeanor assault, trial set for November

The man accused of slinging a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., which turned him into a symbol of opposition to President Trump’s...

10.09.2025 3

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Supreme Court seeks to avoid being cornered on Trump tariffs

President Trump’s most significant economic initiative is now in the hands of the Supreme Court. The justices announced Tuesday they will fast...

10.09.2025 4

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Legal group Democracy Forward battles Trump's agenda

At the start of President Trump’s first administration, Skye Perryman joined a small legal organization, without even a website, bent on holding...

10.09.2025 3

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Federal judge blocks Trump firing of Fed's Lisa Cook for now

A federal judge late Tuesday temporarily blocked President Trump's attempted ouster of Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook. U.S....

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John Roberts temporarily allows Trump admin to freeze billions in foreign aid

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allowed the Trump administration to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid as the Supreme Court...

10.09.2025 3

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Federal appeals court rules against states in challenge to Trump probationary employee firings

A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled against Democratic attorneys general who sued the Trump administration over its mass firings of...

08.09.2025 3

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Pirro arrests 2 DC teens in congressional intern's killing

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday that two teenagers have been arrested and will be charged with first degree...

05.09.2025 4

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DOJ investigating Fed governor Lisa Cook: Reports

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook over alleged...

05.09.2025 4

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New York AG Letitia James appeals ruling that wiped colossal Trump penalty in civil fraud case

New York Attorney General Letitia James has appealed a court's ruling that threw out a colossal penalty imposed upon President Trump and his business...

05.09.2025 20

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Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers pleads not guilty

The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to an array of...

04.09.2025 20

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Mortgage fraud claims become ammunition against Trump’s foes

President Trump has found a new weapon of choice in his retribution campaign against his foes: mortgage fraud claims. At least three prominent Trump...

30.08.2025 50

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Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency tariffs

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump’s assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs, a blow to his efforts to...

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Federal judge weighs Trump firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook

A federal judge on Friday weighed President Trump’s attempted ouster of Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook, acknowledging that the...

29.08.2025 10

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South Carolina asks Supreme Court to let it enforce transgender bathroom ban

South Carolina is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a ban on transgender students using restrooms aligned with their gender identity at...

29.08.2025 10

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Louisiana urges Supreme Court to reject race in redistricting

Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to bar any consideration of race in redistricting, abandoning its defense of its own current congressional map...

28.08.2025 4

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Fed’s Lisa Cook sues Trump over ‘unprecedented and illegal’ firing

Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook sued President Trump on Thursday over his "unprecedented and illegal attempt” to remove her from...

28.08.2025 7

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Air Force to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt

The U.S. Air Force will provide Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt with military funeral honors, reversing a Biden-era decision that denied her family's...

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia seeking asylum in US in latest twist in case

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation made him the face of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the...

27.08.2025 3

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3 questions hanging on Abrego Garcia's fight against Uganda deportation

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported but later returned to the U.S., is gearing up for a new phase in his battle with the Trump...

27.08.2025 5

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Trump appeals ruling that kept fraud case intact, wiped penalty

President Trump has appealed a New York court’s ruling that kept the sprawling civil fraud case against him intact, despite tossing out the roughly...

27.08.2025 3

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Trump admin 'absolutely forbidden' from removing Abrego Garcia, judge says

A federal judge on Monday doubled down that the Trump administration is “absolutely forbidden” from removing mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego...

26.08.2025 4

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Letitia James to advance fraud appeal as DOJ pressure campaign intensifies

New York Attorney General Letitia James is not backing down. Her sprawling business fraud case against President Trump took a meteoric hit when a...

23.08.2025 10

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Trump’s civil fraud penalty scrapped: 5 takeaways

A half-billion-dollar judgment against President Trump and his business empire was thrown out by a divided appeals court Thursday, though the fraud...

22.08.2025 4

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Federal judge finds Alina Habba unlawfully serving as US attorney for NJ

A federal judge on Thursday ruled Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Trump, has been unlawfully serving as New Jersey's top federal...

22.08.2025 2