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Appeals panel temporarily lifts order deeming Trump firing of federal employee labor board head unlawful

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday temporarily lifted an order deeming President Trump's firing of the Democratic-appointed chair of the...

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Supreme Court disclosures detail millions in justices book payments

The Supreme Court justices’ annual financial disclosures were released Tuesday, revealing millions of dollars in combined book payments to the...

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Second judge blocks parts of Trump order overhauling elections

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from implementing parts of President Trump's executive order seeking to overhaul elections....

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Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

A federal judge on Thursday ruled President Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon,...

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Supreme Court revives lawsuit over mistaken FBI raid

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived an Atlanta family’s lawsuit over a botched FBI raid on its home in 2017 but put off deciding the case's...

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Trump’s hush money conviction returns to court 

President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction returns to the limelight Wednesday as his attorneys plead with an appeals panel to move the New...

11.06.2025 20

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Proud Boys lawsuit over Jan. 6 faces steep legal odds, high political cost

A $100 million lawsuit brought against the Justice Department by five Proud Boys leaders convicted over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack faces steep...

10.06.2025 10

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Pam Bondi's brother crushed in DC Bar Association election

Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, overwhelmingly lost his bid to lead the D.C. Bar Association in a race with record turnout, the...

09.06.2025 9

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Appeals court lets Trump block AP from some White House spaces for now

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration may ban The Associated Press from the Oval Office and other limited spaces for now,...

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Another top Paul Weiss lawyer departs firm after Trump deal

Paul, Weiss — the first law firm to strike a deal with President Trump to avoid a punitive executive order — is losing a prominent attorney to a...

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Supreme Court hands DOGE big wins in Social Security, records cases

The Supreme Court on Friday handed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) two major victories in its expanding legal battle over drastic...

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Proud Boys leaders sue DOJ over Jan. 6 prosecutions

Five leaders of the Proud Boys convicted of spearheading the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack are accusing the government and FBI employees of violating...

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DOJ dismisses Biden-era records lawsuit against Peter Navarro

The Justice Department on Tuesday agreed to dismiss a lawsuit seeking records from White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro's time in the first...

04.06.2025 3

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Boulder suspect charged with federal hate crime

The man accused of attacking Boulder, Colo., demonstrators calling for the return of Israeli hostages in Gaza has been charged with a federal hate...

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Jackson, Sotomayor dissent as Supreme Court turns away Black dancer's discrimination appeal 

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Black dancer’s appeal in her discrimination lawsuit against several Houston clubs, drawing dissent from...

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Law firms targeted by Trump are on a winning streak against him

Federal courts have handed a series of resounding victories to the law firms fighting back against President Trump’s targeted executive orders, a...

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Will the Supreme Court save the Fed’s independence? 

The Federal Reserve has emerged as the 800-pound gorilla in the legal fight over President Trump’s firings of agency leaders traditionally...

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Judge strikes down Trump order against WilmerHale

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm WilmerHale, the third such ruling deeming the...

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Israeli Embassy shooting investigation and court case: What to know

Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night outside a Jewish museum in Washington, made his first court...

24.05.2025 9

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Judge finds Trump order targeting law firm Jenner & Block unlawful

A federal judge on Friday ruled President Trump's order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unlawful, blocking it in full. U.S. District Judge...

24.05.2025 10

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Chief Justice Roberts temporarily halts discovery in DOGE case

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted discovery Friday in a lawsuit seeking access to documents and information about the Department of...

23.05.2025 3

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Vance: Courts trying to 'literally overturn the will of the American people'

Vice President Vance waded into the power tug-a-war between the courts and executive branch in an interview published earlier this week, warning that...

23.05.2025 30

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Israeli Embassy suspect charged with murder of a foreign official

The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., was on Thursday charged with murder of...

23.05.2025 20

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Woman accused of spitting on Ed Martin faces federal assault charge

A woman accused of spitting on Washington's former top federal prosecutor was arrested Thursday on an assault charge, according to court filings....

22.05.2025 3

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Judge finds Trump's firing of Democrats on privacy oversight board unlawful

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that President Trump's firing of two Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) were...

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Judge scolds DOJ in dismissing ICE facility trespass charge against Newark mayor

A federal judge on Wednesday chided the Justice Department during a hearing where he agreed to dismiss a trespass charge against Newark Mayor Ras...

21.05.2025 3

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Arizona judge sends 2020 Republican electors' case back to grand jury

An Arizona judge on Monday ordered state prosecutors to return their 2020 election subversion case against Republican allies of President Trump to a...

20.05.2025 4

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Judge deems DOGE takeover of US Institute of Peace 'null and void'

A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) was unlawful,...

19.05.2025 6

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5 takeaways from birthright citizenship argument at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court mulled whether judges should be allowed to extend injunctive relief to the entire country in a lively argument Thursday stemming...

16.05.2025 4

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Supreme Court broadens standard for unreasonable force claims against police

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier to bring unreasonable force claims against police, ruling unanimously that courts should examine the...

15.05.2025 3

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Trump to meet NYC Mayor Eric Adams at White House

President Trump will meet with Eric Adams on Friday, the White House confirmed, a meeting that will come hours before the Justice Department is...

09.05.2025 3

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Supreme Court faces backlog of emergency cases

Forget 911. When the Trump administration has an emergency, it just calls nine — justices, that is. At the Supreme Court, a staggering number of...

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DOJ confirms 'settlement in principle' over Ashli Babbitt's Jan. 6 death

The Justice Department said Friday that a “settlement in principle” has been reached with rioter Ashli Babbitt’s family to resolve a lawsuit...

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access millions of Americans’...

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Judge declines to block parts of Trump gender, DEI executive orders  

A federal judge on Friday declined to block the enforcement of key provisions in President Trump’s executive orders involving diversity, equity and...

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Trump’s war with judiciary dominates first 100 days 

President Trump has picked dozens of fights since returning to the White House, but few have been so unrelenting as his war with the courts. Amid...

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Appeals panel partially lifts order that let CFPB layoffs inch forward

A federal appeals court panel on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection...

29.04.2025 4

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House Oversight Democrats to probe Trump law firm deals

Democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are launching an investigation into the deals several law firms made with...

28.04.2025 2

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Law firms fight for decisive relief from targeted Trump orders 

Two major law firms faced judges Wednesday to ask for decisive relief from President Trump’s executive orders aimed at undercutting their business...

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Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez's wife convicted in bribery scheme

Nadine Menendez on Monday was convicted of joining forces with her husband, former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), to accept lavish bribes in exchange for...

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Supreme Court to hear Postal Service's appeal of Black landlord's bias suit

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will weigh whether the U.S. Postal Service can be held liable for failing to deliver mail to a Black landlord who...

21.04.2025 3

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Supreme Court declines to weigh gun ban on young adults in Minnesota

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Minnesota seeking the revival of the state's ban on gun-carry permits for young adults. The...

21.04.2025 3

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Courts weigh White House work-arounds to keep AP iced out  

The White House’s battle with The Associated Press is far from over.  Though a judge ordered key officials to restore the wire service’s access...

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Judge declines to further enforce order restoring AP access to White House

A federal judge on Friday declined to further enforce his order directing the White House to restore The Associated Press’s access to certain...

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Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funds authorized under Biden-era climate laws

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze funds under Biden-era laws authorizing massive investments in climate-friendly...

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Jan. 6 defendants, allies vexed with Trump admin 

The Jan. 6 defendants granted sweeping clemency by President Trump are growing increasingly vexed with his administration because they don’t believe...

16.04.2025 20

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Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons spark several surprises

President Trump’s sweeping clemency for Jan. 6 defendants have taken a number of surprising twists and turns nearly three months after the Capitol...

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Trump must face Central Park Five defamation suit, judge rules

A federal judge declined to toss a defamation lawsuit against President Trump over his remarks last year about five Black and Hispanic men wrongly...

10.04.2025 3

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Hundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins Coie

Hundreds of law firms and former judges have signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Perkins Coie as the law firm challenges President...

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Supreme Court appears swayed by Catholic charity group’s tax exemption bid

The Supreme Court on Monday seemed swayed by a Catholic charity group’s bid for tax relief in Wisconsin in a case that could drastically alter...

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