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Judges overseeing Trump cases speak out against threats

Federal judges presiding over major cases involving the Trump administration on Thursday denounced threats they’ve faced as tensions between the...

31.07.2025 5

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Third court blocks Trump birthright citizenship order nationwide after Supreme Court decision

A third court ruled Friday that President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order cannot go into effect across the country, following the...

26.07.2025 100

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Live updates: DOJ set for second interview with Ghislaine Maxwell; Trump travels to Scotland

President Trump is departing Washington on Friday for a weekend trip to Scotland as furor over the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to grip the...

25.07.2025 9

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George Santos to report to prison for start of 7-year prison term

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is set to report to prison on Friday, officially capping off the New York Republican’s dramatic rise-and-fall in...

25.07.2025 30

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Habba set to remain top federal prosecutor in New Jersey despite ouster by judges

President Trump's pick for New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, Alina Habba, on Thursday said she would continue on in the position despite a judicial...

25.07.2025 40

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Fired NJ prosecutor says she's prepared to take job

A New Jersey prosecutor selected by judges to replace President Trump's pick for U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, said Wednesday she is prepared to assume...

24.07.2025 4

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What to know as DOJ battles over Alina Habba's successor in New Jersey 

President Trump’s war with the judiciary escalated Tuesday with the firing of an attorney named by federal judges to replace Alina Habba, the...

24.07.2025 10

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Judge declines to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida

A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday declined the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from a probe into the disgraced...

23.07.2025 4

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DOJ: Habba successor 'removed' after NJ court ousting from top prosecutor role

Top Justice Department officials on Tuesday announced that a deputy to Alina Habba, President Trump's pick for the state's top federal prosecutor, has...

23.07.2025 50

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Trump administration appeals Jenner & Block win over executive order

The Justice Department on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order blocking President Trump’s punitive executive order against the law firm Jenner...

22.07.2025 40

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Ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid sentenced to more than 2 years in prison

A Louisville police officer convicted in connection with a botched raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death was sentenced on Monday to more than...

22.07.2025 3

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Trump seizes on Fed renovations as potential Powell ouster

President Trump has seized on the Federal Reserve's multibillion-dollar makeover as a possible avenue for finally ousting its politically independent...

20.07.2025 20

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Blanche backs Bove judicial nomination in op-ed

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is zealously backing Emil Bove's nomination to a federal appeals court amid suggestions that his confirmation...

17.07.2025 10

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Threats against public officials persist in year after Trump assassination attempt

Threats against public officials have persisted in the year since the first assassination attempt of President Trump, as experts in political violence...

13.07.2025 10

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Judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship order after Supreme Court ruling

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship for a class of every child it affects.  U.S....

10.07.2025 30

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Appeals court throws out right-wing influencer's conviction for 2016 election interference

A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a right-wing influencer's conviction for spreading misinformation online about ways to vote in the 2016...

09.07.2025 5

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Ketanji Brown Jackson turns independent streak loose on fellow justices

To hear Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tell it, it’s a “perilous moment for our Constitution.” The Supreme Court’s most junior justice had...

05.07.2025 10

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Jan. 6 defendant convicted of plotting to kill agents who investigated his role in Capitol riot gets life sentence

A convicted Jan. 6 defendant found guilty of plotting to kill federal agents who investigated his role in the 2021 Capitol attack was sentenced on...

02.07.2025 3

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Supreme Court won't revive MAGA hat-wearing student's race discrimination suit

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider reviving a Texas student’s lawsuit claiming he was bullied for supporting President Trump and for...

30.06.2025 20

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5 takeaways from the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling

The Supreme Court handed President Trump a clear victory Friday, stopping judges from issuing nationwide injunctions that block his executive order...

27.06.2025 10

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Barrett, Jackson spar in birthright citizenship case opinions

Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully butted heads in dueling opinions Friday regarding President Trump’s executive order...

27.06.2025 7

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Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro disbarred in New York

Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise President Trump's alternate electors strategy in 2020, has been disbarred in New York. A panel...

26.06.2025 9

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Judge says it’s too late to order recovery of Trump officials’ Signal messages

A federal judge said Friday it’s too late to order the recovery of already-deleted Signal messages from key members of President Trump's Cabinet,...

21.06.2025 30

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Justice Thomas delights conservatives in shunning gender-affirming care ‘experts’  

Justice Clarence Thomas’s shunning of “experts” defending gender-affirming care is delighting conservatives in their assault on liberal...

20.06.2025 40

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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...

19.06.2025 40

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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...

18.06.2025 10

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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....

13.06.2025 10

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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...

12.06.2025 7

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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 10

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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,...

07.06.2025 50

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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...

07.06.2025 20

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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...

06.06.2025 7

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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...

02.06.2025 4

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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...

02.06.2025 30

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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...

01.06.2025 70

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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...

28.05.2025 20

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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...

28.05.2025 60

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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 10

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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...

21.05.2025 10

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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 9

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