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DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow transgender troops ban enforcement

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow President Trump to enforce his ban on transgender troops serving openly in the...

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The Gavel: How Trump is targeting international students 

Speeding tickets. Public drunkenness. Illegal gambling. A review of lawsuits filed by dozens of student visa holders nationwide shows the Trump...

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Supreme Court halts latest wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations, for now 

The Supreme Court early Saturday halted the administration’s ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport migrants to El Salvador who are...

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Appeals court halts Boasberg’s contempt proceedings against Trump administration

A divided federal appeals court panel on Friday temporarily halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s contempt proceedings against the Trump...

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ACLU asks Supreme Court to block ‘imminent’ wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations 

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court Friday to immediately intervene to block the Trump administration from deporting...

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Judge temporarily blocks CFPB layoffs, probes potential violation of order

A federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from laying off roughly 90 percent of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as...

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Supreme Court to hear rare May arguments in birthright citizenship battle

The Supreme Court scheduled a rare May oral argument on the Trump administration’s emergency request to narrow a series of nationwide blocks on...

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Appeals court won’t lift order to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s return in blistering opinion

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to lift a judge’s order that the Trump administration “facilitate” the return of...

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Biden, Obama-appointed judges oversee bulk of Trump cases

The Gavel is The Hill's courts newsletter. Sign up by clicking here or adding your email in the box below. The Gavel has broken down the more than...

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Judge orders Trump officials' depositions, blasts inaction in Abrego Garcia case

GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge Tuesday ordered depositions from several Trump officials, blasting the administration for failing to take any steps...

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Trump sued over 'Liberation Day' tariffs 

President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs came under their first major legal challenge Monday, brought by a libertarian public-interest firm...

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ACLU brings third Alien Enemies Act lawsuit after Supreme Court ruling 

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday brought a new challenge to President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to carry out swift...

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Supreme Court gives Trump wiggle room with mistaken deportation decision

A Supreme Court decision pushing for the return of a man mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison has both his lawyers and the Trump administration...

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Judge rips DOJ for no update on mistakenly deported man: 'They’ve done nothing’ 

A federal judge further tore into the Justice Department at a Friday hearing for refusing to comply with her order for more information about a man...

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Judge scolds DOJ for demanding delay in mistakenly deported man case

The federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to try to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, scolded the...

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Supreme Court rules Trump administration must 'facilitate’ return of mistakenly deported man

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man...

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House Education Committee drops records request against Northwestern law clinics after suit 

The GOP-controlled House Education and the Workforce Committee withdrew a request for records on Northwestern University’s law clinics after its...

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Supreme Court permits Trump to fire 2 independent agency leaders, for now 

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday permitted President Trump to fire Democratic appointees serving at two federal independent agencies as the...

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Judges temporarily block 5 Venezuelans' deportations under Alien Enemies Act  

Federal judges in New York and Texas temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelan men it alleges are gang members by...

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Karen Read asks Supreme Court to block retrial 

Karen Read asked the Supreme Court to block her ongoing retrial on accusations she killed her police officer boyfriend until the justices can resolve...

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DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift order to return wrongly deported man 

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a judge’s ruling ordering the government to return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador...

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Appeals court halts Trump independent agency firings, spurring Supreme Court battle

A federal appeals court flipped on President Trump’s firings of two independent agency leaders, temporarily reinstating them Monday and likely...

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Dem attorneys general sue Trump admin over order eliminating several federal agencies

Twenty-one Democratic state attorneys general sued President Trump Friday over his executive order that aims to eliminate seven federal agencies. The...

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Judge blocks Trump’s takeover of Inter-American Foundation 

A federal judge blocked President Trump’s takeover of a federal agency that invests in Latin America and the Caribbean, finding Friday that he...

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Democratic attorneys general join legal fight over Trump’s election order 

Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued Thursday over President Trump’s executive order that aims to strengthen proof of citizenship requirements...

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Trump sued over China tariffs

President Trump was sued Thursday over the 20 percent tariffs he imposed on Chinese goods in the weeks leading up to Wednesday’s broader...

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Judge extends block on probationary employee firings, but only in some states  

A federal judge Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from terminating thousands of probationary employees, but he declined to extend...

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Judge refuses Trump admin's request to move Mahmoud Khalil case to Louisiana 

A New Jersey-based federal judge on Tuesday declined the Trump administration’s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s...

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Groups sue over Trump’s order requiring proof of citizenship to vote 

Three organizations sued Monday over President Trump’s executive order that aims to require proof of citizenship when individuals register to vote. ...

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Adams calls on judge to ‘promptly’ dismiss bribery case, citing campaign 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Monday called on the federal judge mulling whether to toss his criminal bribery charges to act with urgency as a...

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Wisconsin AG asks state’s top court to block Elon Musk’s $1M giveaways Sunday

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) on Sunday asked the state’s top court to block Elon Musk from giving away $1 million checks at his town...

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Appeals court enables Musk to resume cuts at USAID

A federal appeals court on Friday enabled Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to resume efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency...

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DOJ asks Supreme Court to intervene in deportation flights case

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to carry out swift deportations. The emergency...

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Judge orders preservation of Signal group chat on Houthi strike

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to preserve all Signal communications over the span of several days as a lawsuit proceeds...

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Fired FTC commissioners sue Trump

Two Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members fired by President Trump sued him Thursday, setting up another major test of his administration’s...

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Trump admin restores funding for Radio Free Europe, Open Technology Fund after lawsuits

The Trump administration says it has restored funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Open Technology Fund after the groups sued. The...

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Justice Department goes to bat for Trump in hush money case 

The Justice Department went to bat for President Trump in his hush money criminal case Wednesday, urging that his prosecution be moved out of New York...

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Appeals court won't lift Boasberg's order blocking Alien Enemies Act

A federal appeals court in a 2-1 decision Wednesday refused to lift U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s order blocking the Trump administration...

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Supreme Court upholds Biden’s ‘ghost guns’ crackdown

The Supreme Court upheld the Biden administration’s regulation of “ghost guns” in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, rejecting a challenge brought by gun...

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Appeals judge: 'Nazis got better treatment' under Alien Enemies Act

A federal appeals judge tore into the Trump administration Monday as the court considered lifting a block on the administration’s swift deportations...

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Supreme Court questions race’s role in redistricting in Louisiana map fight 

The Supreme Court questioned Monday whether Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district went too far and amounts to an...

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Supreme Court declines Steve Wynn’s bid to loosen libel standard 

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away casino mogul Steve Wynn’s bid for the court to consider overturning its 61-year-old precedent that has...

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Trump, Roberts on collision course as lawsuits creep toward Supreme Court 

Chief Justice John Roberts is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the president increasingly tests the limits of the judiciary’s role as the...

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Justice Department demands judge recuse from Perkins Coie lawsuit  

The Trump administration Friday demanded a federal judge step aside from overseeing Perkins Coie’s challenge to President Trump’s executive order...

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Appeals court rules Trump must reinstate teacher preparation grants in eight states 

A federal appeals court Friday refused the Trump administration’s request to lift a judge’s order that officials reinstate teacher preparation...

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Judge halts Georgetown scholar's removal from US until further court order

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from removing a Georgetown University postdoctoral scholar from the country until the...

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Boasberg says Trump administration ‘evaded’ deadline for deportation flight info

A federal judge on Thursday said the Trump administration’s response to his request for more information on Venezuelan deportation flights was...

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Judge gives Trump administration 1 more day to turn over deportation flight info

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg gave the Trump administration a one-day extension to turn over information about deportation flights that left the...

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Trump administration chastises judge for making deportation flight case 'a picayune dispute' 

The Justice Department chastised a federal judge’s demand for information about deportation flights that left the country over the weekend, accusing...

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Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday with Justice Neil Gorsuch...

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