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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...

30.03.2025 8

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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...

28.03.2025 70

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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...

27.03.2025 20

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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...

27.03.2025 1

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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...

27.03.2025 20

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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...

26.03.2025 80

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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...

25.03.2025 20

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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...

24.03.2025 2

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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...

24.03.2025 40

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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...

23.03.2025 60

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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...

22.03.2025 20

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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...

21.03.2025 10

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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...

21.03.2025 60

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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...

19.03.2025 50

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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...

19.03.2025 20

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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...

19.03.2025 7

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Judge lashes out at Trump admin over deportation flights

A federal judge lashed out at the Trump administration Monday for refusing to answer questions about flights deporting Venezuelan migrants under the...

18.03.2025 60

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Appeals court denies Trump's bid to immediately reverse fired federal workers' reinstatement

A federal appeals court in a 2-1 decision Monday declined to immediately block a judge’s order that the Trump administration reinstate fired...

17.03.2025 5

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Appeals court reinstates portions of Trump’s DEI orders 

A federal appeals court Friday reinstated portions of President Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs...

15.03.2025 10

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Judge finds Trump unlawfully fired head of federal employee labor board 

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump’s firing of the head of a board that resolves disputes between federal employees and the...

13.03.2025 70

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Federalist Society leader defends 'demonstrably conservative' Coney Barrett

Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been the object of the online right’s rage ever since she ruled against the Trump administration last week in its bid...

12.03.2025 10

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DOGE likely subject to open records law, judge rules

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is likely covered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled late Monday,...

11.03.2025 30

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Supreme Court won’t halt firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing...

08.03.2025 50

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Appeals court temporarily greenlights Trump’s firing of whistleblower office head

A federal appeals court Wednesday agreed to the Trump administration’s request to greenlight the president’s firing of U.S. special counsel...

06.03.2025 10

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Supreme Court gravitates toward gun industry in bid to end Mexico lawsuit 

The Supreme Court gravitated toward the American firearm industry Tuesday in its fight to end a $10 billion lawsuit brought by the Mexican government...

04.03.2025 3

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DOGE structure, authority emerge as biggest DC mystery under Trump  

The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) structure and authority has become a central mystery in the barrage of lawsuits seeking to stymie...

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DOJ doubles down on Supreme Court intervening in Trump firing case 

The Justice Department doubled down on its demand that the Supreme Court step in to greenlight President Trump’s firing of a government...

27.02.2025 8

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Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to stave off midnight deadline to unfreeze foreign aid 

The Justice Department filed an emergency application at the Supreme Court Wednesday asking to block a midnight deadline for the Trump administration...

27.02.2025 60

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Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid 

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid...

27.02.2025 100

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Supreme Court appears sympathetic toward straight woman’s ‘reverse discrimination’ case 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to lean toward reviving a straight woman’s “reverse discrimination” case brought over claims she was...

27.02.2025 5

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The Gavel: Courts become Trump’s only backstop 

Happy Wednesday. Welcome to The Gavel, The Hill’s new weekly look at the intersection of courts and national politics. We’re Zach Schonfeld and...

26.02.2025 10

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Teachers union sues over Trump admin’s DEI warning to schools 

The American Federation of Teachers sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its warning to schools that they may lose federal funding if they...

26.02.2025 20

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Republican files article of impeachment against judge who ordered agencies to restore scrubbed data

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) on Monday introduced an impeachment resolution against a federal judge who ordered federal health agencies to temporarily...

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Watch live: Trump, Macron hold White House press conference

President Trump hosts French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, the first visit by a European leader to the White House since Trump returned....

24.02.2025 4

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Judge blocks immigration raids at religious groups suing Trump administration 

A federal judge Monday blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration raids at Quaker, Baptist and Sikh places of worship that are...

24.02.2025 3

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Supreme Court turns down chance to claw back abortion clinic buffer zones 

The Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to overturn its precedent permitting buffer zones around abortion clinics over the objections of two of...

24.02.2025 9

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Federal employee unions expand lawsuit to Musk firing threat if they don't justify work 

A group of federal employee unions Sunday expanded its existing lawsuit to challenge Elon Musk’s threat that federal employees will face...

24.02.2025 9

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Trump’s control over independent agencies tees up test of presidential power 

President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is already making its way...

23.02.2025 60

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Supreme Court stiffs Trump, punts on firing whistleblower agency head 

The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing...

22.02.2025 50

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NYC sues Trump after FEMA claws back $80 million migrant housing grant

New York City sued President Trump on Friday after his administration clawed back $80 million sent to the city for housing migrants. Citing concerns...

22.02.2025 20

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Eric Adams's trial adjourned indefinitely as judge weighs dropping charges

The federal judge overseeing New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s (D) criminal case indefinitely delayed his April trial as he considers a...

21.02.2025 2

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Judge rules Trump administration can move ahead on mass government layoffs

A federal judge Thursday refused a group of government employee unions’ request to block the Trump administration from moving ahead with plans to...

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