Politics Oct 01 Judge permanently dismisses Trump administration's case charging ex-Olympian with Reflecting Pool vandalism A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political pressure…
Politics Oct 01 Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants The case will test a key pillar of the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration agenda.
Politics Sep 23 Judge questions Trump's ban of three prominent news outlets from White House A federal judge weighing whether to block President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government's defense of the move.
Politics Sep 18 Judge isn't swayed by government's claims that plans for an 'anti-weaponization fund' are dead U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia rejected the notion that the case's claims are moot because the Trump administration says the fund is dead and won't go forward.
Politics Sep 11 Afghan woman whose case was the first for a long-dormant court has been deported, officials say Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth, Texas, home and brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court on a Justice Department application to deport her from the U.S.
Nation Sep 02 Judge lacked power to overturn ex-soldier Bowe Bergdahl's military conviction, appeals court rules A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Bergdahl's claims in district court.
Nation Aug 25 Watchdog files bar complaint against Pirro over efforts to indict Democrats for video urging troops to resist illegal orders The center claims Pirro and her subordinates abused their prosecutorial powers to seek baseless indictments against President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies.
Politics Aug 21 Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump's $400M White House ballroom to continue for now The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction.
Nation Aug 18 Preservation group urges Supreme Court to suspend White House ballroom project The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed its request on Tuesday, less than a week after the Trump administration asked the nation’s highest court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project.
Nation Aug 17 Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools In their Supreme Court brief, the families' attorneys argue that the law violates basic First Amendment principles governing the separation of church and state.