Politics Mar 25 Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in case over deportation of Venezuelan migrants Government attorneys also asked an appeals court Monday to lift the order and allow deportations to continue, a push that appeared to divide the judges.
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: ACLU attorney speaks after federal court hearing on deportation flights to El Salvador A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador vowed Friday to “get to the bottom” of whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around.
Politics Mar 18 Federal judge blocks Trump ban on transgender people serving in military The judge issued a preliminary injunction requested by attorneys for six transgender people who are active-duty service members and two others seeking to join the military.
Politics Mar 18 DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution, judge rules The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave, though it appears to stops short of reversing firings or fully resurrecting the agency.
Politics Feb 05 Second federal judge puts Trump’s birthright citizenship order on hold Trump’s inauguration week order was already on temporary hold nationally because of a separate suit brought by four states in Washington state.
Politics Jan 28 D.C.’s new top prosecutor advocated for Jan. 6 rioters and echoed Trump’s false 2020 election claims The top federal prosecutor for Washington is a conservative activist who promoted Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about a stolen election, railed against the prosecution of the rioters who stormed the Capitol and represented some in court.
Nation Jan 24 Oath Keepers founder Rhodes barred from entering Washington without court’s permission, judge rules U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta's order on Friday comes two days after Rhodes visited the Capitol, where he met with at least one lawmaker, chatted with others and defended his actions during a mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
Politics Jan 22 Stewart Rhodes, convicted of seditious conspiracy and released by Trump, visits Capitol Hill Rhodes, the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group founder, was found guilty of orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power.
Politics Jan 21 Trump’s Jan. 6 clemency releases former Proud Boys leader, Oath Keepers founder from lengthy sentences President Donald Trump's action paved the way for the release of extremist group leaders convicted in major conspiracy cases, as well as people who violently attacked law enforcement officers defending the Capitol.
Politics Jan 20 Trump issues sweeping pardon of people charged with crimes in Jan. 6 insurrection President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the…