Politics Aug 13 Appeals court lets Trump administration suspend or end billions in foreign aid funding By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Nation Jul 11 Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind behind 9/11 attacks The decision by a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles. By Mark Sherman, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Politics Mar 26 Appeals court won’t halt order barring Trump administration from deportations under Alien Enemies Act A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law. By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Nation Mar 24 Watch 5:21 Balance of power in focus at federal hearing as Trump’s showdown with judiciary continues The Trump administration challenged a judge’s decision to stop the deportations using a rare wartime authority. The three-judge panel has yet to rule, but two of the judges appeared to agree the judiciary does have the authority to review President… By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Taylor Bowie
Politics May 21 Hunter Biden’s appeal to halt his federal gun trial is rejected The full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to pause the case against the president's son while his challenges to the prosecution on multiple fronts play out. His bid to dismiss the case had previously been rejected by a… By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
May 20 Hunter Biden presses for delay in federal gun trial set to begin next month By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Defense attorneys for the president's son argued Monday there isn't an urgent need to start the trial on June 3, shortly before the scheduled start of another trial on tax charges in California. Continue reading
Jan 23 Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to reconsider gag order in the 2020 election interference case By Associated Press Lawyers for the Republican presidential primary front-runner had asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to examine the gag order after a three-judge panel upheld but narrowed the restrictions on his speech. Continue reading
Dec 08 New York can enforce gun laws in ‘sensitive locations’ for now, appeals court rules By Anthony Izaguirre, Michael Hill, Associated Press New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling… Continue reading
May 17 Watch 9:01 Appeals court hears arguments in case over access to mifepristone By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman, Ali Schmitz Access to medication abortion faced a critical test Wednesday in the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of Republican appointees heard arguments about whether the abortion pill mifepristone, first approved by the FDA more than 20 years… Continue watching
Oct 07 Appeals court reinstates injunction blocking Arizona abortion ban By Bob Christie, Associated Press The ruling means that abortions can again take place in Arizona, at least for now, unless the state Supreme Court steps in. Continue reading