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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol

Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Friday following a press conference with other...

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Judge clears path to pull USAID personnel off the job

A Trump-appointed judge on Friday greenlit the administration’s plans to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)...

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Judge rules Trump admin violated order to unfreeze foreign aid but declines to hold officials in contempt

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated a court order to temporarily unfreeze foreign aid but declined to hold officials in civil...

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USAID contractors ask judge to hold Trump admin in civil contempt for violating order to lift spending freeze

A coalition of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors and nonprofits who claim President Trump's executive order to freeze...

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Judge homes in on DOGE staffer duties in privacy lawsuit

A federal judge on Wednesday looked to pinpoint the exact duties of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers during a hearing over whether...

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Federal judge reinstates employee appeals board member fired by Trump

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily reinstated a member of a three-person federal employee appeals board who was fired by President Trump. U.S....

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'Unadulterated animus': Judge spars with DOJ over Trump transgender military ban

A federal judge sparred with the Justice Department over the breadth of President Trump’s executive order effectively barring transgender people...

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Judge temporarily blocks termination of USAID contracts in place before Trump inauguration

A federal judge Wednesday ordered the government to temporarily cease efforts to terminate foreign aid contracts and grants in place prior to...

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Judge temporarily blocks termination of USAID contracts in place before Trump inauguration

A federal judge Wednesday ordered the government to temporarily cease efforts to terminate foreign aid contracts and grants in place prior to...

14.02.2025 20

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Trump leaves courts flat-footed: ‘It’s hard for me to keep up’

President Trump’s flood-the-zone strategy in the first month of his new presidency is catching the typically sluggish judiciary flat-footed. More...

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DOJ orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

A top Department of Justice (DOJ) official ordered federal prosecutors to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D),...

11.02.2025 20

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Judge directs Trump administration to comply with order to unfreeze federal grants

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday ordered the Trump administration to comply with his order to unfreeze federal grants, after attorneys...

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Third judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship executive order 

A third federal judge indefinitely blocked President Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, dealing another stark blow to the...

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Democratic AGs sue over DOGE access to Treasury payment systems

A coalition of 19 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Friday night over the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s access to...

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Transgender Americans sue over Trump passport policy

Seven transgender or non-binary Americans sued the Trump administration Friday over its new policy preventing people from obtaining passports with sex...

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Judge to issue ‘very limited’ order temporarily pausing USAID purge

A federal judge said Friday he intends to temporarily block the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International...

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Trump admin agrees not to publicly release names of FBI agents on Jan. 6 probes

The Trump administration agreed Friday not to publicly release the names of FBI agents who played a role in investigations tied to the Jan. 6, 2021,...

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DOJ appeals block of birthright citizenship executive order

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a federal judge's order indefinitely blocking President Trump's executive order that would restrict...

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Dem AGs warn federal workers about 'misleading' Trump buyout offers

A coalition of Democratic attorneys general issued warnings to federal workers in their states Monday about the Trump administration's buyout offers,...

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Church vandalized by Proud Boys now controls group's trademark, judge rules

The Proud Boys is barred from selling merchandise using its name or symbols without permission from a Black church once vandalized by the right-wing...

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Democrats accused of corruption look to Trump for clemency

Democrats accused of corruption are seeking relief from President Trump as he hands out scores of pardons and drops charges against his political...

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What to know about the legal challenges to Trump’s executive actions

President Trump’s torrent of executive actions has spurred a flood of legal challenges seeking to thwart the president’s efforts to reshape U.S....

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Bob Menendez invokes Trump in casting sentencing as 'political prosecution' 

Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) decried his corruption case as a “political prosecution" and invoked President Trump's legal battles as proof of a...

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DOJ moves to toss charges against former Republican lawmaker

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday moved to toss out charges against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), who resigned from Congress in...

29.01.2025 2

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Democrats to sue White House budget office over federal grant freeze

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze...

28.01.2025 1

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Judge drops order barring Rhodes, other Oath Keepers from entering DC without court permission

A federal judge on Monday walked back his order barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group...

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Trump pardons DC officers convicted in deadly moped pursuit

President Trump on Wednesday pardoned two D.C. police officers who were convicted in connection with a fatal collision with a moped during a pursuit...

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Judge Chutkan: Trump pardons won't change 'tragic truth' of Jan. 6 Capitol riot

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw President Trump's federal election subversion case, wrote in court filings that his sweeping pardons...

23.01.2025 30

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Judge who oversaw Jan. 6 cases pushes back on Trump pardons: 'revisionist myth'

A federal judge who oversaw Jan. 6 cases pushed back against President Trump's sweeping pardons Wednesday, refusing to close two rioters' cases in a...

22.01.2025 4

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Supreme Court questions standards for use of deadly force by police in Texas case

A routine traffic stop in Texas turned deadly within seconds when a police officer shot and killed 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes in 2016. The Supreme...

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Trump pardoned violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here are 5 of them 

Hundreds of rioters accused of violently assaulting police at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were pardoned Monday by President Trump, despite remarks...

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Trump pardons nearly all Jan. 6 rioters on first day of presidency 

President Trump pardoned nearly all Jan. 6 defendants on Monday, making good on a long-standing campaign promise just hours into his second...

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Trump commutes sentences of Jan. 6 extremist group leaders; Tarrio gets pardon

President Trump commuted the sentences of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted of sedition in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol...

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Schiff calls Jan. 6 Biden pardons ‘unwise’

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon from former President Biden, announced Monday for all past members of the now-defunct House....

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Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration

President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President Trump's inauguration, granted pardons to Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and former...

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Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons: Here’s what to know about potential clemencies

President-elect Trump is expected to make good on his promises to pardon at least some Jan. 6 rioters on Monday once he assumes the presidency and...

18.01.2025 4

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Georgia appeals court sides with Trump in affirming dismissal of 6 state charges

A Georgia appeals court on Friday affirmed the dismissal of six counts in the state's 2020 election interference against President-elect Trump and his...

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Rudy Giuliani’s Florida condo, World Series rings on the line in latest trial

Rudy Giuliani will again square off in court against two Georgia election workers Thursday, this time seeking to keep his Florida condominium and...

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Supreme Court weighs appeal of Chicago alderman’s corruption conviction

The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it may send a Chicago political scion’s appeal of his conviction for lying to regulators back to a lower court...

14.01.2025 4

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Live updates: Trump's Cabinet nominees face senators; Biden gives final foreign policy speech

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees will keep senators busy this week, with over a dozen on the schedule so far. Among...

13.01.2025 10

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Arizona attorney general asks for Jack Smith's full case file

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) has requested access to special counsel Jack Smith's case file for his 2020 election subversion prosecution of...

13.01.2025 20

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Last defendant from first Oath Keepers Jan. 6 trial sentenced to time served

The final defendant from the first Oath Keepers trial was on Friday sentenced to time served for conduct stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol...

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Judge holds Giuliani in contempt for defaming Georgia election workers

A federal judge on Friday held Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for skirting an agreement not to make new false claims about two Georgia election...

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Trump at sentencing hearing: 'I'm totally innocent'

President-elect Trump refused to take accountability for his hush money criminal conviction at his sentencing Friday, telling the judge he "did...

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Judge sentences Trump to unconditional discharge, no punishment in hush money conviction

President-elect Trump was spared any punishment for his hush money criminal conviction Friday when a New York judge sentenced him to an unconditional...

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Fani Willis asks Georgia’s top court to review decision booting her from Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has asked Georgia’s top court to review her disqualification from the election subversion case...

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NY top court denies delaying Trump sentencing

New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to halt President-elect Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled...

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New York appeals court denies halting Trump's sentencing

A New York appellate judge on Tuesday declined to suspend President-elect Trump’s Friday sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction. Judge...

07.01.2025 4

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Manhattan DA opposes Trump's bid to halt sentencing

The Manhattan district attorney's office said Monday it opposes any suspension of President-elect Trump's Jan. 10 sentencing on his New York...

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DOJ weighs 200 outstanding Capitol riot cases referred by FBI

Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing charges against as many as 200 more people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including...

06.01.2025 5

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