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AP journalists testify over White House revoking access

A pair of top journalists for The Associated Press covering the White House testified on Thursday to the damage caused to the outlet by President...

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Judge denies Trump administration’s demand to recuse from Perkins Coie case

A federal judge on Wednesday refused the Trump administration’s demand to step aside from overseeing Perkins Coie’s lawsuit challenging the...

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How Trump is finding workarounds to legal hurdles

There’s a theme emerging in the Trump administration’s battles in courtrooms across the country contesting an array of executive actions facing...

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Judge temporarily bars effort to defund Radio Free Europe  

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from moving to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). ...

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Judge blocks 3 agencies from disclosing troves of sensitive personal data to DOGE

A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to troves of sensitive personal data from three...

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Supreme Court rules against New York crime family associate over ‘crimes of violence’

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that crimes committed through inaction can still be violent, rejecting a New York crime family associate’s claim...

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Supreme Court sides with ex-Chicago alderperson in corruption conviction appeal

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a Chicago political scion in his criminal appeal Friday, agreeing an anti-corruption law barring lying to...

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Judge temporarily blocks DOGE access to Social Security records

A Maryland federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’...

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Judge declines to temporarily block DOGE takeover of US Institute of Peace

A federal judge on Wednesday declined to temporarily block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace...

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Judge blocks implementation of Trump's transgender military ban

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked implementation of President Trump’s executive order effectively barring transgender people from...

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Judge denies CFPB funding relief to Baltimore

A federal judge on Friday handed the Trump administration a win by declining to temporarily block its bid to strip the Consumer Financial Protection...

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Judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump order targeting Perkins Coie

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily froze parts of President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which claims its past...

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CFPB employee say mass firing plans remain in place

Two employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) testified Tuesday that top officials’ plan to fire hundreds of workers remain...

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Judge orders release of certain owed foreign aid payments

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to release foreign aid payments owed under certain existing contracts but stopped short of...

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Courts grapple with 'King' Trump 

The White House sees few, if any, limits on President Trump's executive powers in his second term, but the federal court system is much less sure. ...

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Judge orders release of some foreign aid payments by Monday

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to release some foreign aid payments by Monday evening to U.S. Agency for International...

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Judge rules Trump illegally removed labor board member

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that President Trump unlawfully removed a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), suggesting...

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Judge declines to immediately spare USAID contractors from firings

A federal judge on Thursday declined to immediately spare U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors from mass firings, letting...

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The Gavel: Justice Department stretched thin in Trump litigation onslaught 

Firings, buyouts and restructuring across the federal government are hitting the Department of Justice (DOJ), even as it seeks to defend the Trump...

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Judge reverses Trump firing of employee appeals board member

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration’s firing of a federal employee appeals board member was unlawful. U.S. District...

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Firing of whistleblower protection office head unlawful, judge rules

A federal judge on Saturday ruled that President Trump’s firing of the head of an office designed to protect government whistleblowers was...

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Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to...

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Judge extends block on firing head of whistleblower protection office by three days

A federal judge on Wednesday extended an order barring President Trump from firing the head of an office designed to protect government whistleblowers...

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Judge orders Trump administration to quickly release stopped up foreign aid

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has less than two days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid after determining it...

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Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, staving off his...

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Judge blocks DOE, OPM from disclosing troves of sensitive personal data to DOGE

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing troves of sensitive personal data from...

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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...

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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),...

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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...

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