The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the US District Court for the District of Maryland and all 15 of its judges Tuesday over an order issued last month that automatically blocks for two business days the deportation of migrants in the state who file a new lawsuit challenging their detention. According to the court, the [...]

A US federal jury on Monday issued an order against a man who scuffled with an officer during the January 6 US Capitol attack to pay $500,000 to the widow and estate of the police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from a mob of rioters. Officer Jefferey [...]

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Democratic state attorney general in a long-running battle over a law passed by Republicans that sought to weaken the attorney general’s power during a lame-duck legislative session in 2018. In a 7-0 ruling, the court found the law unconstitutionally violated the separation of powers doctrine. [...]

A US federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the government must release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student whom President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to deport over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Judge Michael E. Farbiarz of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey granted Khalil’s request for a [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by the state of California for an emergency order blocking the deployment of additional federalized National Guard troops and US Marines to the Los Angeles area. President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles last weekend in response to protests against the administration’s immigration [...]

A coalition of 20 Democratic state attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that US President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. In the transportation funding complaint, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and DOT [...]

A legal advocacy group filed a lawsuit with the US Court of International Trade on Monday to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing that the president overstepped his authority. Advocacy group Liberty Justice Center is representing five companies that purchase and import goods from countries that are being directly affected by [...]

US Democratic attorneys general in 23 states, as well as Washington DC, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the District Court of Rhode Island on Tuesday. They allege in the lawsuit that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Biden-era federal regulations on “ghost guns,” or mail-order kits that allow people to build untraceable weapons at home, handing gun control groups a rare win at the conservative high court. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the court’s opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena [...]

A jury in the US District Court for the District of Albuquerque convicted failed former New Mexico House of Representatives candidate Solomon Peña on Wednesday of charges in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The shootings occurred between [...]