Courts & Law
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Trump fumes as SCOTUS refuses to intervene in E. Jean Carroll case
Carroll came forward during Trump's first term with assertions that Trump had raped her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman's sometime in the 1990s.
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Trump hails 'big win' after SCOTUS lets him fire executive agency officials
"Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people," they added.
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Supreme Court lets Trump fire FTC commissioners
In January of last year, Trump fired FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, without citing causes for termination.
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Justice Department sues Boston over sanctuary city laws
“If Boston won’t protect its citizens from illegal alien crime, this Department of Justice will,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
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Appeals Court allows Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center to continue operations
“After careful consideration, we grant the defendants’ motions and we stay the preliminary injunction and the underlying case itself pending appeal,” the three Eleventh US Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote in the order.
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In sending military to DC, Trump uses strategy that led to El Salvador's drastic drop in murders
In 2015, El Salvador recorded 6,656 homicides. But after the mass arrests, the numbers plummeted. Seven months into this year, there had been about 40 murders.
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DC sues Trump over National Guard deployment
The move is noteworthy as Mayor Muriel Bowser has been generally cooperative with the federal effort. D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb brought the suit, however.
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Trump DOJ opens criminal probe into Fed governor Lisa Cook: Report
It remains unclear whether Trump has the authority to fire Cook and she has sued to challenge her termination.
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Trump formally asks Supreme Court to make an expedited ruling on his tariffs case
Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to decide whether it will review the case by Sept. 10, and then schedule oral arguments for the first week of November if it does decide to get involved.
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Judge rules Trump admin's Harvard funding freeze was unconstitutional
Harvard President Alan Garber accused the federal government of attempting to exert “unprecedented and improper control" over the Ivy League school in April, and claimed the freeze impacted programs unrelated to antisemitism.
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Newsmax sues Fox, alleges 'exclusionary scheme' to keep, grow dominance in right-leaning pay TV news
“Fox may have profited from exclusionary contracts and intimidation tactics for years, but those days are over,” Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said
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Disney reaches $10 million settlement with FTC over unlawful collection of children's data
The agreement follows the FTC filed a lawsuit against Disney for mining the data from kid-directed YouTube videos without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, which the agency said violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule.
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Appeals court blocks Trump admin's deportations of Tren de Aragua members using Alien Enemies Act
“TdA was not the kind of organized force or engaged in the kind of actions necessary to constitute an invasion or predatory incursion,” Judge Leslie Southwick wrote