Courts & Law
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Virginia, D.C. sue Trump administration to block proposed memorial arch
The proposed monument would be located near Memorial Bridge along the Potomac River, which connects Washington with Arlington National Cemetery.
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Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over Epstein reporting
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles of the Southern District of Florida found that Trump did not establish that the newspaper acted with “actual malice” in publishing its reporting.
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Judge orders Trump admin to pull 3 taxpayer-funded ads
The coalition that sued over the ads included the watchdog Common Cause.
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Appeals court reinstates First Amendment challenge to California restrictions on workplace meetings
The California Policy Center argues the law limits its ability to hold mandatory employee meetings about political issues central to its work.
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DOJ asks federal judge to separate certain ballots in Alaska Senate race, halt certification
The request is the latest update in the "decoy Dan Sullivan" Alaska saga, which comes after DOJ's top prosecutor in the state confirmed that a criminal investigation into the scandal tied to the Democratic Senate nominee is ongoing.
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Federal appeals court rules Idaho can enforce pro-life laws while appeals process plays out
Idaho officials "have made a strong showing of likely success on the merits," 9th Circuit rules. Plaintiff likely can't "square the district court’s perspective on the history and tradition concerning abortions with the Supreme Court’s perspective in Dobbs."
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TN death row inmate Christa Pike describes constant pain in first statement since failed execution
The inmate was given the death penalty, which authorities attempted to carry out earlier this month, but she survived two doses of the lethal injection pentobarbital.
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Appeals court again rejects Trump admin's bid to separate 20K CA ballots
The decision marks the latest blow to Washington's efforts to enforce ballot security measures on blue states. The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 against the request.
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Federal judge ordered into psychiatric testing after racial rant accusing lawyer of being white
U.S. District Judge Ada Brown, who is black and Native American, was temporarily removed from her docket by the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council earlier this month, after attorney Ezra Young filed a judicial complaint against her in May.
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Justice Department tells federal judge that it may seek further charges against Comey
Prosecutors claimed Friday they received new information since the investigation of the same alleged crime.
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FBI sitting on records for recalled intel report on Chinese fake mail-in ballot scheme: FOIA lawsuit
The bureau reportedly gave Congress a long-hidden intelligence report last year that raised concerns China had mass-produced fake U.S. driver's licenses to carry out a scheme to swing the 2020 election to Biden with fake mail-in ballots.
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Justice Department charges fourth foreigner with illegal voting in Nevada
The department charged Democratic Republic of Congo national Mlebinge Riziki Ramadhani, who is in the United States legally as a permanent resident but is not an U.S. citizen, with one count of voting by an alien for voting in 2022.
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You Vote: Should the Tennessee convict who survived lethal injection still face the death penalty?
Despite pleas from Christa Pike's attorneys to have her sentence commuted to life without parole following the botched execution, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Pike remains incarcerated and her sentence is unlikely to change.