The White House has barred CNN from traveling on Air Force One for President Trump's Saturday trip to Tennessee, replacing the network with conservative outlet Real America's Voice News. The decision disrupts CNN's TV press pool duties and marks the latest escalation in the administration's ongoing dispute with news media.
The city of Denver and Latino civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to prevent armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from being deployed to polling sites ahead of the midterm elections, citing a Civil War-era federal law.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled 2-1 against the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrants without bond hearings, marking the ninth consecutive federal appeals court to reject the policy. With all circuits now having ruled against ICE, the Supreme Court is expected to take up the case in its next term.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service violated federal privacy law when it shared confidential taxpayer information, including addresses of approximately 47,000 people, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The three-judge panel upheld an injunction blocking the practice.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's use of laws to cancel visas and initiate deportation proceedings against noncitizen college students based on their pro-Palestinian advocacy and criticism of Israel is unconstitutional. The case involved Stanford University students who were targeted for their political speech.
A group of U.S. federal employees, supported by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, filed a class-action lawsuit in Washington, D.C. federal court on Monday challenging the Trump administration's ban on health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care under federal employee health plans. The lawsuit alleges the policy violates federal prohibitions on sex discrimination.
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to expand mandatory detention policies for immigrants, blocking the administration's efforts to broaden the categories of immigrants subject to detention without bond hearings.
More than half of children facing deportation orders are representing themselves in immigration courts, according to Department of Justice data, while thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children risk losing their attorneys due to Trump administration cuts to legal aid funding.
A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the Trump administration from stripping tens of thousands of asylum seekers and Temporary Protected Status immigrants of their work authorization, halting policies that would have pushed immigrant workers out of jobs.
Three-time Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty in D.C. Superior Court to felony destruction of property charges for allegedly damaging the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which underwent a $14.7 million renovation. His lawyer has called him a 'scapegoat' in a case that has become a flashpoint over President Trump's efforts to remake Washington.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established during Donald Trump's second term to cut federal jobs and funding, officially ceased operations on July 4, 2026, as expected. The temporary organization's closure marks the end of a controversial cost-cutting initiative that sparked ongoing debate about government spending.
A US federal judge in California vacated four Trump administration immigration enforcement policies, significantly limiting when federal immigration agents can arrest immigrants at courthouses to narrow circumstances such as national security threats or hot pursuit situations. The ruling applies nationwide.
Six former FDA officials shared their reasons for leaving the agency following significant staffing cuts and policy changes under the Trump administration. The departures come amid concerns about the agency's capacity to respond to public health threats like the ongoing hantavirus outbreak.
Major health care firms and trade groups are spending unprecedented amounts on lobbying as the Trump administration intensifies scrutiny of their business practices ahead of midterm elections, with new disclosures showing record first-quarter spending.
