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President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn upon arriving at the White House, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump legal wins muddled by continued lower court losses

Jack Birle · July 15, 2025 6:00 am

Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park Monday, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.

DOJ accuses court of ignoring Supreme Court decision while appealing immigration raid restrictions

Jack Birle · July 14, 2025 5:56 pm

This is the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to pursue layoffs at Education Department

Jack Birle · July 14, 2025 4:25 pm

This photo provided by Hédi Aouidj shows Ryan Routh, a suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of President Donald Trump, in Maidan, Ukraine on April 10, 2024.

Ryan Routh offers himself for prisoner swap with US adversaries in letter shared by judge

David Zimmermann · July 11, 2025 9:51 pm

A photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein.

Dershowitz says two New York judges still blocking Epstein details: ‘Everything should come out’

Kaelan Deese · July 11, 2025 2:30 pm

Case against Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan should proceed: Federal judge

David Zimmermann · July 8, 2025 12:06 pm

FILE - President Donald Trump, center, greets Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, right, as he arrives to address a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Rampant court shopping against Trump gets reprieve with Supreme Court decision

Jack Birle · July 6, 2025 8:00 am

The state of the conservative legal movement is strong

Ilya Shapiro · July 4, 2025 5:20 am

Lawmakers listen as parents speak about the prospect of their children competing against transgender girls in school sports at the Utah State Capitol on March 25, 2022, in Salt Lake City. A federal judge on Monday, June 17, 2024 temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states, dealing another setback for a new policy that has been under legal attack by Republican attorneys general.

Supreme Court to hear challenges to bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports

Jack Birle · July 3, 2025 11:48 am

FILE - A new citizen holds the American flag during a Naturalization Ceremony at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 17, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Who loses legal status if Trump’s birthright citizenship and deportation agenda succeeds?

Jack Birle · July 3, 2025 4:00 am

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, center, speaks to media at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai prime minister suspended from office after phone call leaks

Morgan Kromer · July 2, 2025 11:16 am

Jenny Harris, of Baltimore, protests in support of birthright citizenship and the immigrant community, Thursday, May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Liberal groups explore class action lawsuits in birthright citizenship cases after Supreme Court nixes universal injunctions

Jack Birle · July 2, 2025 5:00 am