Federal Courts

President Donald Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump faces continued legal fights over firing independent agency heads

Jack Birle · July 23, 2025 12:04 pm

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Judge hammers Trump administration over cutting $2 billion in federal funds to Harvard

Jack Birle · July 21, 2025 3:51 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives before a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, Wednesday, June 25, 2025,

An attempt by Trump to fire Powell would face major legal challenge

Zach Halaschak · July 19, 2025 7:00 am

FILE - This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Federal judge blocks anti-Catholic Washington law

Jack Birle · July 18, 2025 5:09 pm

Appeals Court tosses NRA free speech lawsuit against former New York official

Jack Birle · July 17, 2025 7:39 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.

Activists sue over ICE arrests at immigration courts in latest bid to restrict enforcement

Jack Birle · July 17, 2025 2:40 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington.

Democratic states sue Trump administration over axed disaster prevention funds

Jack Birle · July 16, 2025 5:04 pm

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the federal courthouse after a hearing Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Milwaukee.

Indicted Judge Dugan claims illegal immigrant escape case criminalizes ‘doing her job’

Jack Birle · July 16, 2025 12:59 pm

FILE - Supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally before a conference announcing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to end a program letting immigrants live and work legally in the United States outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Trump’s efforts to end TPS for multiple countries tied up in legal battles

Jack Birle · July 16, 2025 5:00 am

America First Legal defends DOJ ending nearly $1 billion in grants to left-wing groups

Jack Birle · July 15, 2025 8:22 pm

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