Tag: Courts

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents make an arrest during an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Illinois, Sept. 19, 2025.

Trump administration urges Seventh Circuit to revive lawsuit over Illinois’s ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies

Jack Birle · October 29, 2026 3:04 pm

Mary Peltola.

DOJ seeks ‘expedited discovery’ in Alaska lawsuit after Peltola NYT report

Emily Hallas · October 28, 2026 7:51 pm

In this courtroom sketch, lawyer Barry Pollack, former Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro, attorneys Anna Estevao and Mark Donnelly, and Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, stand during a pretrial hearing in a drug trafficking case for Maduro and Flores, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Manhattan federal court in New York.

Judge overseeing Maduro case dies at 92

Rena Rowe, Kaelan Deese · October 28, 2026 1:06 pm

An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 2, 2020.

Asylum courts got a reset. Congress should make it stick

Jay Rogers · October 28, 2026 10:00 am

Patricia Denault poured herself a shot of Fireball cinnamon whiskey and took a picture of her son taking a sip. She posted that picture on Facebook, but someone saw that picture and called the police.

Beer in my garage is legal. Whiskey could cost me five years

Jay Rogers · October 27, 2026 8:00 am

The Washington Monument is seen past stumps of removed trees at East Potomac Park Golf Course, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Federal judge blocks further changes to DC golf course

David Zimmermann · October 26, 2026 11:06 pm

The James Brady Press Briefing Room is seen at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Washington.

Six citizens sue Trump over White House press ban

David Zimmermann · October 26, 2026 6:00 pm

The Supreme Court building.

The Supreme Court leaves Hotel California open

Jay Rogers · October 26, 2026 8:00 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Paxton sues OpenAI over ‘litany of harms’ as campaign races to win over voters

Emily Hallas · October 24, 2026 2:18 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The ‘come-and-take-it’ Supreme Court term: At-home prayer, planes, and home distilling

Jack Birle · October 24, 2026 2:00 pm

Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, is led to a waiting vehicle as she leaves federal court, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Louise Lucas indictment suggests lawmakers knew about criminal marijuana enterprise

Hudson Crozier · October 23, 2026 2:29 pm

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters with his palm facing the camera at the Capitol in Washington, June 30, 2025.

DOJ files lawsuit to block results in Alaska Senate race after two Dan Sullivans land on November ballot

Emily Hallas · October 23, 2026 2:17 pm