Courts & Law
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Supreme Court nears end of term with several high-profile cases still pending
Perhaps no case this term has attracted more public attention than the challenge to Trump’s executive order purporting to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are unlawfully present or on temporary visas.
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Gun rights, immigration to be decided at the U.S. Supreme Court
The high court has more than 20 cases it has yet to issue rulings on before the end of the term
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Federal appeals court upholds Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction
Bankman-Fried is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon him after the completion of his sentence, but the president said in January that he does not have any plans to pardon the FTX founder.
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Conservative nonprofit wins free-speech case against California law banning AI political satire
California passed a legislative package last year that targeted AI-generated political speech and punished content creators for "deceptive" speech.
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Trump to seek 'expedited ruling' from SCOTUS on tariffs case
Trump further pointed to what he called the partisanship of the appeals court and highlighted that an Obama-appointed judge had sided with the administration on the matter.
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Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh gets final court instructions to represent self in upcoming trial
“If you make any sudden movements, marshals will take decisive and quick action to respond,” U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said.
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Appeals court rules for EPA, allowing cancelation of environmental grants
“The grantees are not likely to succeed on the merits because their claims are essentially contractual, and therefore jurisdiction lies exclusively in the Court of Federal Claims,” wrote Judge Neomi Rao
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Police charge Houston man with murder in connection with shooting of preteen in door-knocking prank
A police investigation found the preteen was ringing the doorbells of several homes in the area, then running away.
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Second judge rules against Trump having sent National Guard to Los Angeles
U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Los Angeles
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Burning Man attendee found dead, police investigate as homicide
The male victim was found dead at about 9:30 p.m. – at about the same time the giant "Man" effigy in the middle of the venue was starting to burn.
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Trump says US will lose much of $15T in investments because 'radical left' court struck down tariffs
A federal appeals court Friday struck down many of Trump’s tariffs.
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Former FBI boss, Russiagate prosecutor Robert Mueller suffering from Parkinson's, family reveals
Mueller, a Marine and ex-federal prosecutor who served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013, was subpoenaed recently by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer in the Jeffrey Epstein inquiry but will be unable to comply.
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Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting group of minors
The judge in Washington said the deportations could not take place for at least 14 days.