A federal judge in New York has allowed Jeffrey Epstein survivors to pursue most of their lawsuit accusing FirstBank Puerto Rico of helping sustain his sex-trafficking operation through a banking relationship that allegedly lasted more than two decades.U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected FirstBank Puerto Rico and parent company... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while the justices prepare to decide whether the policy violates federal law and constitutional due process protections.The unsigned September 29 order puts on hold a federal court judgment that required migrants... Read More »
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act in a 77-22 bipartisan vote Monday, September 28, 2026, advancing legislation that would reshape how college athletes are paid and allowed to transfer while giving the NCAA federal protection from certain antitrust challenges.The legislation would establish national rules governing athlete compensation, transfers,... Read More »
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let federal prisons restrict hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for transgender inmates, seeking to enforce the policy after two lower courts refused to clear the way.The Justice Department filed an emergency request asking the justices to lift an injunction from... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Friday revived the Trump administration’s expanded voter citizenship-check system, allowing state and local election officials to again use Social Security numbers and other federal records to verify people on voter rolls weeks before the November midterm elections.The justices granted the administration’s emergency request to block a... Read More »
A federal judge has permanently ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to change detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, finding that ICE subjected people held there to “inhumane and unconstitutional” treatment and extending the order to all current and future detainees.U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued the... Read More »
A Florida woman who spent 13 days in jail on eight felony charges after a Flock Safety license plate camera search led investigators to her SUV told senators Wednesday how she was wrongly accused of causing a crash that killed three people. Prosecutors later dropped the case against Lindsey Isaacs,... Read More »
The White House blocked a CNN reporter and producer from covering Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival for Thursday night’s state dinner, hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the network’s White House access.CNN said the White House told the network it could send a photojournalist and... Read More »
The California Supreme Court unanimously ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return about 650,000 ballots from California’s 2025 Proposition 50 election Thursday, ruling that his department violated state election law by removing the voted ballots from county election officials.In a companion ruling involving the same election investigation, the justices... Read More »
CNN, Politico and MS NOW journalists were back inside the White House by midday Thursday after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly blocked President Donald Trump’s ban shortly after midnight and ordered their press credentials immediately restored. Reporters were still turned away hours later, prompting the three outlets to return to... Read More »
The Justice Department urged a federal judge to keep CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters off White House grounds, arguing that President Donald Trump may restrict their access over national security concerns as the outlets fight to regain their press credentials.Government lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Tuesday... Read More »
A former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier has been charged after prosecutors say he dumped about 300 mail-in ballots in a Utah church parking lot instead of delivering them to voters ahead of the state’s June primary election.Damon Matai Seei, 34, of Payson, Utah, was indicted on one count of... Read More »
President Donald Trump signed a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland Tuesday that clears the way for two new U.S. military bases on the Arctic island, expanding Washington’s presence after months of tension over his push to acquire Greenland.Trump joined Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik... Read More »
The Justice Department says federal restrictions barring licensed gun dealers from selling handguns to adults ages 18 to 20 violate the Second Amendment and cannot be criminally enforced against dealers making otherwise lawful sales.DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel released the opinion Friday, marking a major change in the federal government’s... Read More »
Rep. Lauren Boebert is denying allegations in a sworn filing submitted to the House Committee on Ethics that she had sexual relationships with three congressional staffers and arranged an approximately $200,000 payment to a former aide after she threatened to file her own ethics complaint. The Colorado Republican called the... Read More »
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