Author: Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner

The Trump administration told a court on Monday it does not have the ability to retrieve a man it mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison, capping off a three-day string of defiant court filings in an intensifying case about Kilmar Abrego Gacia’s removal. The administration’s submission to the court came in response to an order…

A Federal Trade Commission lawyer argued in court on Monday that Meta illegally monopolized the social media market, starting what is set to be a weekslong and high-stakes antitrust trial for one of the country’s largest tech companies. Daniel Matheson, who is leading the FTC’s case against Meta, said during an opening statement at the…

Conservatives have long had their sights set on revisiting a Supreme Court case that set a high bar for public officials to prove the media defamed them, but President Donald Trump’s return to power has put a spotlight on this key press protection. The Right’s interest in changing the New York Times v. Sullivan precedent…

A judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice to provide her with daily updates about actions the Trump administration is taking to return to the United States a man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Judge Paula Xinis’s demand came during a court hearing where she sparred with a DOJ attorney about what the…

The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to return a man it mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran megaprison after the administration insisted to the high court that it had no authority to correct its error. The Supreme Court wrote in a brief decision that a lower court judge in Maryland was correct to order administration…

Department of Justice attorneys told a judge in Virginia on Wednesday evening that they wanted to drop a case they brought against the alleged MS-13 leader of the East Coast, rather than move forward with prosecuting him. The move came after top DOJ officials held a large press conference last month alongside Gov. Glenn Youngkin…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily reversed a lower court’s decisions to block President Donald Trump from firing two members of independent boards, marking the latest move in a case that has raised fundamental questions about presidential power. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the temporary pause on the lower court’s orders minutes after the Trump administration asked…

Two federal judges granted nearly simultaneous orders Wednesday that temporarily blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations in parts of Texas and New York, rulings that come days after the Supreme Court weighed in on the Trump administration’s use of the law. Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump appointee, halted deportations in two counties in south Texas…

The Trump administration celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday that tossed out a lower court’s order blocking Alien Enemies Act deportations and that restricted outside groups who bring lawsuits about the deportations from shopping around for friendly courts. But the high court crafted the order in a way that also creates new complications for…

The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court in an emergency request on Monday to stop a lower court from forcing the Trump administration to return a man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador. The DOJ bypassed the appellate court in asking the Supreme Court to intervene after a federal judge in Maryland ruled on…