Author: Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner

Two appointees of independent agencies whom President Donald Trump fired must be reinstated, the appellate court in the District of Columbia ruled Monday. The court decided in a 7-4 ruling that the Trump administration has not adequately demonstrated that it is likely to succeed in the lawsuit, brought by National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne…

Antitrust lawyers for the Trump administration are set to face off this month with Meta’s and Google’s lawyers in courtrooms in Washington, D.C., where they appear poised to continue seamlessly the Biden administration’s fights against the tech giants. The two trials offer opportunities to chip away at Big Tech’s power, a rare shared goal of…

A judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Salvadoran national, whom it mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, back to the United States no later than Monday night. Judge Paula Xinis, a federal judge in Maryland, said in an order that Trump officials violated immigration law by deporting Kilmar…

Judge James Boasberg indicated during a hearing on Thursday that he was leaning toward beginning contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials after they failed to follow his verbal order last month to return alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported under the Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg said he believed that the Trump administration “acted in…

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that federal prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who was accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel in December. Bondi said her decision was in line with a Day One memo she issued directing the Department of Justice to…

The Department of Justice announced Monday it planned to withdraw a lawsuit it brought during the Biden administration challenging Georgia’s sweeping election reform bill, marking the strongest shift yet away from the Biden DOJ’s election-related legal activity. The DOJ’s move to end the litigation in Georgia came after it also terminated election lawsuits in Virginia,…

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court this week to intervene in a case brought by eight blue states over federal funding, marking one of the latest moves by the White House to defend in court its efforts to curb diversity, equity, and inclusion. President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice told the high court a…

Two targets of President Donald Trump’s law firm revenge spree filed lawsuits against the administration on Friday, saying the president’s executive actions against them were unconstitutional. The firms, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block, brought the cases in Washington, D.C., in response to Trump signing executive orders stripping their employees of security clearances, restricting their access…

Judge James Boasberg ordered five of President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet members on Thursday to save their Signal messages from March 11 to March 15 as part of a lawsuit alleging they violated federal records laws. A Department of Justice attorney assured Boabserg they were already preserving the records and were agreeable to his order but…