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A senior federal judge in Michigan has temporarily stepped away from the bench as he confronts drunken-driving charges tied to an October arrest that only recently came to light. The announcement came from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, confirming that Judge Thomas Ludington has voluntarily taken a leave of absence …

Bench in the Balance: Michigan Federal Judge Steps Aside After DUI Case Surfaces Read More »

America’s courtrooms are accustomed to weighing constitutional crises. Now, the judiciary says it is living through one—brick by brick. The policy arm of the federal courts, the U.S. Judicial Conference, has asked Congress for something it has sought for decades: the authority to manage its own courthouses, rather than relying on the executive branch. The …

Courts Seek the Keys: US Judiciary Pushes to Reclaim Control of Its Own Buildings Read More »

The chamber was heavy with ceremony, but the tension was unmistakable. When President Donald Trump stepped into the House floor to deliver his State of the Union address, he found himself only a few feet away from members of the very court that had just derailed one of his signature trade policies. Days earlier, the …

Robes and Rebukes: Trump’s Tariff Fury Shadows Supreme Court at State of the Union Read More »

The heir to a Hollywood legacy stood behind glass in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday and uttered two words that now anchor one of the city’s most jarring crime sagas: not guilty. Nick Reiner, 32, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of his parents — …

Bloodline in the Dock: Nick Reiner Denies Killing Hollywood Power Couple Parents Read More »

A federal courtroom in Boston has cleared the runway for United Parcel Service to move ahead with an ambitious workforce reduction plan—one that places a $150,000 check on the table for tens of thousands of its drivers. At the center of the clash was a challenge mounted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union …

$150,000 Exit Door Opens: Court Clears UPS to Roll Out Massive Driver Buyout Plan Read More »

Two of the most senior figures in the federal appellate judiciary are preparing to step back from full-time duty — a quiet shift with loud political consequences. Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals …

Twin Departures at the Top of Federal Appeals Courts Open Fresh Judicial Slots for Trump Read More »

A political and legal standoff is unfolding in the state of Maryland, where officials have gone to court to stop the construction of a new federal immigration detention center backed by the administration of Donald Trump. At the heart of the dispute is a sprawling 54-acre warehouse property in Washington County, acquired for over $100 …

Maryland Moves to Block Federal Immigration Lockup, Takes Trump Administration to Court Read More »

The legal aftershocks of Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs have begun — and FedEx is among the first corporate giants to head to court with its hand outstretched. The Memphis-based logistics heavyweight has filed suit before the U.S. Court of International Trade, demanding a full refund of duties it paid under tariffs imposed through the International …

After Tariffs Fall, FedEx Moves to Reclaim Its Money from Washington Read More »

More than six decades after Cuba’s revolution redrew the island’s economic map, the aftershocks have reached the marbled courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court. At the center stands ExxonMobil, arguing that it deserves compensation exceeding $1 billion for oil and gas assets seized by Havana in 1960, in the wake of the revolution that brought …

Oil, Revolution and a Billion-Dollar Reckoning: Exxon’s Cuba Claim Lands Before the Top US Court Read More »

A federal courtroom in Florida has drawn a final curtain over a long-simmering chapter of litigation surrounding former and now-serving U.S. President Donald Trump. In a decisive order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon permanently barred the Justice Department from releasing a prosecutor’s report tied to the classified documents case that once shadowed Trump’s post–White House …

Sealed for Good: Federal Court Locks Away Report in Trump Documents Prosecution Read More »