A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that Justice Department officials crossed a legal line with their public remarks about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s former chief executive Brian Thompson. Judge Margaret Garnett said the statements violated court rules designed to shield defendants from prejudicial publicity that could poison a jury pool. In …

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A federal judge has halted a Trump administration push that sought to tie billions in disaster and emergency aid to states’ willingness to enforce federal immigration policies. The ruling came from U.S. District Judge William Smith in Providence, Rhode Island, who sided with 20 states and the District of Columbia after they challenged conditions imposed …

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The U.S. Supreme Court has handed Donald Trump a temporary victory, allowing him to fire Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter while the justices prepare to take up the case in December—a battle that could reshape the balance of power between presidents and supposedly independent federal agencies. The dispute began when Trump moved to remove Slaughter, …

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When the U.S. Supreme Court gavels in its 2025–2026 term this October, it won’t just be opening another year of hearings — it will be stepping onto a battlefield where questions of presidential power, personal identity, and constitutional boundaries collide. The justices have loaded their calendar with disputes ranging from Donald Trump’s tariffs and campaign …

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Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, the U.S. Supreme Court has become the arena where some of the fiercest battles over his sweeping assertions of power are being fought. From immigration raids to the independence of the Federal Reserve, from the definition of citizenship to the future of entire federal agencies, …

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration crossed a constitutional line when it tried to keep artists and arts groups from receiving federal grants if their work touched on what the former president branded “gender ideology.” U.S. District Judge William Smith, sitting in Providence, Rhode Island, declared that the National Endowment for the …

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A sudden shake-up rattled the Justice Department on Friday as Erik Siebert, the top federal prosecutor overseeing a mortgage fraud probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James, abruptly resigned—just hours after Donald Trump publicly declared, “I want him out.” Siebert, who had served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, informed staff …

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