Request: The construction of US President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom has been stopped by a federal judge in mid-February 2026. Rating: Rating: False Context: As of this writing, a federal judge has yet to rule on the legal status of the construction project. In a post on social media, Trump declared that the project … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s maximum security federal prison. US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled late Wednesday that the government cannot send former death row inmates to the “Supermax” federal prison in Florence, Colorado, because it would … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from taking effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but will still require them to wear clear identification showing their agency number and badge. California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from wearing face … Read more
A federal judge was skeptical of President Donald Trump’s argument to try to appeal his hush money conviction to federal court — after lawyers have already taken their shot in two other courts. Judge Alvin Hellerstein suggested that Trump’s lawyers missed their chance by first taking the US Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity to … Read more
A law enforcement agency executing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been described as a serial violator of court orders in Minnesota. The statement did not come from the Democratic governor or the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis, who have repeatedly traded barbs with President Donald Trump. He was a federal judge with a conservative pedigree … Read more
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request that Minnesota turn over sensitive voter registration records to the federal government amid tensions over ICE and immigration enforcement underscores the importance of the administration’s nationwide data collection that is facing resistance in several states and obstruction in the courts. The Justice Department has already subpoenaed Minnesota and 23 other … Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s effort to install political loyalists as top federal prosecutors recently ran aground, with judges ruling that his handpicked U.S. attorneys for New Jersey, Eastern Virginia, Nevada and Los Angeles were all serving illegally. Now, another federal judge is poised to consider an argument from New York Attorney General … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A court official has dismissed a Justice Department complaint accusing a federal judge of “hostile and flagrant” misconduct during hearings in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops serving in the military. The complaint accused US District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, DC, of improperly questioning a government attorney … Read more