The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for construction to resume on one of the longest and most controversial sections of President Donald Trump’s security project along the Mexican border.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who oversaw the dismantling of the Justice Department’s prestigious Civil Rights Division while leading that unit, resigned Thursday, marking the first major shake-up in the law enforcement agency since Democrats swept the midterm elections on Tuesday and won control of the House and Senate.
The GOP’s sweeping losses in the midterm elections Tuesday set up an unsettling possibility for the party: If it doesn’t act now to confirm a new Supreme Court justice, it may not have another chance for years to come.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges plans to wind down its operations, a staggering collapse for a nearly century-old law firm that was once a New York corporate powerhouse.
The Justice Department has again charged James B. Comey, the third time the Trump administration has mounted a criminal case against the former FBI director—a prominent political foe of the president—since last year.
A federal judge in New York ruled Monday that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James B. Comey, from her job as a federal prosecutor.
The Trump administration must continue providing transition care to inmates with gender dysphoria, at least for now, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday the high court’s recent decisions on voting and campaign finance have damaged the nation’s democracy.
Federal judges across the country regularly clash with the Trump administration, but few have made headlines for their heated exchanges with government lawyers like U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, who is handling a case over President Donald Trump’s controversial overhaul of a historic D.C. golf course.