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Press Freedom Groups Sound Alarm as Trump’s Legal Campaign Against Media Outlets Escalates

Story Highlights A federal judge ruled in April that Trump's executive order cutting off funding to NPR and PBS constituted unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination and...

Automatic Military Draft Registration Set to Take Effect This Year, Raising Civil Liberties Concerns

Story Highlights Automatic registration takes effect this December under Section 535 of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which Trump signed into...

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Marijuana Use Alone Cannot Strip Americans of Second Amendment Rights

Story Highlights The Court ruled 9-0 that prosecutors cannot strip Second Amendment rights from a marijuana user without showing he posed an actual danger,...

Supreme Court Heads Toward Historic Showdown With Trump on Birthright Citizenship and Presidential Power

Story Highlights The Court is deciding whether Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented and temporary-visa parents can stand, a challenge...

Justice Department Resists Judge’s Demand for Sworn Statements on Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

Story Highlights U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams requested sworn declarations from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stan Woodward, and Treasury Secretary...

Boston Federal Judge Allows Challenges to Trump’s Mail-In Voting Order to Proceed Before Midterms

Story Highlights Judge Talwani ruled that lawsuits against the executive order can proceed specifically as they relate to the 2026 midterm elections, while narrowing...

Supreme Court Case Could Hand Trump Unchecked Power to Fire Independent Agency Officials

Story Highlights The case challenges Humphrey's Executor v. United States, a unanimous 1935 decision that allowed Congress to limit presidential removal of FTC commissioners...

Supreme Court Poised to Rule on Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

Story Highlights The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 1 in Trump v. Barbara, with several justices expressing skepticism toward the government's core...

Prosecutor Exits Comey Criminal Case as October Trial Looms

Story Highlights The prosecutor overseeing Comey's case involving an Instagram post has stepped down ahead of trial Comey's defense has alleged vindictive prosecution directed...

Trump Order Strips Job Protections From 8,000 Senior Federal Workers

Story Highlights The order reclassifies approximately 8,000 GS-15 level positions into an at-will employment category Affected roles include policy office leaders, chiefs of staff,...

Supreme Court Decision on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Expected Within Days

Story Highlights The Supreme Court heard arguments in April on Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship Every lower federal court that has reviewed the...

DOJ Refuses Court Order to Formally Confirm “Anti-Weaponization Fund” Is Dead

Story Highlights DOJ filed a refusal Friday to issue a signed declaration confirming the fund will not proceed A federal judge had given the...

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