Capture lane

Judicial Capture

The Judicial Capture capture lane traces 645 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

645 events From Jul 12, 1787 To Apr 20, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2026-04-20DiGenova Sworn In as AG Counselor Leading Brennan "Grand Conspiracy" Probe After Career Prosecutor Removed for Questioning Evidence
Joseph DiGenova · Victoria Toensing · Todd Blanche · Kash Patel · +7
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2026-04-01Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Arguments; Gorsuch Exposes Government's Inability to Protect Native American Citizenship
U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · D. John Sauer · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-23Chief Judge Bumb Appoints Career Prosecutor Robert Frazer as NJ US Attorney, Resolving Constitutional Crisis
Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb · Robert Frazer · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi
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2026-03-23Supreme Court Declines Citizen Journalist Case, Sotomayor Dissents on First Amendment Arrest
Supreme Court · Justice Sonia Sotomayor · Priscilla Villarreal · City of Laredo
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2026-03-19Vermont Judge Orders Immediate Release of Man Detained by ICE in Case of Mistaken Identity
Judge William K. Sessions III · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Castro Guaman
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2026-03-17~150 Retired Federal and State Judges File Bipartisan Amicus Brief Supporting Anthropic Against Pentagon Blacklist
former federal judges · Anthropic
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2026-03-17Judge Quraishi Ejects DOJ Prosecutor From Courtroom, Orders NJ US Attorney Leadership to Testify
Judge Zahid Quraishi · Mark Coyne · Philip Lamparello · Jordan Fox · +2
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2026-03-16Supreme Court Grants Cert Before Judgment in Haiti and Syria TPS Cases, Keeping Injunctions in Place
Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Judge Ana Reyes
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2026-03-12DOJ Proposes Rule Giving Attorney General Veto Power Over Bar Complaints Against Government Lawyers
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Ed Martin · +1
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2026-03-11Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Deportation Protections for 350,000 Haitians
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem · U.S. Supreme Court
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2026-03-10Washington Post Investigation Details How ICE Systematically Defied Court Orders During Minneapolis Enforcement Surge
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · +1
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2026-03-09Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3
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2026-03-09DOJ Appeals Blocked Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, Claims Judges "Bent Over Backwards" to Rule Against Trump
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +3
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2026-03-07DOJ Appeals Four Court Rulings Blocking Trump Executive Orders Targeting Political Opponent Law Firms
U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · Susman Godfrey · +2
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2026-03-07Trump Administration Escalates Campaign to Strip Federal Judges of Power to Block Presidential Orders
Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. House of Representatives
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2026-03-06Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth
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2026-03-05Second Minnesota Federal Judge Threatens Contempt Against Feds Over ICE Detainees' Missing Property
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · Jeffrey Bryan
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2026-03-04Judge Bryan Weighs Contempt for U.S. Attorney Rosen Over ICE Property Seizures
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice
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2026-03-03DOJ Drops Then Rapidly Reverses Course on Law Firm Retaliation Cases in Chaotic 24-Hour Reversal
U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +2
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2026-03-03Judge Bryan Holds Contempt Hearing, Warns U.S. Attorney Rosen That Imprisonment Is Not Ruled Out
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · David Fuller · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1
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2026-03-03New Jersey Federal Judge Threatens Criminal Contempt After ICE Violates Transfer Orders 17 Times
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice · Baljinder Kumar
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2026-02-27Chief Judge Schiltz Issues Written Order Documenting 210+ ICE Court Violations, Threatens Criminal Contempt
Patrick Schiltz · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1
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2026-02-26Chief Judge Schiltz Threatens Criminal Contempt Against ICE After 96 Court Order Violations
Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · +1
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2026-02-25Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-25Judge Murphy Rules Third-Country Deportation Policy Unlawful, Documents Torture Convention Violations
Brian Murphy · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-24Judge Bryan Holds Federal Government in Contempt for ICE Transfer Violations
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-23Judge Cannon Permanently Blocks Jack Smith Classified Documents Report
Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Department of Justice
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2026-02-20Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
William B. Porter · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · +1
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2026-02-20Justice Department Fires Judge-Appointed Virginia U.S. Attorney
Department of Justice · James W. Hundley
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2026-02-20Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority
John Roberts · United States Supreme Court · Donald Trump
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2026-02-18Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide
Judge Landya McCafferty · U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · American Civil Liberties Union · ACLU of New Hampshire · +5
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2026-02-13Federal Judge Blocks $600M Health Grant Cuts to Democratic States
Manish Shah · Kwame Raoul · Phil Weiser · Keith Ellison · +2
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2026-02-11Pattern of Grand Jury Resistance to DOJ Political Prosecutions Emerges Across Multiple Districts
Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Mark Kelly · +5
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2026-02-05Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims
Elon Musk · Theodore Chuang · United States Agency for International Development · Peter Marocco · +4
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2026-02-04Senate Confirms Peterson to Alaska Federal Bench Despite Election Denial
Aaron Christian Peterson · Senate Judiciary Committee · Donald Trump · Dan Sullivan
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2026-01-30Federal Courts Issue Multiple Permanent Injunctions Blocking Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order
U.S. District Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Brennan Center for Justice · Democracy Docket · +3
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2026-01-29Supreme Court to Hear Birthright Citizenship Challenge in April
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · American Civil Liberties Union · D. John Sauer
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2026-01-28Federal Judge Finds ICE Violated 96 Court Orders in Minnesota
Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
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2026-01-21Federal Judge Rejects Special Master Request for Epstein Files
Paul Engelmayer · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Department of Justice
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2026-01-21Lindsey Halligan Forced Out of DOJ After Unlawful Appointment Ruling
Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Eastern District of Virginia
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2026-01-21Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Presidential Removal Power in Trump v Cook
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · Brett Kavanaugh · +1
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2026-01-20DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas to Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and AG Ellison Over Immigration Enforcement
Tim Walz · Jacob Frey · Keith Ellison · Pam Bondi · +2
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2026-01-20Judge Novak Issues "Charade of Masquerading" Ruling; Halligan Departs DOJ
Justin R. Novak · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi
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2026-01-20Supreme Court Issues Three Unanimous Rulings on Federal Procedures
U.S. Supreme Court · Amy Coney Barrett · Samuel Alito
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2026-01-13Supreme Court Hears Transgender Sports Ban Cases, Signals Support for Restrictions
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · Samuel Alito · +2
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2026-01-13Twelve Federal Prosecutors Resign Over DOJ Handling of Renee Good Shooting
Joseph Thompson · Thomas Calhoun-Lopez · Melinda Williams · Todd Blanche · +2
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2026-01-09Supreme Court Narrows AEDPA Bar on Federal Habeas Claims
U.S. Supreme Court · Sonia Sotomayor · Neil Gorsuch · John Roberts
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2026-01-08Fifth Federal Judge Rules Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Unlawfully Installed
Lorna Schofield · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Edward Sarcone · +4
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2026-01-08Fifth Federal Prosecutor Appointed by AG Bondi Ruled Serving Unlawfully by Federal Judge
Pam Bondi · John Sarcone III · Lorna Schofield · U.S. Department of Justice
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2025-12-31Ninth Circuit Forces Trump to Return California National Guard Control to State
Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Charles Breyer
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2025-12-31Off-Duty ICE Officer Shoots and Kills Keith Porter in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve
Keith Porter · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · LAPD
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2025-12-30US Military Strikes Three-Vessel Convoy in Pacific, 11 Killed as Survivors Left in Deadly Seas
US Military · US Coast Guard · SOUTHCOM
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2025-12-23Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +9
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2025-12-19Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket
Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) · Department of Justice · +4
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2025-12-15Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear
Pentagon · Human Rights Watch
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2025-12-10DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +4
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2025-12-10Judge Berman Orders Release of Epstein 2019 Grand Jury Records, Reversing Earlier Decision
Judge Richard M. Berman · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +2
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2025-12-09Federal Judge Orders Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Transparency Act
Paul Engelmayer · Ghislaine Maxwell · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
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2025-12-09Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3
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2025-12-08Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling
Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Desiree Grace · +1
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2025-12-08Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order
James Boasberg · Drew Ensign · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · +2
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2025-12-08Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4
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2025-12-08Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases
Department of Justice · Executive Office for Immigration Review · Tania Nemer · Kyra Lilien · +2
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2025-12-07Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Daniel Richman · James Comey · Department of Justice · +4
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2025-12-05Federal Judge Orders Release of Epstein Grand Jury Materials from 2005-2007 Florida Investigations
Rodney Smith · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · +3
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2025-12-05NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts
NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11
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2025-12-05Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5
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2025-12-04Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence
Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3
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2025-12-04Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · Judge Jia Cobb · U.S. District Court for D.C. · +2
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2025-12-04Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs
Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · +1
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2025-12-04GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics
Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +5
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2025-12-04Grand Jury Rejects DOJ's Weaponized Prosecution of NY Attorney General Letitia James
Letitia James · U.S. Department of Justice · Norfolk Virginia Grand Jury · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +8
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2025-12-04Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings
Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +6
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2025-12-04Trump's 1,600+ Clemency Grants Bypass DOJ Review as 13 Recipients Re-Arrested for New Crimes
Donald Trump · Ed Martin · Liz Oyer · Eliyahu Weinstein · +7
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2025-12-03U.S. Institute of Peace Rebranded as 'Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace' After Armed Takeover
Donald Trump · State Department · U.S. Institute of Peace · Federal Judiciary
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2025-12-02USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction
Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · Judge Maxine Chesney · +3
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2025-11-30Kristi Noem Denies Defying Court Order on National Television, Calls Judges "Activist"
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Kristen Welker · +2
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2025-11-28Washington Post reveals Hegseth gave "kill everybody" order in Caribbean boat strikes, killing shipwrecked survivors
Pete Hegseth · Admiral Frank Bradley · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · +4
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2025-11-26DOJ Reveals Kristi Noem Made Final Decision to Defy Judge's Order on El Salvador Deportation Flights
Kristi Noem · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · +4
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2025-11-24Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful
Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6
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2025-11-24Judge Currie Dismisses Comey and James Indictments, Rules Halligan Appointment Unconstitutional
Patricia Tolliver Currie · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James · +1
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2025-11-21North Dakota Supreme Court Reinstates Near-Total Abortion Ban Despite Unconstitutionality Finding
North Dakota Supreme Court · Justice Jerod E. Tufte · Chief Justice Jon J. Jensen · Judge Bruce Romanick · +1
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2025-11-18Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case as Judge Rules No Monopoly Despite Instagram/WhatsApp Acquisitions
Judge James Boasberg · Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission · +1
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2025-11-17Judge Finds Halligan Misrepresented Law and Used Tainted Evidence in Comey Grand Jury
William Fitzpatrick · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Department of Justice · +3
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2025-11-13Defense Secretary Hegseth Formally Unveils 'Operation Southern Spear' Military Campaign
Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense
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2025-11-12House Republicans Release 20,000+ Epstein Pages in Response to Democrat Emails, Accuse "Cherry-Picking"
U.S. House Oversight Committee · James Comer · Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · +4
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2025-11-10First Circuit Court Unanimously Rules Trump Administration Must Pay Full SNAP Benefits, Citing 'Immense Harm' to 40 Million Recipients
First Circuit Court of Appeals · Julie Rikelman · Trump Administration · USDA
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2025-11-08Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated First Amendment by Forcing Partisan Auto-Reply Messages on Federal Employees
Christopher Cooper · U.S. Department of Education · American Federation of Government Employees
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2025-11-07Letitia James Files Vindictive Prosecution Motion to Dismiss Federal Charges
Letitia James · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan
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2025-11-07Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Full SNAP Payments to 42 Million Americans
U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell Jr. · U.S. Department of Agriculture · +1
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2025-11-06Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction
Judge Sara Ellis · Gregory Bovino · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4
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2025-11-06Jury Acquits DOJ Whistleblower Sean Dunn of Sandwich Assault in Rebuke to Weaponized Prosecution
Sean Dunn · Pam Bondi
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2025-11-06Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay Allowing Trump Administration to Withhold $4 Billion in SNAP Food Benefits
U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell · USDA
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2025-11-06Trump Announces Weight Loss Drug Price Deals With Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk
Donald Trump · Eli Lilly · Novo Nordisk · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2025-11-05Judge Scolds Comey Prosecutors for "Indict First, Investigate Second" Approach
James Comey · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan
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2025-11-05Supreme Court Hears Landmark Tariff Case, Justices Express Deep Skepticism of Trump's Emergency Powers
Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court
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2025-11-04Trump Issues Executive Orders Modifying China Tariff Rates and Fentanyl-Related Duties
Trump · White House
reported
2025-11-03Trump Administration Announces Partial SNAP Benefits After Court Orders
Trump · USDA
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2025-10-29Supreme Court to Review Trump's Federalization of National Guard in Chicago, Nationwide Implications
April Perry · Donald Trump · JB Pritzker · U.S. Supreme Court
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2025-10-28Trump Purges 12 ICE Field Directors, Replaces with Border Patrol Loyalists to Escalate Deportations
Donald Trump · Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · +3
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