The resentencing hearing of Menendez brothers can move forward despite opposition from the district attorney, a Los Angeles court has ruled. The brothers’ attorneys are attempting to have them resentenced to a lesser term, which could potentially make them eligible for freedom. Erik and Lyle were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills…
A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the Associated Press’s access to presidential events after the White House blocked the news agency in a dispute over the term “Gulf of America”. District Judge Trevor McFadden on Tuesday said the administration’s restriction on AP journalists was “contrary to the First Amendment”, which guarantees…
FILE PHOTO: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought testifies before House Budget Committee on 2020 Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2019. Yuri Gripas | Reuters A federal judge on Friday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s leadership, appointed by President Donald Trump, to halt its campaign to…
A hearing has been set for Friday afternoon to debate whether a federal judge in Washington acted correctly when he temporarily stopped the Trump administration last weekend from summarily deporting scores of Venezuelan immigrants under a powerful but rarely invoked wartime statute. The hearing, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in Federal District Court in Washington, could…
A US federal judge said the government “evaded its obligations” to answer his questions about this weekend’s deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members. James Boasberg, the top federal judge in Washington DC, gave justice department lawyers a Thursday deadline provide information on the government’s deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador by plane. They provided a…
The back and forth between a federal judge and the Trump administration over the timing of two flights it arranged last weekend deporting a group of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador under the extraordinary powers of a wartime statute will last at least another day. The judge in the case, James E. Boasberg, has given…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Department of Justice on Monday asked a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to replace…
A US court has ordered that Prince Harry’s immigration files must be made public by Tuesday. District Judge Carl Nichols ordered the release of the documents based on a freedom of information (FOI) request by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative US think tank in Washington DC. The foundation alleges that the prince concealed his past…
A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs. The judge, Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said on Wednesday that…
A federal judge in Washington gave President Trump a major victory on Tuesday when she declined to bar Elon Musk and his associates from having access to data at seven federal agencies or involvement in mass firings. In an order on Tuesday, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Federal District Court in Washington, wrote that a…
