50 articles in the In the Courts category.
By Tommy Flynn
NEW YORK – A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Asif Merchant, a 47-year-old Pakistani national, on murder-for-hire and terrorism charges Wednesday after a week-long trial, where he admitted to orchestrating an assassination plot against then-candidate Donald Trump on behalf of...
By RWTNews Staff
WASHINGTON – A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to begin refunding $130 billion in tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court, denying a government request for a 90-day delay and asserting sole jurisdiction over the process. Judge Richard Eaton, a Clinton...
By Elyse Apel
(The Center Square) – Dozens have now been indicted on federal charges related to a protest that disrupted a Jan. 18 church service in St. Paul. U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced another round of arrests following the release of an indictment charging 30 additional...
By RWTNews Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted an emergency request to pause a New York state court order requiring the redrawing of the state’s 11th Congressional District, preserving the existing map for the 2026 midterm elections. The decision, issued over the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee who has repeatedly been assigned cases challenging President Trump’s administration, pressed forward on December 8, 2025, with a criminal contempt investigation against Justice Department lawyers over March...
By Tommy Flynn
The ruling aligns with a May 2025 Supreme Court order staying lower court reinstatements of Harris and Wilcox, where Chief Justice John Roberts noted the agencies' executive roles likely render removal restrictions unconstitutional.
By Tommy Flynn
Trump's executive order, issued on his first day back in office, directs federal agencies to interpret "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" in the 14th Amendment as excluding children born to undocumented parents or those on temporary visas.
By RWTNews Staff
The ruling paves the way for the release of these documents within weeks, further expanding access to Epstein-related records amid growing demands for accountability in the financier's case.
By RWTNews Staff
The Supreme Court's stay extends Alito's November 21 hold indefinitely, directing responses from challengers by November 24. Full briefing could lead to oral arguments in January 2026, with a decision by March—after Texas' March 3 primaries but before November generals.
By RWTNews Staff
James was first indicted on October 9, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on a single count of mortgage fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341, alleging she misrepresented a Virginia property as her primary residence on a 2020 loan application to secure a lower interest rate.
By Tommy Flynn
Lakanwal, who was also wounded in the November 26 incident, appeared via video from his hospital bed in Washington, D.C. Superior Court, wearing a hospital gown and struggling to keep his eyes open.
By RWTNews Staff
DOJ officials, speaking anonymously to Reuters and Fox News, indicated the department will not appeal the dismissals but pursue new charges.