140 articles in the In the Courts category.
By Tommy Flynn
SPOKANE, Wash. — A federal jury on May 28, 2026, convicted three individuals known as the “Spokane Three” on charges of conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility last year. Bajun Mavalwalla II, a...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued a ruling on May 29, 2026, blocking the Trump administration’s plans to undertake major renovations at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and add President...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the $1.776 billion compensation fund created as part of President Donald Trump’s settlement of his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the unauthorized leak of his tax returns. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, a...
By Tommy Flynn
SAN ANTONIO — A 26-year-old San Antonio man has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after authorities say he posted online threats to kill Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk and bomb the organization’s upcoming Women’s Leadership Summit. Jacob Wenske was...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A 32-year-old Iraqi national with deep ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the terrorist group Kata’ib Hezbollah has been charged with involvement in nearly 20 terror attacks and plots across Europe and the United States, including an alleged...
By Tommy Flynn
MONTGOMERY — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on May 27, 2026, seeking to overturn a federal three-judge panel’s ruling that blocked the state’s 2023 congressional redistricting map for the 2026 midterm elections. The...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief with the Supreme Court on May 27, 2026, asking the justices to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that struck down key provisions of Arizona’s 2022 voter registration and election laws. The Trump...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled Thursday, May 28, 2026, that Democratic plaintiffs failed to establish standing to block President Donald Trump's March 31, 2026, executive order aimed at strengthening election integrity through citizenship checks and mail-in...
By Benjamin Yount | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s governor says he is trying to give the state’s election clerks the freedom and ability to do their jobs, but not everyone is buying it. A federal judge dismissed the Trump Administration’s lawsuit that sought to get Wisconsin’s unredacted voter...
By Tommy Flynn
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Federal and state judges in Florida and Tennessee have rejected Democratic and voting-rights groups’ attempts to block newly drawn Republican congressional maps, clearing the way for their use in the 2026 midterm elections. In Florida, U.S. District Judge...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has filed motions to dismiss seditious conspiracy charges against eight defendants involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol events, signaling a major shift in how the Trump administration is handling remaining high-profile cases from that...
By Tommy Flynn
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A three-judge federal panel has blocked Alabama from using its 2023 Republican-drawn congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, ruling that the map was drawn with the intent to discriminate against Black voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The...