216 articles in the In the Courts category.
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has scheduled former FBI Director James Comey’s criminal trial for July 15, 2026, on two felony counts accusing him of threatening President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan in the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the...
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment authorizing mid-decade redistricting of the state’s congressional districts, ruling 4-3 on Friday that the Democratic-led General Assembly violated procedural requirements under the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s 10% global tariffs on most imports are unlawful, dealing another significant legal setback to the administration’s trade agenda. In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel found that...
By Johnny Edwards | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Georgia district attorney who took on Donald Trump, only to be removed from the case over a romance with her lead co-counsel, likely spent millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on the yearslong racketeering prosecution. And taxpayers might be on the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon told Just The News that the Department of Justice anticipates the legal fight over so-called assault rifle bans will reach the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices will ultimately rule that AR-15-style...
By Tommy Flynn
U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui apologized Monday in federal court to Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old California man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. Allen is accused of rushing a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on April 25,...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the federal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is not based solely on a single Instagram post featuring seashells arranged to spell “86 47,” but rests on a broader body of evidence collected over...
By Tommy Flynn
AUSTIN — Travis County District Court Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled Tuesday that the Texas Workforce Commission must comply with a 2025 fair housing settlement agreement it reached with developers of a large planned community in North Texas, clearing one procedural hurdle for...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced on April 30, 2026, that it will actively enforce the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling striking down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, sending a clear signal that race-based redistricting will...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down Louisiana’s congressional map in a 6-3 decision, ruling that the state’s creation of a second majority-Black district violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Louisiana v. Callais, the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Two individuals have been federally indicted for the violent mob attack on Turning Point USA reporter Savanah Hernandez during an anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on April 14, 2026. Hernandez was on scene covering federal...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James B. Comey is expected to self-surrender Wednesday, April 29, 2026, to federal authorities in the Eastern District of Virginia following a two-count indictment returned Tuesday by a grand jury in North Carolina. The indictment charges Comey...