194 articles in the In the Courts category.
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia circuit court judge on April 22, 2026, blocked certification of the results from Tuesday’s special election on a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the General Assembly to redraw congressional districts for the 2026,...
By Tommy Flynn
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on April 22, 2026, granted an injunction blocking enforcement of a California law that required federal immigration agents, including ICE officers, to display visible identification and refrain from wearing masks...
By Tommy Flynn
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal grand jury in Montgomery indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts Tuesday, charging the nonprofit with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of false statements to a federally insured bank, and one count of conspiracy to commit...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit on April 20, 2026, against The Atlantic magazine and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The 19-page complaint targets an April 17 article that alleged...
By Tommy Flynn
MILWAUKEE — Nael Jabbar, 47, owner of Hot Spot Supermarket at 2643 W. Atkinson Ave., pleaded guilty April 14, 2026, in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return for defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of more...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday granted an administrative stay of a lower court order that had blocked above-ground construction of President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, marking the second time in a week the D.C. Circuit has allowed the project to...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the two oldest and most conservative members of the high court, have no plans to step down this year, multiple sources close to the justices confirmed on April 17, 2026. Thomas, 77, and Alito, 76, intend to...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has removed the lead career prosecutor overseeing the criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan after she resisted pressure to quickly file charges and questioned the strength of the case. Maria Medetis Long, head of the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) urged the House to impeach U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg on April 15, 2026, one day after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals halted Boasberg’s criminal contempt probe against Trump administration officials. Schmitt, a Senate...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on April 14, 2026, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to vacate and permanently dismiss seditious conspiracy convictions against leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys from the January 6, 2021, Capitol events. The filing...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has ordered U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to immediately end his criminal contempt investigation targeting Trump administration officials, delivering yet another rebuke to the Obama-appointed judge’s repeated overreach. The D.C....
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has lifted the injunction that had halted construction of President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, clearing the way for the privately funded project to move forward. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued the...