321 articles in the Crime & Courts category.
By Tommy Flynn
Former CIA Director John Brennan filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Justice on Wednesday, requesting a court order to preserve records from investigations targeting him. Brennan argues the materials are essential to defend against what he describes as a potential...
By Tommy Flynn
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 30, 2026, that the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause guarantees citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully present or temporarily visiting the country. In a 6-3 decision in Trump v. Barbara, the Court...
By Tommy Flynn
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release its final opinions of the term on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, including a highly anticipated decision on President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and certain...
By Tommy Flynn
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling on June 29, 2026, in Trump v. Slaughter, affirming President Donald Trump’s power to remove members of the Federal Trade Commission at will. The decision overturned the 1935 precedent in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which had...
By Tommy Flynn
Parents Justin and Rose Taylor filed a federal lawsuit against the Sunnyvale School District in California’s Silicon Valley, alleging the district violated a 2025 U.S. Supreme Court ruling by refusing to provide notice or opt-outs from elementary school materials on gender...
By Tommy Flynn
The U.S. Department of Justice filed lawsuits on June 26, 2026, against the states of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota. The suits seek court orders compelling the states to turn over five years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicant and...
By Tommy Flynn
Former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on June 26, 2026, to one count of illegal retention of classified information as part of a plea agreement that resolved an 18-count federal indictment. The deal caps any potential prison sentence at five years, includes...
By Tommy Flynn
The company formerly known as Dominion Voting Systems has dismissed its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and his company after more than five years of litigation. Court filings in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., confirmed the case was...
By Tommy Flynn
U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit on June 25, 2026, that sought to invalidate immigration cooperation restrictions in four New Jersey cities. The ruling came on procedural grounds, finding that the federal government lacked standing to...
By Tommy Flynn
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2026, ruled 6-3 in Mullin v. Doe that the Trump administration may proceed with ending Temporary Protected Status designations for nationals of Haiti and Syria. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, holding that the TPS statute...
By Tommy Flynn
U.S. District Judge Denise Casper issued a permanent injunction on June 24, 2026, blocking major elements of President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity. The ruling specifically halts requirements for documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to...
By Tommy Flynn
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on June 23, 2026, vacated a district court stay and reinstated the Trump administration’s expansion of expedited removal to noncitizens encountered anywhere in the United States who cannot demonstrate two years of continuous...