Crime & Courts

321 articles in the Crime & Courts category.

Trump Seeks Dismissal of New York Civil Fraud Judgment Citing Cohen's Coercion Claims
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsJune 2, 2026

Trump Seeks Dismissal of New York Civil Fraud Judgment Citing Cohen's Coercion Claims

By Tommy Flynn

Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump’s legal team is pressing New York’s highest court to dismiss the civil fraud judgment against him, arguing that key witness Michael Cohen’s recent admissions of feeling “pressured and coerced” by prosecutors undermine the entire case...

A gavel rests on a block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom. Photo: Shopify Partners / Burst
US NewsCrime & CourtsMay 30, 2026

Federal Jury Convicts Three Spokane Protesters of Conspiracy to Impede ICE Agents

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...

Judge Christopher R. Cooper
US NewsCrime & CourtsMay 30, 2026

Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Kennedy Center Renovation and Name Addition

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...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
US NewsCrime & CourtsMay 29, 2026

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Compensation Fund

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...

Texas Man Arrested for Alleged Threats to Assassinate Erika Kirk and Bomb Turning Point USA Summit
US NewsCrime & CourtsMay 29, 2026

Texas Man Arrested for Alleged Threats to Assassinate Erika Kirk and Bomb Turning Point USA Summit

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...

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an Iraqi national with ties to Iran’s IRGC and Kata’ib Hezbollah, in FBI custody.
US NewsCrime & CourtsMay 29, 2026

Iranian-Backed Terrorist Charged With Plotting 20 Attacks Including Assassination of Ivanka Trump

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...

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsMay 28, 2026

Alabama Appeals to Supreme Court After Lower Court Blocks New Congressional Map

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...

The Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsMay 28, 2026

DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Review Lower Court Ruling Blocking Arizona Voter Integrity Laws

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...

Judge's Gavel
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsMay 28, 2026

Federal Judge Rejects Democrats' Challenge to Trump Executive Order on Voter Citizenship Verification and Mail-In Voting

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...

A roll of “I Voted” stickers sits on a table at a polling place on Nov. 8, 2022.
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsMay 27, 2026

Lawyer claims Wisconsin ‘desperately’ trying to keep voter list secret

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...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsMay 27, 2026

Judges in Florida and Tennessee Reject Challenges, Allowing New GOP Congressional Maps for 2026

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...

President Trump seen on the big screen, view from the crowd, on J6 at the Ellipse rally.
US NewsCrime & CourtsMay 26, 2026

DOJ Moves to Dismiss Seditious Conspiracy Charges Against Eight January 6 Defendants

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...