Crime & Courts

321 articles in the Crime & Courts category.

Construction of the White House State Ballroom as seen on December 17, 2025.
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 28, 2026

DOJ Urges National Trust to Drop Lawsuit Blocking White House Ballroom Construction

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice on Sunday, April 27, 2026, called on the National Trust for Historic Preservation to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom expansion, citing the shooting at the White...

Judge's Gavel
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsApril 27, 2026

Supreme Court Approves Texas Redrawn Congressional Map for 2026 Elections

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 27, 2026, reversed a lower court ruling and approved Texas’s newly redrawn congressional map, allowing it to remain in effect for the 2026 midterms and through the decade until the next census. The map, enacted by the...

The Supreme Court as composed 	7 October 2022
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 27, 2026

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Wednesday on Trump Administration’s Termination of TPS for Haitians and Syrians

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in two consolidated cases challenging the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians. The cases were fast-tracked...

President Donald Trump speaks to Fed Chair Jerome Powell during a tour of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 24, 2025.
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 24, 2026

DOJ Drops Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced on April 24, 2026, that it has closed its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro confirmed the decision, ending a probe that began in late 2025 and...

Gannon Ken Van Dyke
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 24, 2026

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Charged With Using Classified Information on Maduro Capture to Win Over $400,000 on Polymarket

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sergeant was charged Thursday with using classified, nonpublic information about the military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place profitable bets on the prediction market Polymarket. Gannon Ken Van...

Judge's Gavel
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsApril 24, 2026

Virginia Supreme Court Schedules Oral Arguments for April 27 on Redistricting Referendum Challenge

By Tommy Flynn

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has set oral arguments for Monday, April 27, 2026, in the high-stakes legal challenge to the narrow passage of a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional...

Chuck Johnson
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 23, 2026

Anti-MAGA Commentator Chuck Johnson Faces Potential Criminal Referral in Ongoing Fraud and Extortion Case

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — A federal judge overseeing the civil racketeering lawsuit against internet commentator Charles “Chuck” Johnson has flagged potential criminal conduct, directing a court-appointed receiver to report any evidence of wire fraud, money laundering, perjury, or false...

A judge in a robe holds a gavel over a desk in a courtroom.
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsApril 22, 2026

Virginia Judge Blocks Certification of Redistricting Referendum, Halting Democratic Gerrymandering Effort

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,...

 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Los Angeles, California, June 12, 2025
Immigration & BorderCrime & CourtsApril 22, 2026

9th Circuit Blocks California Law Designed to Dox ICE Agents

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...

Far right protestors in Charlottesville, August 2017
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 22, 2026

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 Counts for Alleged Fraud Scheme Paying Extremist Groups

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...

Kash Patel testifies to Congress
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsApril 20, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic

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...

Milwaukee Grocery Owner Pleads Guilty to $1.6 Million SNAP Fraud Scheme
US NewsCrime & CourtsApril 19, 2026

Milwaukee Grocery Owner Pleads Guilty to $1.6 Million SNAP Fraud Scheme

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...