321 articles in the Crime & Courts category.
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...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – Newly unsealed search warrant affidavits in the capital murder case against Tyler Robinson include a handwritten letter in which the suspect allegedly confessed to assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The documents, made public on April 9–10, 2026, in...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has sided with the Pentagon for now, allowing the blacklisting of AI company Anthropic to remain in place while legal challenges continue. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on April 8, 2026, denied Anthropic’s emergency request...
By Tommy Flynn
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A judge appointed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has thrown out all criminal charges against Emily Heather Phillips, the anti-ICE activist arrested for disrupting Easter Sunday services at Cities Church in St. Paul. Ramsey County District Judge Maria Mitchell...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on April 6, 2026, vacated a lower court ruling against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in his contempt of Congress case, dealing a significant blow to what conservatives have long described as politically motivated lawfare targeting...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – A coalition of Democrat-led states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that restricts the use of mail-in ballots in federal elections. The suit, led by attorneys general from California, New York, Illinois, and...