140 articles in the In the Courts category.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...