On August 24, 2026, the United States Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to put on hold a federal preliminary injunction blocking portions of President Trump’s executive directive concerning mail-in voting. In an unsigned per curiam opinion—Latin for “by the court”—the Court concluded that the states had not established the type of injury [...]

On May 18, President Donald Trump moved to voluntarily dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), just two days before US District Judge Kathleen Williams imposed a May 20 deadline requiring both sides to argue whether the lawsuit involved unconstitutional collusion or executive self-dealing. The dismissal came as the Department of [...]

Lela Reynolds is a second-year law student at Purdue Global Law School and a US-based paralegal in Los Angeles, California, covering US legal developments for JURIST. On April 2, President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi following a reported confrontation over the pace of politically sensitive prosecutions, raising immediate questions about the traditional firewall [...]

In a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 11, President Donald Trump declared that the United States has “won” the war with Iran, asserting that the nation’s military and nuclear capabilities have been “practically destroyed.” President Trump claimed that the US-Israeli military campaign—officially named Operation Epic Fury—was “practically over the first hour it [...]

The legislative path forward for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) has hit a roadblock in the US Senate. On February 26, Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared that a talking filibuster—a rare, prolonged debate tactic where senators speak continuously to block a vote—was not possible, effectively halting the bill’s progress in the [...]

The landscape of American late-night television is undergoing significant change amid tensions between TV networks, program producers and federal regulators, fueling debate over the future of political satire on broadcast television. In recent months, several high-profile shifts have occurred across the industry, including ABC’s temporary removal of Jimmy Kimmel from TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! [...]

On February 11, the US House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) (H.R. 7296) in a 218-213 vote, marking the latest federal effort to impose stricter voter registration requirements. Sponsored by Representative Chip Roy, the SAVE Act would require prospective voters to show both proof of US citizenship and an [...]

On the morning of February 11, Attorney General Pam Bondi faced a divided House Judiciary Committee, defending recent actions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a hearing primarily anchored in the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405). Signed into law on November 19, 2025, following a near-unanimous 427-1 vote in the US House [...]