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The US Justice Department on Thursday announced federal gun and drug charges brought against 81 alleged members of Puerto Rican gang “Los Baja Deo” following a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigation. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the DHS investigation led to the seizure of 21 firearms and uncovered “the distribution of at least [...]

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ICE deported over 160 individuals to Haiti on Thursday in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the administrative repeal of temporary protected status (TPS) for roughly 330,000 Haitians, despite pervasive gang violence throughout the country. The charter flight landed in the northern city of Cap-Haïtien, instead of capital Port-au-Prince, as gangs [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear President Donald Trump’s petition to appeal the sexual assault and defamation case brought against him by writer E. Jean Carroll. The denial comes a month and a half after the court’s initial refusal to grant the president’s appeal of the $5 million jury trial judgment [...]

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The US Court of International Trade issued summary judgment in favor of the Trump administration on Thursday in a case brought by a US auto-parts dealer challenging a presidential order that closed a tariff loophole for imports under $800. Plaintiff Detroit Axle sued the administration in May 2025 following numerous executive orders under a declared [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a challenge to a Colorado law that requires private religious preschools to accept children of same-sex couples in order to receive state funding. Two Catholic preschools, their parishes, the Archdiocese of Denver, and parents of preschool-aged children sued the state in 2023 over a nondiscrimination [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Saturday extended a lower court’s freeze on a partial preliminary injunction that had halted construction of the White House’s proposed ballroom, allowing the project to continue until April 17. The court determined “serious factual questions” existed about the relationship between proposed underground facility [...]

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A US federal appellate court on Monday held that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) cannot enforce state sports-betting laws against financial services company and prediction market facilitator Kalshi while litigation is pending. The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a district court ruling that enjoined NJDGE and allowed Kalshi [...]

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced Sunday that it will receive third-country deportees from the US as part of a new arrangement between the two nations, signaling ongoing Trump administration efforts to continue its controversial removal practices. DRC’s statement said the nation will begin to accept deportees in April, and the US will [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Monday removed a New York trial court order to redraw a congressional district, which would have bolstered minority-resident voting power before midterm elections in November. The court’s brief order was accompanied by a concurring opinion from Justice Samuel Alito as well as a dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by [...]

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A US federal judge on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s motion to prohibit public release of prosecutorial findings in a dropped case against the president that involved classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The court ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s continued work on the case functionally breached previous court orders, federal discovery rules, grand jury [...]

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