A US federal judge on Friday refused to order the immediate release of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, despite ruling that the initial arrest and continued detention lacked a lawful basis. Judge Michael E. Farbiarz of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey found that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked a lower court’s decision to return the California National Guard to Governor Gavin Newsom’s control late Thursday. A hearing on the temporary stay, which reversed US District Judge Charles Breyer’s ruling earlier Thursday to remove the California National Guard from federal control, has been scheduled for [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a complaint against the state of New York, specifically challenging policies the state has in place that prevent federal immigration officers from making arrests in certain areas of the state. The DOJ is specifically challenging New York’s “Protect Our Courts Act,” which makes it unlawful for [...]

A US federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the government must release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student whom President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to deport over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Judge Michael E. Farbiarz of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey granted Khalil’s request for a [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of an Atlanta family attempting to sue the federal government for damages after their home was mistakenly raided by an FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. The unanimous decision rejected a lower court’s ruling and remanded the case for further proceedings. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s bid to remove his hush money conviction from New York state to federal court. The conviction was based on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with reimbursement payments made to Stormy Daniels. Trump’s legal team from [...]

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to increase the number of undocumented migrants being transferred to the US Naval facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to government documents obtained by POLITICO and the Washington Post. The documents, reported by the media outlets Tuesday, state that 9,000 undocumented immigrants are currently being vetted for transfer to Guantánamo, [...]

The US Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday stating that President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments established by former presidents. The 50-page opinion supports a president’s authority to revoke national monuments that were created under the Antiquities Act, despite the lack of this specific language in the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration’s tariffs may remain in place while it reviews a lower court decision that had blocked them. The original lower court decision, a slip opinion from the US Court of International Trade, held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by the state of California for an emergency order blocking the deployment of additional federalized National Guard troops and US Marines to the Los Angeles area. President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles last weekend in response to protests against the administration’s immigration [...]