U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ruled Friday, July 17, 2026 that the Trump administration cannot rely on a grant "termination clause" tied to "agency priorities" to cancel billions of dollars in federal...
Legal outcome Summary judgment granted to plaintiff states; U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani (D. Mass.) barred the administration from relying on the "agency priorities" termination clause to cut grants and denied the government's motion to dismiss (ruling issued Jul
On July 17, 2026, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told top election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia that they could face criminal charges if they do not run their voter rolls through...
On July 16, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted a "Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism" in Washington, convening representatives from more than 65 governments to coordinate against what the...
Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a unanimous order appointing Roger Rogoff — a former federal and state prosecutor, King County Superior Court judge and director of the...
President Trump formally notified members of Congress that the United States had resumed military action against Iran, in a letter sent July 10, 2026 and reported publicly around July 13. The notice, consistent with the...
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on July 10, 2026, granted a Justice Department motion to dismiss with prejudice the case against four Proud Boys leaders convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021 attack on the...
Legal outcome Case dismissed with prejudice on the government's unopposed motion; the same federal charges cannot be refiled.
On the evening of July 9, 2026, U.S. District Judge William Orrick granted a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Justice from...
Legal outcome Preliminary injunction granted; the challenged grant conditions are blocked as to the plaintiff municipalities pending further litigation
On July 8, 2026, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he would seek rehearing of Trump v. Barbara, the case in which the Supreme Court ruled against his executive order restricting birthright citizenship. "I...
On July 8, 2026, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release of roughly $5.8 million held in escrow to E. Jean Carroll, three years after a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded her...
Legal outcome District court ordered escrowed funds released to the plaintiff; the release order is on appeal
On July 7, 2026, U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II in Pensacola, Florida, ordered the Department of Homeland Security to restore bulk-upload and Social Security number search features of the SAVE...
Legal outcome Northern District of Florida ordered DHS to restore SAVE features for four states; the D.C. district court's nationwide vacatur stands and a stay pending appeal was denied.
