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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...
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...
An NPR investigation published May 13, 2026 reported that the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section - created after Watergate to prosecute public corruption - has been reduced from about 40 full-time attorneys...
In December 2025, Trump repeatedly attacked Colorado Governor Jared Polis over the imprisonment of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted in 2024 and sentenced to nine years for granting unauthorized access...
On November 10, 2025, President Trump issued pardons to Rudy Giuliani, former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Sidney Powell, and dozens of others — reportedly around 77 people — involved in efforts to overturn the...
By October 2025, President Trump had placed several of his former personal criminal-defense attorneys into senior Justice Department and White House roles. Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who both represented Trump in his...
In April 2025, President Trump announced that five more major law firms - Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Latham & Watkins, and Cadwalader - had agreed to a combined $600 million in pro bono...