January 27, 2025 WILLIAM SHIPLEY: The Constitutional reason why Trump's sweeping Jan. 6 pardons were justified Former federal prosecutor William Shipley, who represented scores of January 6 defendants, writes that President Trump's sweeping pardons were justified because the government violated their due process rights.
January 25, 2025 Trump's 'two sexes' executive order comes on heels of SCOTUS accepting another challenge to LGBT agenda In his first week in office, President Donald Trump has enshrined only two genders, male and female, in federal policy through one of his slew of executive actions.
January 24, 2025 DOJ requests order barring commuted J6 defendants from DC be lifted A federal district judge issued an order barring certain Jan. 6 defendants with commuted sentences from entering Washington, D.C., or the U.S. Capitol building.
January 22, 2025 Department of Justice freezes all civil rights division cases: report The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.
January 18, 2025 Appeals court deals blow to Obama-era amnesty for Dreamers The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday ruled against the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants amnesty to illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children.
January 18, 2025 Biden appointed more federal judges than Trump did in his first term, new research shows Biden appointed more federal judges than Trump during his first term in the White House, including more female and minority judges who helped diversify the federal courts.
January 10, 2025 Republicans blast 'joke' sentencing of Trump 10 days before swearing in President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced for falsifying records just 10 days before he is set to take office.
January 9, 2025 Appeals court will not block partial release of special counsel Jack Smith's Trump report The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by Trump and his co-defendents to block the release of Jack Smith’s final report from his investigations of Trump.
January 9, 2025 AG Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith report on Trump election case U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election interference case, but not the classified documents case.
January 7, 2025 Ex-Chicagoland police chief wants cop murder to be federal crime: 'Attacks on police officers' up since 2020 Retired Riverside, Illinois, Police Chief Tom Weitzel urges President-elect Trump to make cop killings a federal crime amid rising ambush attacks on officers since 2020.