Trump Administration Drops Legal Appeal Over Anti-DEI Funding Threat to Schools and Colleges

It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules.

Trump Threatens To Use the Insurrection Act To End Protests in Minneapolis

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.

Democrats Say Trump Administration Is Investigating Them Over Video Message to Troops

The lawmakers attracted President Trump’s wrath with a video that he and his aides have labeled as “seditious” — an offense Trump said on his social media account was “punishable by death.”

Appeals Court Reverses Decision That Freed Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil

The panel ruled that the federal district court in New Jersey did not have jurisdiction over the matter because immigration challenges are handled differently under the law.

Minnesota and the Twin Cities Sue the Federal Government To Stop the Immigration Crackdown

The state, joined by Minneapolis and St. Paul, said the Department of Homeland Security is violating the First Amendment and other constitutional protections.

Trump Administration Thanks the Media for Keeping Quiet Before the Strike That Captured Maduro

Decisions on whether to report information that could put lives or a mission in danger often involve high-level discussions between editors and government officials.

Supreme Court Sides With Immigration Judges in Speech Case for Now, Rebuffing Trump Administration

The decision is a technical step in a long-running case, but it touches on the effects of a series of high-profile firings under President Donald Trump.

Trump Administration Will Appeal Judge’s Order Reversing Federal Funding Cuts at Harvard

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled in September that the Trump administration’s sweeping funding cuts violated Harvard’s First Amendment rights.