Recent Updates
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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump sanctuary list
Litigation Reports 06/11/2025State and local officials blasted the Trump administration’s widely anticipated list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement, with some of the most enthusiastic supporters of t...
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World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
Litigation Reports 05/29/2025Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.U.S. futures jumped early Thursday and oil prices rose more than $1. The U.S. dollar rose agains...
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Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Litigation Reports 05/15/2025The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.It was unclear what such a decision might look like, bu...
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How the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troops
Litigation Reports 05/09/2025The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a memo released late Thursday, reinstated orders issued earlier this year...
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Wisconsin Gov., he’s not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest
Litigation Reports 05/03/2025Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that every American should be concerned about “chilling” suggestions from President Donald Trump’s top border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance the Democrat issued to state employe...
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Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities
Litigation Reports 04/22/2025A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders were unc...
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HK defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry
Litigation Reports 04/13/2025Hong Kong’s government on Monday defended its immigration procedures after a British member of parliament was denied entry to the Chinese city last week, an incident that has prompted concerns among U.K. officials.Wera Hobhouse, a member of the...
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Ex-UK lawmaker charged with cheating in election betting scandal
Litigation Reports 04/08/2025A former Conservative lawmaker and 14 others have been charged with cheating when placing bets on the timing of Britain’s general election last year, the Gambling Commission said Monday.Craig Williams was one of several people who had been inve...
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Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
Litigation Reports 03/07/2025A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.By a 5-4 vote, the court’s co...
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Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come
Litigation Reports 02/23/2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists President Donald Trump ’s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of dismissals at the Pentagon wasn’t unusual, brushing aside outcry that the new administration is op...
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Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
Litigation Reports 02/20/2025Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of federal ...
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Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
Litigation Reports 02/13/2025Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”Spared from jail as part of a plea...