The Justice Department moved Thursday to block a federal magistrate judge’s order requiring prosecutors to immediately turn ...

The United States government’s detention of Ruben Torres Maldonado, the 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer ...

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A federal judge has rejected another early motion from the Justice Department in James Comey’s criminal case. As was true of a ruling siding with the former FBI director last week, this latest ...

President Trump's administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the cuts ...

A judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a youth organization and targeting the Trump presidency for pivoting away from decarbonization to more hydrocarbon production. Per an AP report, ...

A Chicago judge signed an order Wednesday prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from making arrests at Cook County courthouses, citing concerns about "fear or obstruction" while ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transit system from terrorist attacks.

A judge halted the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal employees during the government shutdown, siding Wednesday with the unions challenging the reductions in force, or RIFs, announced by ...

WSJ national political reporter Ken Thomas explains the confusion around the first round of federal layoffs and why another round may be coming. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images A ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the government shutdown, which has now ...

A federal judge’s ruling Tuesday temporarily blocks the University of Texas System from implementing parts of a new state law that limits where and when students can engage in expressive activities on ...