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A panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of appeals found that 19 states and the District of Columbia did not have standing to sue President Trump’s administration over the mass firing probationary workers.

Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that President Trump’s administration must have the approval of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board before removing the VOA director.

Federal Judge Sooknanan issued an injunction to stop the FTC from investigating Media Matters after the group criticized Elon Musk’s X platform as having allowed hate speech.

A federal appeal’s court determined that a foreign election interference law, passed by Maine voters in 2023, likely violates the Constitution, upholding a block of its enforcement by a lower court.

The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a district court judge cannot hold President Trump’s administration in contempt for allegedly violating his block of the use of the Alien Enemies Act.

District Judge William Smith ruled that the state of Rhode Island has not violated the Second Amendment by denying applications for open carry firearm permits.

Federal Judge Jia Cobb recently dismissed a lawsuit from FBI officials concerned that their identities would be released by President Trump’s administrion for investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol protest.

Federal District Judge Indira Talwani placed a preliminary injunction against a provision in the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill that ends Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.

A federal appeal’s court determined then-Defense Secretary Austin acted within his authority in terminating a plea deal for September 11 terrorists that the U.S. military court had approved.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the case against the president’s administration for canceling $800 million in grants to violence reduction and crime victims over lack of jurisdiction.