Judge in Oregon limits federal officers’ tear gas use at Portland ICE building protests

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon on Monday restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Oregon on behalf of protesters and freelance journalists. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon issued the preliminary … Read more

A federal jury awards $667K to Muslim men who were pepper-sprayed by prison guards while praying

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal jury on Monday awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men incarcerated in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying. The lawsuit in eastern Missouri’s U.S. District Court alleged that the men had been allowed to pray together many times in their prison housing … Read more

Judge disqualifies trio of lawyers tapped to lead New Jersey’s federal prosecutor’s office

TRENTON, N.J. — A judge on Monday disqualified three Justice Department officials from overseeing federal prosecutions in New Jersey, saying they were appointed as part of an illegal power grab by the Trump administration. The scathing, 130-page ruling is the latest development in a long-running fight between the judiciary and President Donald Trump over the … Read more

FBI subpoenas 2020 Arizona voting docs as federal push into election administration widens

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Arizona state lawmaker revealed Monday that federal authorities subpoenaed him for records related to the 2020 election, marking the second publicly confirmed jurisdiction the Department of Justice is investigating over the matter. Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, said in a social media post he … Read more

Verdict reached in federal sex-trafficking trial of luxury real estate brokers and their brother

A verdict was reached Monday in the federal sex-trafficking trial of two luxury real estate brokers and their brother, who are accused of using their influence to sexually abuse multiple women. Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander were accused in a 12-count superseding indictment of conspiring for more than a decade to drug, sexually assault and … Read more

Sen Cory Booker proposes ‘Keep Your Pay Act,’ eliminating federal income tax on first $75,000

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., facing a re-election campaign in 2026, announced a new tax-cut bill, the Keep Your Pay Act, that would eliminate federal income taxes on the first $75,000 of income for most households and expand key tax credits for working families. Booker’s plan increases the … Read more

Federal judge rules Trump administration’s actions to dismantle Voice of America are illegal

A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, did not have legal authority to take the actions she’s done to largely dismantle the Voice of America. The decision’s effect on VOA operations was not immediately clear. Lake called the decision by U.S. District … Read more

Videos show US citizen’s shooting death in Texas last year by federal immigration agent

WASHINGTON — Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car immediately before he was killed. The videos, including from officer body cameras, offer … Read more