Immigration judge orders deportation of NYC Council employee after ICE arrest, city leaders push back

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An immigration judge has ordered the deportation of a former New York City Council employee federal officials said in January was an undocumented immigrant with a prior assault arrest. City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced the deportation ruling on Wednesday, condemning it as a “miscarriage of justice … Read more

Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Minnesota DHS, ICE case

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in Minnesota declined to step aside from an immigration-related case despite a conflict-of-interest challenge tied to his spouse’s legal work. The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the judge’s order, which called the government’s motion “improper, untimely, and lacking merit.” Last week, the … Read more

Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of NJ’s US Attorney’s office to testify

TRENTON, N.J. — Vexed by the Justice Department’s chaotic oversight of federal prosecutions in New Jersey, a judge on Monday threw a government attorney out of a hearing and ordered the three officials in charge of the state’s U.S. Attorney’s office to answer his questions under oath. U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi lit into … Read more

Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools struck down by federal judge

Baton Rouge, La. — An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday. The law is among those pushed by Republicans, including President Trump, to incorporate religion in public schools. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas all have enacted similar laws requiring the … Read more

Judge strikes down law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments

BATON ROUGE, La. — An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday. The law is among those pushed by Republicans, including President Donald Trump, to incorporate religion in public schools. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas all have enacted similar laws requiring … Read more

Judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America and bring back hundreds of staff

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore the Voice of America’s operations after large parts of the government-run broadcaster had effectively been shut down a year ago, putting hundreds of employees who have been on administrative leave back to work.  U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth gave the U.S. Agency … Read more

Biden-appointed judge twice shut down by SCOTUS faces ‘activist’ fire after latest Trump policy block

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Biden-appointed federal judge who drew Supreme Court intervention twice in a separate deportation case is facing fresh conservative backlash after temporarily blocking Trump administration vaccine policies on Monday. Judge Brian Murphy’s ruling in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts was the latest in a string of … Read more

Judge blocks parts of RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda, including new childhood vaccine schedule

A federal judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy. In an opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston sided with the American Academy … Read more

Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.’s changes to childhood vaccine schedule

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule. The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups against the Department of Health and Human Services, arguing that Kennedy’s changes to vaccine recommendations and … Read more