Federal judge extends order requiring access to lawyers for Minnesota immigration detainees

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge on Thursday extended her order requiring that federal authorities give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are arrested and before they are transferred out of state. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel issued a preliminary injunction requiring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must ensure that people … Read more

Judge to hear arguments from Fulton County seeking return of 2020 election material seized by FBI

Attorneys for Fulton County, Georgia, are set to argue in federal court Friday for the return of over 650 boxes of material related to the 2020 election after the FBI seized the boxes at the county’s elections office last month while executing a search warrant. Last month, the FBI executed a search warrant at a … Read more

Judge blocks Trump administration from limiting Anthropic’s contracts with federal government

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from designating Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security and cutting off all work with the AI company. Anthropic sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies this month after the Pentagon labeled it a “supply-chain risk to national security.” President Donald Trump said … Read more

Judge blocks Pentagon from labeling Anthropic AI a “supply chain risk” and halts Trump’s ban on federal use

A judge has blocked the Trump administration from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk and cutting off all federal work with the artificial intelligence firm, an early win for Anthropic in its bitter feud with the government over AI guardrails. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin on Thursday ruled in favor of Anthropic, which sued the … Read more

Judge says he won’t dismiss Nicolás Maduro’s case over legal fees dispute

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Judge says he won’t dismiss Nicolás Maduro’s case over legal fees dispute 08:59 UP NEXT Utah mom accused of kidnapping boy she says bullied her child 01:18 New video of wife in alleged murder attempt 01:31 Savannah Guthrie … Read more

North Carolina’s photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge rejected arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters. The decision by U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs, who presided in spring 2024 over a non-jury trial in a … Read more

Justice Department tells judge it incorrectly used ICE memo to justify immigration court arrests

The Justice Department this week conceded to a federal judge in New York it had been incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to partially justify arrests at immigration courthouses, calling the oversight a “material mistaken statement of fact.” Justice Department lawyers disclosed in a letter on Tuesday that a May 2025 ICE memo … Read more