Judge orders UPenn to provide list of Jewish employees sought by Trump administration

The University of Pennsylvania must comply with a subpoena from the Trump administration seeking information related to Jewish employees, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The subpoena comes as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency, investigates a “pattern or … Read more

Federal judge orders halt to Trump White House ballroom project; DOJ to appeal

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Tuesday ordered construction of the White House ballroom project halted, siding with a historic preservation group that argued the effort violated federal law. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the group is likely to succeed on the merits of its case, writing that … Read more

Appeals court pauses orders restricting federal officers’ use of tear gas at Portland ICE building

PORTLAND, Ore. — An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. A three-judge panel at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request for temporary administrative stays in two … Read more

Appeals court pauses orders limiting federal agents’ use of tear gas at protests near Portland ICE building

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An appeals court paused a pair of lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal agents’ use of tear gas and other crowd-control munitions during protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the … Read more

Trump orders War Dept to postpone strikes on Iranian energy sites, citing ‘productive’ talks to end war

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump, in an all-caps post early Monday morning, declared progress toward “resolution” of the war on Iran. “I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS … Read more

Judge orders Voice of America be put back together again. What are the chances that will happen?

NEW YORK — In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America — its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration — come roaring back to life. Whether or not that actually happens is anybody’s … Read more

Hawaii flooding prompts evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people

Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on Friday as officials warned of the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam. Honolulu officials told some 4,000 residents in an emergency message to leave the area downstream of the Wahiawa dam because … Read more

Costa Rica shutters its embassy in Cuba and orders diplomats to leave

Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba’s communist government to pull its diplomats from San José.  “We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere,” Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared after the diplomatic rupture. The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. responded to the closure by alleging in a social … Read more

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

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