The Manhattan federal judge who called the Trump administration's move to shutter Voice of America a "classic case" of arbitrary policymaking on Friday ordered the case transferred to D.C. federal court, but said his restraining order remains in effect.
NBC Universal and a gynecologist who accused the media company of falsely portraying him as having performed mass unwanted hysterectomies on women detained at an immigration detention center ended their suit on Friday after informing a Georgia federal court of a settlement.
The D.C. federal judge who is set to decide whether to block the Trump administration from carrying out immigration raids or arrests in places of worship seemed skeptical Friday morning about her ability to do so.
A Maryland federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to bring back a Maryland man who was deported and imprisoned in El Salvador due to an "administrative error," finding his removal likely violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday transferred a Tufts University student's habeas corpus suit to Vermont, rejecting the federal government's bid to dismiss the suit or transfer it to Louisiana, where the Turkish doctoral student is currently detained.
States, immigrant advocacy groups and expectant mothers urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to restrict nationwide court orders prohibiting implementation of his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, arguing that maintaining the long-held understanding of the right won't cause any harm.
The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain who was sentenced to 8½ years in prison in October for an alleged forced-labor scheme will spend an additional six months behind bars after pleading guilty to submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration to obtain a loan.
The city of Newark has sued the company behind a new immigrant detention center in New Jersey state court, claiming it failed to obtain construction permits and refused to submit to local inspections in violation of city and state laws.
Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.
Immigrant advocacy groups sued Arizona in an effort to block the implementation of a measure allowing state and local law enforcement authorities to arrest noncitizens crossing the southern border without authorization, saying it violates Arizona's constitution by redefining probable cause.