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District Judge James Boasberg excoriated the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. for the case against Powell, which relates to renovation at the Fed’s headquarters, calling it political persecution aimed at pressuring the Fed chair to lower interest rates or quit.
Federal officials in the Trump Justice Department spent months following up on a voter roll demand that Oklahoma election officials never received — because they were emailing the wrong address.
A circuit court judge ruled Thursday to uphold the Missouri GOP’s gerrymandered congressional map in a case challenging its legality — but it remains unclear whether the map will actually be used in the 2026 midterm elections.
Kentucky’s lawyers highlighted the federal government’s reversal in a new filing asking the federal district court to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit.
The voting technology company Smartmatic accused federal prosecutors of weaponizing the Justice Department against it to promote President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and aid his allies facing massive defamation lawsuits.
Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding President Donald Trump’s administration unveil their plans, if any, for deploying federal officers or troops on election day.
Attorney General Pam Bondi violated federal law when she replaced Alina Habba, the former interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, with a “triumvirate” of attorneys, a federal judge ruled Monday.
As the Department of Justice (DOJ) belatedly attempts to speed up its drive for state voter registration rolls, lawyers for Michigan are asking the court to pump the brakes.
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled, for the second time, that voters can decide whether the state can redraw its congressional map — clearing the way for a referendum that, if successful, could help counter GOP gerrymanders nationwide.
After abandoning its defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department abruptly reversed itself and asked a federal appeals court to let it continue defending the retaliatory orders.
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