#Legal Challenges

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Judge Rejects Hegseth’s Second Attempt to Restrict Reporters at Pentagon — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times.

  Related: #Press Freedom, #Government Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Judge bars Trump administration from nixing protected status for Ethiopians — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Ruling marks legal setback for administration's efforts to roll back protections for various groups of immigrants.

  Related: #Immigration Policy, #Executive Power
• 🇺🇸 Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Pro-firearms organizations criticized U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro for trying to set back a key gun rights case after she signed onto a Justice Department brief seeking to ...

  Related: #Gun Rights, #Political Advocacy
• 🇺🇸 Judge postpones termination of TPS for Ethiopians in U.S. — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  It's the latest setback for the Trump administration on the issue, which has sought to terminate the TPS designation for 13 countries as part of the president's crackdown on immigration.

  Related: #Immigration Policy, #Humanitarian Protection
• 🇺🇸 Election expert testifies FBI's evidence in Fulton County ballot case 'doesn't make sense' — 27/03/2026 [USA]

  A leading elections expert told a federal judge on Friday that the evidence the FBI used to justify a recent seizure of 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, “doesn’t make sense.”

  Related: #Election Integrity, #Federal Investigation
• 🇺🇸 New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar Claims Its $6.2 Billion Deal for Tegna Has Closed Following DOJ, FCC Approvals — After Eight States, DirecTV Sued to Block It — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Nexstar Media Group said it “has closed its acquisition” of Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal that would following approval of the transaction from the FCC and the Department of Justice. The deal would aug...

  Related: #Media Acquisition, #Regulatory Approval
• 🇺🇸 Trump’s Effort to Target Rivals Stall as Judges Cut Short Basic Investigative Steps — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  A ruling Friday that derailed an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair at an exceptionally early stage showed the limits of President Trump’s campaign of legal retribution.

  Related: #Political Investigations
• 🇺🇸 Kennedy Center Board to Vote Monday on Trump’s Proposed Closure — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  The planned vote to close the center for renovations was listed on an agenda circulated to the center’s board of trustees on Sunday, less than a day before the meeting.

  Related: #Governance, #Cultural Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration starts new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries — an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's previ...

  Related: #Trade Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration kicks off new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries - an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's previ...

  Related: #Trade Policy
• 🇺🇸 Smartmatic Says It’s a Target of Vindictive Prosecution by Trump — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  The voting technology company’s new court filing signals how far-reaching the legal fights over elections will be in 2026.

  Related: #Election Technology
• 🇺🇸 Judge Halts Trump Administration Move to Restrict Immigration Appeals — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The ruling is part of a broader dispute between the independent federal judiciary and the executive branch’s immigration court system.

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇬🇧 States sue Trump administration over new 'unlawful' global tariffs — 05/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The 24 states are seeking to block Trump's latest tariffs, which he imposed to replace levies struck down by the Supreme Court.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Executive Power, #Economic Impact
• 🇬🇧 Trade court orders tariff refunds in setback for Trump administration — 05/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A trade court has cleared the way for businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Economic Impact
• 🇺🇸 Bessent says global 15% tariff starts this week, move back to prior rates within 5 months — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  The Supreme Court last month ruled that President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs are not authorized under the law known as IEEPA.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Economic Impact
• 🇺🇸 Texas Supreme Court halts lower court ruling on extended voting hours in Dallas — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  The Texas Supreme Court halted a lower court’s ruling on Tuesday that extended voting hours in Dallas County amid Democratic voter confusion at poll locations. The Lone Star State’s high court tempora...

  Related: #Election Law, #Voting Rights, #Political Polarization
• 🇺🇸 China emerges as big winner from Supreme Court's tariff ruling — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  HONG KONG — Global trade has been upended again after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, with U.S. trading partners and businesses around the world grasping t...

  Related: #Trade Policy, #International Relations, #Economic Impact
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk' — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence (AI), #National Security, #Government Regulation, #Supply Chain Risk
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic calls supply chain risk designation 'unprecedented,' 'legally unsound' — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Anthropic called the Pentagon’s decision Friday to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk an “unprecedented action,” arguing it is “legally unsound” and would “set a dangerous precedent.” “De...

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence (AI), #National Security, #Supply Chain Security, #Government Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Israel’s top court allows aid groups facing Gaza ban to continue working — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  The Supreme Court ruling comes after Israel said it would ban 37 aid groups from Gaza for failing to follow new rules.

  Related: #Humanitarian Aid, #Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Rothschild Redburn upgrades Live Nation stock rating on regulatory outlook — 27/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Stock Rating Changes, #Regulatory Environment, #Company Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Judge won't block Trump's White House ballroom — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge shot down an attempt to derail President Trump's White House ballroom construction plans, saying Thursday that the group that challenged him bungled its lawsuit.

  Related: #Presidential Authority, #Historic Preservation
• 🇺🇸 It’s payback time for Trump’s tariff fiasco — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  The administration handing out refunds to Chinese companies will be a terrible look

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Economic Impact, #Political Consequences
• 🇺🇸 Legal advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Legal advocates filed a motion Tuesday seeking to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging immigrant children entering the country without their parents to voluntarily deport themsel...

  Related: #Immigration Policy, #Child Rights, #Border Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Court says the IRS can continue to share immigrants' taxpayer data with ICE — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  A Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday rejected a request from an immigrant rights group to temporarily block the IRS from sharing certain taxpayer data that could make it easier to identify and...

  Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Data Privacy
• 🇺🇸 Your Tariff Questions — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  We’re addressing some of your concerns about President Trump’s tariff regime.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Trump tariffs take effect at 10% after Supreme Court defeat — 24/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Trade Policy, #Market Impact
• 🇺🇸 FedEx sues Trump administration for "full refund" of tariff payments — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  FedEx sued the Trump administration over its tariffs on Monday, asking for a "full refund" of all payments it made to the government under a set of tariff policies that were ruled illegal by the Supre...

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Corporate Response
• 🇺🇸 FedEx sues U.S. seeking full refund of Trump tariffs days after Supreme Court ruling — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration has warned that it could take years for refunds to be paid out for tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled are illegal.

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Corporate Actions