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Appeals court refuses to block full SNAP payments

A federal appeals court late Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the government ... Read More

Trump administration cannot withhold $4 billion in SNAP benefits, appeals court rules

The ruling by the 1st Circuit will have no immediate impact because of a temporary hold by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Read More

Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced. U.S. Read More

Supreme Court temporarily freezes order requiring Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to millions of Americans

A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a lower court decision that requires the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans by tapping ... Read More

Appeals panel revives path to Trump dismissing criminal conviction

A path to dismissing President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction was reopened Thursday after an appeals panel revived his bid to move the case to federal court. Trump wants to move the ... Read More

Trump's lawyers ask New York appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction

President Trump’s lawyers have asked a New York state appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction, saying federal law preempts state law and there was no intent to commit a crime. The ... Read More

Federal Courts Divided, So Far, on Trump’s Environmental Retreat

In President Donald Trump’s first term, the federal courts helped put the brakes on his administration’s retreat on environmental protection. Nine months into the second Trump term, the courts appear ... Read More

Appeals court reconsiders ruling letting Trump send troops to Portland

Oct. 29 (UPI) --A federal appeals court has agreed to reconsider a decision that would have allowed President Donald Trump to send National Guard troops to Portland, Ore. The decision tosses out a ... Read More

Appeals court blocks order demanding Border Patrol provide daily updates on Chicago immigration enforcement operations

A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily paused a judge’s order requiring Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino to provide daily, in-person updates on immigration enforcement activities in ... Read More