Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants

A federal appeals court has ruled the Trump administration can end legal protections for around 430,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Read More

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?

The court’s decision centers on the tariffs Trump slapped in April on almost all U.S. trading partners and levies he imposed before that on China, Mexico and Canada. Read More

Appeals court rules against Trump in major separation of powers case

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from replacing the US’ top copyright official as the fight over executive branch firings and President Donald Trump’s use of ... Read More

A federal appeals court ruled against Trump's tariffs. Here's what could happen next.

President Trump has claimed the authority to bypass Congress and impose sweeping tariffs, but a new ruling throws that in doubt. Read More

Most Trump tariffs are illegal, appeals court rules, setting up Supreme Court showdown

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, delivering a blow to the Republican president's economic agenda while setting the stage for the Supreme Court to ... Read More

Appeals court rules against Trump tariffs, but Supreme Court appeal may soon follow

A federal appeals court ruled against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Friday, but the ruling won’t take immediate effect because the court is giving the administration time to appeal to the ... Read More

Trump's tough week in the courts: From the Politics Desk

It amounted to the worst week in the courts in months for Trump — and came after another major loss last week, when an appeals court struck down some of his tariffs. Trump is already appealing that ... Read More

Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83 million judgment against Trump

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the president's appeal of Carroll's separate $5 million verdict against him this year. Read More

Senate Changes Confirmation Rules

Senate Republicans on Thursday bulldozed past Senate precedents and changed the rules to break a Democratic blockade of President Trump’s nominees, in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut ... Read More

Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the ... Read More