Mike Scarcella
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US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed challenging a New York law that President Donald Trump's administration said was impeding immigration enforcement.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
Retired prosecutor sues New York over arrest while protesting law firm Skadden www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Retired prosecutor sues New York over arrest while protesting law firm Skadden
A retired prosecutor has sued New York City and Brookfield Properties in federal court, alleging he was wrongfully arrested while protesting in a public space against law firm Skadden Arps over its de...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Retired prosecutor sues New York over arrest while protesting law firm Skadden www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Jan 6 prosecutor - "I don’t think anybody with an objective sense of reality can look at the Justice Department right now and honestly say it’s acting as a neutral arbiter." www.reuters.com/investigatio...
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.
After Trump’s mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department. The January 6 prosecutors describe mounting threats, harassment and fear of lasting da...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Jan 6 prosecutor - "I don’t think anybody with an objective sense of reality can look at the Justice Department right now and honestly say it’s acting as a neutral arbiter." www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
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Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department
In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department's competency or good faith. But such questions are becoming more common.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump-appointed Judge Roy Altman gets Trump v BBC, per docket www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Trump sues Britain's BBC for up to $10 billion over speech edit
President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, opening an international front ...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump-appointed Judge Roy Altman gets Trump v BBC, per docket www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states
California and 19 other U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants www.reuters.com/world/us/cal...
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants
California sued the Trump administration late on Friday for withholding more than $33 million in federal funding after the U.S. Transportation Department said the state failed to comply with rules req...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants www.reuters.com/world/us/cal...
Tuesday TRO hearing - judge to weigh bid to block Trump ballroom construction www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tuesday TRO hearing - judge to weigh bid to block Trump ballroom construction www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom - ex Obama White House counsel Greg Craig for the plaintiff www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom - ex Obama White House counsel Greg Craig for the plaintiff www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster must face a class action on behalf of millions of Americans for allegedly overcharging them for events at...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Breaking - US judge blocks new effort to detain Kilmar Abrego www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge blocks new effort to detain Kilmar Abrego
A federal judge on Friday blocked an effort to have Kilmar Abrego returned to custody a day after his release from detention.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Breaking - US judge blocks new effort to detain Kilmar Abrego www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Grand jury again rejects charges Trump sought against NY Attorney General James www.reuters.com/world/grand-...
Grand jury again rejects charges Trump sought against NY Attorney General James, sources say
A federal grand jury in Virginia refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday on allegations of mortgage fraud for the second time since a judge dismissed charges against her ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Grand jury again rejects charges Trump sought against NY Attorney General James www.reuters.com/world/grand-...
Wisconsin judge on trial as Trump administration targets immigration enforcement resistance www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Wisconsin judge on trial as Trump administration targets immigration enforcement resistance
The judge is charged with helping a migrant evade an immigration arrest.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wisconsin judge on trial as Trump administration targets immigration enforcement resistance www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge rejects US bid to toss California high-speed rail lawsuit www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...
Judge rejects US bid to toss California high-speed rail lawsuit
A U.S. judge Wednesday rejected the Justice Department's bid to toss out a lawsuit filed by California to challenge the move by President Donald Trump's administration to cancel more than $4 billion i...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
US judge rejects US bid to toss California high-speed rail lawsuit www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...
Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
Exclusive: Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts
Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue thos...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
Trump prosecutor Jack Smith to launch law firm with ex-Justice Department lawyers // from @agoudsward.bsky.social - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump prosecutor Jack Smith to launch firm with ex-Justice Department lawyers
Jack Smith, the former U.S. Justice Department special counsel who prosecuted Republican President Donald Trump following his first term in the White House, is teaming up with three other ex-prosecuto...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump prosecutor Jack Smith to launch law firm with ex-Justice Department lawyers // from @agoudsward.bsky.social - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Ex-employees of US Justice Department blast 'destruction' of civil rights unit www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Ex-employees of US Justice Department blast 'destruction' of civil rights unit
More than 200 former employees of the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday criticized what they called the ongoing "destruction" of its Civil Rights Division, saying President Donald Trump's administrat...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ex-employees of US Justice Department blast 'destruction' of civil rights unit www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Twelve ex-FBI agents who kneeled to quell 2020 protests sue for unlawful firings www.reuters.com/world/twelve...
Twelve ex-FBI agents who kneeled to quell 2020 protests sue for unlawful firings
Twelve former FBI agents sued senior FBI and Justice Department leaders on Monday, saying they were unlawfully fired for taking a knee in an effort to quell racial justice protests in 2020 spurred by ...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Twelve ex-FBI agents who kneeled to quell 2020 protests sue for unlawful firings www.reuters.com/world/twelve...
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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US judge temporarily bars prosecutors' use of evidence from key figure in Comey case www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... TRO - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
US judge temporarily bars prosecutors' use of evidence from key figure in Comey case
A U.S. judge has temporarily barred prosecutors' use of evidence from a key figure in the Trump administration's now-dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, according to a cou...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
US judge temporarily bars prosecutors' use of evidence from key figure in Comey case www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... TRO - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
New York Times sues Pentagon over press access www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous and Katie Townsend on the suit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
New York Times sues Pentagon over press access
The New York Times sued the U.S. Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday in an effort to force the Pentagon to abandon its restrictive new press policy, the latest atte...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New York Times sues Pentagon over press access www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous and Katie Townsend on the suit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In JD Vance case, US Supreme Court may again chip away campaign finance limits www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
In JD Vance case, US Supreme Court may again chip away campaign finance limits
The U.S. Supreme Court for decades has chipped away at campaign finance laws, deciding they suppress political speech in violation of constitutional protections. A case involving U.S. Vice President J...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In JD Vance case, US Supreme Court may again chip away campaign finance limits www.reuters.com/legal/govern...