JERUSALEM — The stunning court conviction of popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen on Monday for embezzlement sparked outrage from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head, Elon Musk, who compared her fate to Trump’s legal troubles. Musk said after the verdict that, “This will backfire, like the legal attacks against President Trump.” Musk pinned
As a special adviser to President Trump, Kari Lake is overseeing the dismantling of federally funded networks that broadcast overseas. Federal judges have issued restraining orders blocking her from further actions against Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images/Getty Images North
Just hours after President Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who sought to pause the removal of more than 200 migrants to El Salvador, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a rare public statement. “For more than two centuries,” the chief justice said, “it has been established that impeachment is not an
Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart Mr. Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government.
The Supreme Court may soon weigh in on whether people younger than 21 have the right to buy handguns, a decision that could upend decades-old federal restrictions and reshape the nation’s gun laws. In January, the right-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, struck down the federal government’s decades-old ban on handgun
Two federal judges declined this week to stop the Trump administration from firing federal workers and conducting mass layoffs, allowing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to remain on track with finding and slashing wasteful government spending. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper shot down a request from several federal labor unions, including the
A court found that President Trump’s administration had not complied with an earlier court order. Experts worry about the potential of a constitutional crisis. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Getty Images In less than a month in office, President Trump has signed dozens of executive orders that are now facing pushback in