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February 23, 2026
Judge Bars Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump’s Mishandling of Documents
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida, slammed the former special counsel, Jack Smith, for drafting the report even after she had dismissed the case.
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February 22, 2026
F.B.I. Director Celebrates Olympic Hockey Victory on Day of Mar-a-Lago Shooting
Kash Patel’s trip to Italy came at a fraught and frenetic time for the bureau and Mr. Patel, who has shown little willingness to curb his jet-setting.
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February 21, 2026
Longtime Virginia Lawyer Chosen by Judges as U.S. Attorney, and Then Fired
It was the second time this month that the administration had gotten rid of a top federal prosecutor appointed to his post by federal judges.
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February 18, 2026
Administration Increases Scrutiny of Noncitizen Voting, Pursuing a Trump Claim
The move is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.
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February 18, 2026
A Case Against 6 Democrats Lacked Urgency. Then Came a Swift Bid for an Indictment.
Prosecutors have been repeatedly caught between the president’s insistence that they undertake weak or baseless cases and the necessity of having to go to court.
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February 11, 2026
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
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February 7, 2026
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperat...
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February 6, 2026
Justice Dept. Pursues Many Officer Assault Cases in Minnesota as Misdemeanors
It is a pattern that has played out in other cities where the administration has conducted immigration surges and taken a muscular stance against those accused of impeding federal officers.
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February 5, 2026
Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink
Remarks by a prosecutor opened a revealing window onto how the courts in the state are buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.
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February 4, 2026
Prosecutor Fired After Voicing Frustration With Immigration Caseload
The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.
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January 31, 2026
Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Church Protest
Nine people have been accused of violating federal law during the demonstration at a church this month, reviving a case that was rejected last week by a magistrate judge.
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January 28, 2026
Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders
A federal judge said ICE had disobeyed more judicial directives this month than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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January 27, 2026
Judge Orders ICE Chief to Appear in Court Over Potential Contempt
In a brief ruling, the Minnesota judge wrote that the unusual order was necessary because “the extent of ICE’s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary.”
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January 24, 2026
Appeals Court Rejects Justice Dept. Push for Arrest Warrant for Don Lemon
The department had made an extraordinary request for the appeals court to force a judge to issue warrants for Mr. Lemon and four other people in connection with a church protest in Minneapolis.
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January 13, 2026
Trump Loyalist Asserts She Can Keep U.S. Attorney Title
In an aggressively worded filing, Lindsey Halligan accused a judge of having a fundamental misunderstanding of the order that determined she had been unlawfully appointed.
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January 8, 2026
Vance Announces New Justice Dept. Fraud Post to Be ‘Run Out of the White House’
The assertion was a brazen effort to toss out the traditional boundaries that have long existed between the White House and investigations conducted by federal law enforcement.
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January 6, 2026
Judge Orders Halligan, a Trump Loyalist, to Explain Why She Has Kept U.S. Attorney Title
The ruling was the most robust effort to date to press the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, on why she has continued to serve as the U.S. attorney, despite an order throwing out her appointment.
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January 2, 2026
D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Ordered to Remain in Jail Until Trial
A magistrate judge said he was concerned that the defendant, Brian Cole Jr., had continued after Jan. 6, 2021, to purchase components similar to those prosecutors said he had used to make pipe bombs.
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December 31, 2025
A Timeline of Key Events in the Trump Administration’s Pursuit of Abrego Garcia
In its parallel efforts to prosecute Mr. Abrego Garcia and to re-expel him from the country, the Justice Department has spent countless hours and untold sums of money pursuing a single immigrant.
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December 31, 2025
Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show
The release of the emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Mr. Abrego Garcia.
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December 29, 2025
Suspect Confessed to Planting Pipe Bombs Near the Capitol Before Jan. 6
A Virginia man was charged with planting the bombs outside Democratic and Republican headquarters. Court documents show he believed that the 2020 election had been “tampered with.”
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December 23, 2025
Pro-Trump Influencers Stay Conspicuously Quiet About Epstein Files
Their silence contrasted with the uproar made over the weekend when the Justice Department’s first release focused on former President Bill Clinton.
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December 23, 2025
Judge Tells U.S. to Help Bring Back Deported Venezuelans or Allow Legal Challenges
The judge said the administration had to decide by Jan. 5 whether it wanted to “facilitate” the men’s return to the United States or let them contest their initial removals in the federal courts.
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December 20, 2025
6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files
Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill C...
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December 13, 2025
Judge’s Order Complicates Justice Dept. Plans to Again Charge Comey
Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him.
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December 11, 2025
Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Release From ICE Detention
The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.
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December 9, 2025
Trump Administration Fights Roadblock to Pursuing Comey Case
The battle preceded the department’s looming decision over whether — and how — to bring new charges against James B. Comey.
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December 7, 2025
Judge Halts Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment
The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.
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